Syed Eesar Mehdi

Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Syed Eesar Mehdi’s commentary ‘Contextualizing the Appointment of Pakistan’s New Army Chief and Implications for India’ has been published by International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS), on 08 2022.

The appointment of Asim Munir as the new army chief of Pakistan has dominated the political conversations and television talk shows in Pakistan, however, it wouldn’t make much difference as far as India’s interests are concerned. Undoubtedly, he is likely to toe a line akin to his predecessor’s line on India and continue doing what Pakistan’s most powerful man is expected to do. Taking into consideration the above facts, India can only afford to remain watchful and cautious, says Mr Mehdi.

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Contextualizing the Appointment of Pakistan’s New Army Chief and Implications for India
By Syed Eesar Mehdi
The appointment of Asim Munir as the new army chief of Pakistan has dominated the political conversations and television talk shows in Pakistan,....https://t.co/hQLptMnCqn pic.twitter.com/sZyDYhQYfC

— International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS) (@ICPS_Official) December 8, 2022

• Published: 8 December, 2022

Research Assistant, Information Research Project, MP-IDSA, Mr Syed Eesar Mehdi’s review of Shahla Hussain’s book ‘Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition’ has been published in India Quarterly, a Sage Journal, on 25 September 2022.

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• Published: 25 September, 2022

Kishore Mahbubani, Allen Lane, New Delhi, 2018, 105 pp., INR 499 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-241-31286-5

• Published: May 2020
• Strategic Analysis

The basic goal of states in an anarchical international system is survival. One of the best ways to ensure survival is to maximize security through self-help. States engage in self-help in a panoply of ways, like military modernization and arms build-ups. Pakistan’s collaboration with the menagerie of non-state actors can be seen as a self-help strategy for countering a conventionally superior India, while at the same time pursuing vital domestic and foreign security objectives.

• Published: January 2020
• Strategic Analysis