Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. During AY 2024-25 I am a Visiting Research Scholar at Stanford’s Center for International Security & Cooperation (CISAC).

In my research I look at democratic constraints around interstate conflict, with a particular focus on how leaders and elites weigh specific foreign policy choices, including crisis bargaining and signaling, with broader strategic imperatives of accountability and political survival.

My work has been supported by the Stanton Foundation and Yale University’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies among others. I received my PhD from Yale University in 2022. I grew up in Islamabad, Pakistan. I can be reached at fahd.humayun@tufts.edu and you can also follow me on X.