Dr Edward Lemon
RUSI Associate Fellow, Terrorism and Conflict
Associated with the Terrorism and Conflict research groupÂ
Dr Edward Lemon is Research Assistant Professor of Government and Public Service at the Bush School of Government and Public Affairs, Texas A&M University, Washington, DC, and President of the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
He previously held positions at the Wilson Center and Columbia University. His research focuses on authoritarianism and security issues in Central Asia, Russia and China. Dr Lemon is the author of Backlash: China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia (OUP, 2025).