Bilal A. Baloch

Bilal Baloch is a political scientist and non-resident scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where he previously taught at the Lauder Institute, Wharton School of Business. His research examines the political economy of government decision-making and intellectual history, with a regional focus on South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. He studied at the London School of Economics, the Fletcher School, and the University of Oxford, where he received his doctorate in politics. He is currently a partner at an Abu Dhabi–based investment firm, leading work at the intersection of technology, capital, and emerging markets. A London native, he now lives in Abu Dhabi and can be found @bilalabaloch.