Nazir Ahmad Mir

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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Imran Khan’s ‘tactical praise’ for India
By Nazir Ahmad Mir
Quite for some time, the chairman of the most popular party in Pakistan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been in awe of India.https://t.co/nqBmmyclmK pic.twitter.com/KMQUuJcSPY

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Taking positive measures to address the core issues of misgovernance and corruption and ensuring fair and rightful distribution of resources will help in the revival of the political process in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• July 22, 2021 |
• IDSA Comments

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.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• July-September 2021 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

While Imran Khan’s efforts to build legitimacy around his ‘personality’ as a religious person and a crusader against corruption do not seem to have convinced many people, his government’s inability to bring the much-promised tabdeeli (‘change’) to Pakistan is beginning to hurt him politically.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• January 04, 2021 |
• IDSA Comments

The movement of the Baloch people is likely to continue because of the strong undercurrent of popular disaffection in the province against the Pakistan state, and the sustained enthusiasm of the people to fight for their freedom, autonomy and rights

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• May 30, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

While scientists all over the world are working tirelessly to find an antidote to COVID-19, the narratives doing the rounds in Pakistan – pushed and peddled by the Urdu media, accuse them of conspiring to turn this virus into a weapon to not only kill but also to alter the human psyche.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• April 20, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

Realpolitik and its terminology have dominated the discourse on the conduct and behaviour of states in ‘anarchical’ international environment. Concepts like balance of power (BoP) and security dilemma continue to draw the attention of students of international politics. It has been argued, or presumed, that in the security-driven environment of the international system, foreign policies of individual states are externally driven.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• January-June 2020 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

The government and the military in Pakistan appear quite determined to either silence or censor media by all means. This may prove counter-productive since such restrictions can fuel further criticism, especially at a time when the government seems unable to fulfil its promises and meet the expectations of the people.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• January 17, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments

While contending the prevailing realists’ explanation of war happening because of power struggle, John Vasquez argues in his book, The War Puzzle Revisited, that a majority of wars are fought over territory, either to defend or occupy it. According to Vasquez, territorial disputes between two countries are ‘much more war-prone’ than others.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• July-September 2019 |
• Journal of Defence Studies

ince the time of their invention and the first-and-only use on 6 and 9 August 1945 on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, nuclear weapons have been seen by the states that possess them, or the ones that seek them, as the ultimate guarantors of their security.1 It is believed that these weapons are key to achieving victory in a war that otherwise may go on for a long time or may end in defeat if fought in conventional ways by a weaker country; in other words, nuclear weapons are believed to act as instruments of deterrence.

• Nazir Ahmad Mir |
• April-June 2019 |
• Journal of Defence Studies