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Nazir Ahmad Mir

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Nazir Ahmad Mir joined MP-IDSA in September 2016. He is with the South Asia Centre. Nazir has a PhD in “Peace and Conflict Resolution” from the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His PhD thesis, titled “Recognition and National Identity Formation in India”, took a theoretical approach to explain the nature of Indian national identity and explored the causes of the rise of nationalist/ethnic conflicts in general. His current research focus is internal politics and foreign policy of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

With an interest in ethnic conflicts and recognition theory, nationalism and international conflict, democracy and state making in South Asia, nuclear policies and international relations theory, Nazir has written papers on civil-military relations in India, the State and ethnic conflicts in South Asia in Journal of Civil Wars, Strategic Analysis and India Quarterly. He has presented papers on diverse issues/themes including cultural violence and electoral democracy, the state and secular and religious nationalism, strategic culture and the state, among others. Currently, Nazir is working on two themes: one deals with the national identity formation in India and the other tries to contextualize the securitization theory to the Indian electoral system. He also contributes to some daily newspapers in Jammu and Kashmir such as Rising Kashmir and Greater Kashmir as well as to online magazines on global issues and local social, political, economic, and security issues. Nazir has a Post Graduate Diploma in print journalism from YMCA, New Delhi.

Research Assistant

Publication

United by cause, divided by politics: Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir

Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘United by cause, divided by politics: Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir’ has been published in 9Dashline on 01 October 2024.

The article argues that ‘The elections appear to be a referendum on the credibility of mainstream political leaders and the socio-political developments of the last five years.’

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Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

  • Published: 3 October, 2024

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In J&K, Kulgam Creates Space For The Left With Its CPI(M) Candidate

Research Assistants, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir and Mr Muneed Yousuf’s co-authored article ‘In J&K, Kulgam Creates Space For The Left With Its CPI (M) Candidate’, has been published in Outlook on 29 August 2024.

The article argues that the politics of providing governance and raising issues of political, social and economic rights do not necessarily divide religion and the leftist ideology. If anything these issues bring them close, in Kashmir more so given its turbulent nature of politics.

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  • Published: 29 August, 2024

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Three Years of Taliban Rule and Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

Research Assistants, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir and Mr Muneed Yousuf’s co-authored article ‘Three Years of Taliban Rule and Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan’ has been published in International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS) on 28 August 2024.

As it is observed now, the UN does not consider engagement with the Taliban as “legitimization or normalization” of their regime per se and takes it as an engagement to find a way to protect the women and minorities along with the rights of the common Afghans. The question, therefore, should not be about the engagement but about the nature of the engagement and how to design it, say the authors.

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Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

  • Published: 29 August, 2024

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Under the gun: political parties and violence in Pakistan

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahamd Mir's review of Niloufer A. Siddiqui’s book ‘Under the gun: political parties and violence in Pakistan’ has been published in Journal of Contemporary South Asia.

The author sets out to explain the nature of violence, especially its (mis)use in electoral calculations by political parties. She demonstrates that this even involves the utilization of various militias, as in Pakistan the state lacks a ‘monopoly of violence.

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  • Published: 5 June, 2024

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Pakistan’s TTP Challenge and Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

Nazir Ahmad Mir
February 08, 2024

Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘Pakistan’s TTP Challenge and Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations’ has been published in ‘The Diplomat’ on 08 February 2024.

The Taliban have proved unresponsive to Pakistan’s security concerns, resulting in mounting tensions between the two, says Mr Mir.

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  • Published: 8 February, 2024

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