Dr. Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau is a Senior Fellow at the Afghanistan Security Institute, where his research focuses on Afghanistan-China relations, China’s foreign policy in the region, and the broader implications of Indo-Pacific geopolitics for Afghan security and stability.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Lau holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at North South University in Bangladesh, and previously served as a Lecturer in History at Hong Kong Baptist University.
His teaching and research expertise include international relations after 1945, comparative studies of genocide and mass atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), humanitarian intervention, Global South politics (Africa and South Asia), Chinese foreign policy, and Hong Kong politics.
Dr. Lau is the author of Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Protection First and Justice Later (Routledge, 2022), an in-depth analysis of international responses to large-scale violence in Africa.
📧 Email: dr.raymondlau@gmail.com