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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

Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations in Quandary: Lessons for Pakistan

Research Assistant, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations in Quandary: Lessons for Pakistan’ has been published by the International Center for Peace Studies, New Delhi, on 14 October 2023.

On the one hand, the terrorists of the TTP or of other groups, have started brazenly killing civilians, even not sparing religious gatherings by attacking mosques and even functions celebrating Prophet Muhammad’s birthday; on the other hand, the governing elite in Pakistan still seems unready to acknowledge that religious radicalism, thanks to their policy of using terrorism as an instrument, has emerged as the biggest security threat to their state, says Dr Mir.

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  • Published: 14 October, 2023

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‘Pakistan’s May 9 Protests: Army Crackdown and a State of Exception’ Published in South Asian Voices

Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘Pakistan’s May 9 Protests: Army Crackdown and a State of Exception’ has been published in South Asian Voices on 14 July 2023.

While the Army cites national security concerns to justify these tactics, the systematic dismantling of Imran Khan and his party points towards a broader scheme to crackdown on any threat to the establishment and the ruling alliance, says Dr Mir.

  • Published: 14 July, 2023

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World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’ has been published in Frontline on 22 March 2023.

There is, a radical difference in the understanding of the Doha Agreement from the points of view of the US and other countries, and the Taliban. The Taliban believe that the purpose of the Agreement, if anything, was to free Afghanistan from the presence of foreign troops and to let them decide the fate of the country. The US, on the other hand, deems that the Taliban has not heeded its concerns and has not kept its promises, says Dr Mir.

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  • Published: 22 March, 2023

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CPEC Made Gwadar Look Attractive To Pakistan. But ‘Development’ Ringing Hollow to Local People

Research Assistant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s article ‘CPEC made Gwadar look attractive to Pakistan. But ‘development’ ringing hollow to local people’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 10 January 2023.

Rather than ensuring people’s welfare and the survival of their professions, the Baloch government is making them dependent on foreign projects, says Mr Mir.

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  • Published: 10 January, 2023

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Imran Khan’s ‘Tactical Praise’ for India

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Nazir Ahmad Mir’s commentary ‘Imran Khan’s ‘tactical praise’ for India’ has been published by the International Center for Peace Studies (ICPS), New Delhi, on 22 November 2022.

By praising India, Imran Khan is also indirectly provoking the US to reconsider its policy towards India which is disregarding its concerns and pursuing an independent policy. However, given his past criticism of India, it is a tactical one and does not necessarily point to a change of heart vis-à-vis India, which he continues to look at as an archrival and a dushman mulk (enemy country), says Mr Mir.

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  • Published: 22 November, 2022

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Cultural Explanation of Statecraft: The Polities and Policies of Asoka and Akbar

Constructivism argues that the behaviour of actors in international politics is shaped by factors like identity, norms, rules, etc. Though it has been well argued that these factors shape and sometimes regulate the behaviours of political actors, not much has been written about the formation of such norms and how the identity of a political actor becomes operational through them.

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