Muhib Rahman

Muhib Rahman’s research focuses on the use, diffusion, and evolving impacts of border technologies, particularly the transformation of borders into increasingly “smart” systems over time. His broader research interests also include armed conflict, security cooperation, and civil-military relations. His dissertation investigated how external security arrangements, including institutionalized defense cooperation and border fortification, affected domestic politics, focusing on elite defection and anti-government armed uprisings. He also explores the intersections of political violence and foreign policy, with implications for democratic backsliding in the Global South. Rahman holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.