Dr Imran Ali Sandano is author of Sufism and Peace: A Counter Strategy of Extremism and Separatist Movement of Balochistan: A Non-traditional Security Threat. He holds a PhD in non-traditional security management, an MPhil in peace and conflict studies, and a master's degree in international relations. Sandano is a research fellow at the Center for Non-traditional Security and Peaceful Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.