Animesh Roul

Animesh Roul is the Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, a
New Delhi–based policy research think tank. His work focuses on counterterrorism, radical
Islam, terrorist financing, and armed conflict in South Asia. Roul has written extensively on these
subjects, with publications in edited books, journals, and policy magazines. He has co-authored
and co-edited several volumes, notably ‘Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing through
Hawala Money Transfer Operators’ (Palgrave, 2026); Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent
Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics (Routledge/CRC Press, 2024);
and Indian Mujahideen: Computational Analysis and Public Policy (Springer, 2013). He regularly
contributes to The Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor and Militant
Leadership Monitor.  He can be reached by email at animeshroul@gmail.com, and X at @animeshroul.