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Dr Manzoor Ahmad is a Research Analyst at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. His area of research is national security, internal security and insurgency. Besides this, he also has an interest in South Asian politics. He has completed his PhD from MMAJ-Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), in 2021. In his doctoral thesis, he explained the changes and shifts in the Kashmir Policy of India and Pakistan by focusing on the 'National Identity Perceptions' of political leaders of India, Pakistan and Kashmir. He also completed his M.Phil. in International Studies from the same Centre and Masters degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Islamic University of Science and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir.
Before joining MP-IDSA in August 2021, he worked as Assistant Professor in Centre for International Relations, Islamic University of Science and Technology, J&K, where he taught courses like Theories of International Relations, South Asian Politics and Conflict Resolution and Peace Building.