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Name: Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: School of Politics and International Relations


Qualifications: PhD in US Studies (International Relations & History)
MPhil  in US Studies (International Relations & History)
MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies 


Phone: +92-51 9064-2254
Email: ishtiaqahmad@qau.edu.pk
Status: On Job
Other Weblink: www.ishtiaqahmad.com


Research Interests Publications Conferences Research Projects

Pakistan Foreign Policy

Regional Economic Integration

South Asian Security  

Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan

Contemporary Muslim World 

BOOKS

Pakistan’s Democratic Transition: Change and Persistence. London: Routledge, September 2016 (co-edited)

Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: The Search for Security and Stability in India and Pakistan. London: I.B. Tauris (in process)

 Afganistan’dan Keşmir’e: ABD Liderliğindeki Terörizme Karşı Savas  Ve Hindistan-Pakistan çatışması. Istanbul: Gündoğan Yayınları, 2013 (in Turkish)

India and Pakistan: Charting a Path to Peace. Islamabad: Pan-Graphics, 2004 (co-authored)

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: An Afghan Trail from Jihad to Terrorism. Islamabad: Pan-Graphics, 2004

A New Nuclear Order. Islamabad: Institute of Regional Studies, 1997.

Pakistan in a Changing World: Foreign Policy Options. Islamabad: Institute of Regional Studies, 1997 (edited)   

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Issues in South Asia. Islamabad: Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre Press, 1996 (edited)

The Nuclear Danger: Going Down to Minimum Deterrence. Islamabad: National Book Foundation, 1996

     JOURNAL ARTICLES 

“Breaking the Equilibrium? New Leaders and Old Structures in the India-Pakistan Rivalry.” Asian Affairs: An American Review 42 (2015): 46-75 (co-authored)

“Will Pakistan’s India Policy under Sharif Shift Strategically?” Strategic Analysis 37 (2013): 667-74 (co-authored)

“Pakistan’s ‘Regional Pivot’ and the Endgame in Afghanistan.” IPRI Journal 13 (2013): 1-20

“Preconditions and Prospects of Peace in Afghanistan.” Central Asia 69 (2013): 1-18

“United Kingdom’s Pakistan Policy Post-9/11.” Journal of Strategic Studies 32/33 (2012-13): 26-44

“From Pan-Islamism to Muslim Nationalism: The Khilafat Movement and the Struggle for Pakistan.” Pakistan Journal of History and Culture 33 (2012): 1-22 (co-authored)

“The US Af-Pak Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities for Pakistan.” Asian Affairs: An American Review 37 (2010): 191-209 

“Forging a Doctrine of International Community in a Post-Unilateral Environment.” Margallah Papers 9 (2009): 1-21

“Why NATO Is Failing in Afghanistan.” IPRI Journal 8 (2008): 53-69

“The Future of India-Pakistan Peace Process amid the War on Terror in Afghanistan.” IPRI Journal 4 (2007): 56-72

“Siachen: A By-Product of the Kashmir Dispute and a Catalyst for Its Resolution.” Pakistan Journal of History and Culture 27 (2006): 84-114     

“OIC and the Muslim World: Overcoming Challenges of the 21st Century.” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan 43 (2006): 159-68      

“Competing Religious Nationalisms and the Partition of British India.” Pakistan Journal of History and Culture 26 (2005): 1-11

“Towards Kashmir Settlement beyond Jihad.” Perceptions 9 (2004): 29-44

“Post-War Afghanistan: Rebuilding a Ravaged Nation.” Perceptions 7 (2002): 52-70

“Prospects of Cyprus Settlement after the Helsinki Summit.” Marmara Journal of European Studies 8 (2000): 59-74

“Formalizing the Partition of Cyprus: Lessons from the Indian Subcontinent.”  Perceptions 5 (2000): 35-55

“Containing the Taliban: Path to Peace in Afghanistan.” Perceptions 5 (2000-2001): 67-85

“Turkey and Pakistan: Bridging the Growing Divergence.”  Perceptions 5 (2000): 154-6

      BOOK CHAPTERS 

“Pakistan’s Third Democratic Transition.” In Pakistan’s Democratic Transition: Change and Persistence, edited by Ishtiaq Ahmad & Adnan Rafiq, Abingdon: Routledge, 2015

“Pakistan-India Pathway to South Asian Peace.” In Democratic Transition and Security in Pakistan, edited by Shaun Gregory, Abingdon: Routledge, 2015

“Terrorism: A Conceptual Framework.” In Countering Terrorism: Psycho-social Strategies, edited by in Updesh Kumar, and Manas K. Mandal3-25. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012

“Promising Partnership? American AfPak Strategy and Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Response.” In Pakistan’s Quagmire: Security, Strategy and Future of the Islamic Nuclear-Nation, edited by Usama Butt, and N Elahi, 39-74. New York: Continuum, 2010

“The Kurdish Question: A Challenge to the Sovereignty and Integrity of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.” In Humanitarian, Preemptive, Punitive and Political Intervention and State Sovereignty, edited by Naveed Ahmad Tahir, 65-80. Karachi: Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, 2010

“Reclaiming Pakistan’s Pacifist Religious Creed.” In The Islamization of Pakistan, 1979-2009, edited by The Middle East Institute, 19-21. Washington, DC: The Middle East Institute, 2009

“Differences in US-EU approaches to the Middle East: Greater Middle East Initiative and Iraq as Case Studies. In EU as an Emerging International Power: Its Middle East Policy, edited by Naveed Ahmad Tahir, 113-32. Karachi: Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, 2009

“Caliphs as Sponsors of Islamic Sciences.” In Islamic Science and the Contemporary World, edited by Baharudin Ahmad, 107-16. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2008

“Peacekeeping and Disarmament: Protecting the World’s People.” In A Global Agenda, edited by Angela Drakulich, 37-112. New York: United Nations Association of the USA, 2005 (co-authored)

“Negotiating Peace at the Table, Building Peace on the Ground.” In A Global Agenda, edited by Angela Drakulich, 107-56. New York: United Nations Association of the USA, 2004 (co-authored)

“Asia: Keeping the Peace.” In A Global Agenda, edited by Angela Drakulich, 52-111. New York: United Nations Association of the USA, 2004 (co-authored)

      ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 

 “Religious Terrorism,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 423-428

“Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 225-226

“Afghanistan,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 1-5

“Deobandism,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 110-12

“Taliban,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 421-423

“Wahhabism,” Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Abingdon: Routledge, 2003): 447-449

     BRIEFS & REVIEWS 

“Afghan High Peace Council Faces Credibility Crisis.” Oxford Analytica, May 20, 2013. 3-4 March 1995

“Pakistan Alters Afghan Tactics ahead of 2014.” Oxford Analytica, March 15, 2013

“As Western Withdrawal Gains Momentum, Peace in Afghanistan Hinges on One Factor: Pakistan.” Politics in Spires, February 18, 2013

 “The Story of How a Little Girl from Swat Became a Rallying Point against the Taliban.” Politics in Spires, October 16, 2013

“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Position on the Protection of Civilians during Armed Conflicts.” NOREF Policy Brief, December 2012

Book Review of The Pakistan-US Conundrum: Jihadists, the Military, and the People—the Struggle for Control, by Yunus Samad. London: Hurst, 2012. Published in Contemporary South Asia 20 (2012): 424-5

“Global Insider: Turkey-Pakistan Stand by Each Other.” World Politics Review, June 4, 2012

“Promise and Peril of NATO’s ‘Irreversible’ Exit from Afghanistan.” Politics in Spires, May 20, 2012

“Madness over the Himalayas: Time of Demilitarize the Siachen Glacier.” Politics in Spires, April 30, 2012

“Is Pakistan a Bigger Problem than Afghanistan? A Critical Appraisal of Ahmed Rashid’s ‘Pakistan on the Brink.” Politics in Spires, April 10, 2012

“State-Sponsored Terrorism.” In Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (online). Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 2012

“Afghanistan’s Human Rights Gains Are Too Precious to Compromise.” Politics in Spires, February 21, 2012

“The Seeds of a Green Spring: Young Leaders Meet in Oxford to Debate Pakistan’s Future.” Politics in Spires, February 9, 2012

“Global Insider: Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Forum.” World Politics Review, April 25, 2011

“Who Will Prevail in the Battle for Pakistan? Islamonline, October 16, 2008 

“Al-Qaidas globales Terrorpotenzial und die sich verchärfende Krise im Atomstaat Pakistan.” Böll.Thema, December 17, 2007 (in German)

“How Is Asia’s—and the World’s—Newest Nation Faring? A Look at Timur Leste, The Inter-Dependent 4 (Summer 2006): 14

“Gigantic Challenges ahead as UN Musters Support for Pakistani Quake Victims.” UNA-USA E-Newsletter, December 1, 2005

“Drug Trade Derails Afghan Reconstruction, Requires International Assistance.” In A Global Agenda, edited by Angela Drakulich, 149. New York: United Nations Association of the USA, 2004

“Rebuilding Afghanistan Requires a Heavier Footprint.” In A Global Agenda, edited by Angela Drakulich, 102-3. New York: United Nations Association of the USA, 2003

 

Presented paper on “Pakistan’s Strategic Options,” Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, 10 December 2015.

Presented paper on “Sources of Tension in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, 12-13 December 2014

Presented paper on “Civil-Military Foreign Policy Preferences, and the Region Pivot” at international conference on ‘New Security Narratives in Pakistan,’ Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, 25-26 November 2014.

Convened international conference on ‘Pakistan: Opportunity in Crisis’ at Asian Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, May 10-11, 2014

Presented paper on “Genesis of Persistence in Pakistan Foreign Policy” at international history conference on ‘Pakistan: Creation and Consolidation’, Forman Christian College (University), Lahore, April 14-15, 2014  

Participated as international expert in workshop on ‘Afghanistan: 2020’ organised by Lowy Institute for International Policy of Flinders University and Chatham House, London in Adelaide, South Australia, November 22, 2013

Organised/spoke at seminar on ‘Post-Election Scenario in Pakistan: Implications for the Country and the World” at Oxford Union, University of Oxford, June 13, 2013

Presented paper on “Beyond Strategic Depth: Dealing with the Extremist Blowback from Regional Jihad in Pakistan” at 27thannual conference of British Association of South Asian Studies, University of Leeds, April 3-5, 2013

Spoke as panelist at seminar on ‘Religion and Its Impact on State Policies: the Case of Pakistan’ organized by All-Party Parliamentary Group on Third World Solidarity at House of Commons, London, March 12, 2013

Spoke as panelist at roundtable on ‘World Human Rights Day’ organized by International Council for Human Rights, Brussels, December 5, 2012

Spoke as panelist at seminar on Kashmir on the sidelines of 21stsession of UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, September 19, 2012

Participated as Fulbright scholar in 35th annual conference of Fulbright Alumni Association held in London, October 18-21, 2012

Presented paper on “UN Sanctions and Their Impact on Terrorism: Afghanistan 1999-2012” in seminar organized by Democracy Forum at House of Commons, London, September 5, 2012

Presented paper on “Afghanistan: Pakistan’s Role in a Regional Solution” at international conference organized by Pluscarden Programme for the Study of Global Terrorism, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, May 31-June 1, 2012

Participated as delegate in workshop on ‘Pakistan: The Impact of Regional Rivalries’ organized by Danish Institute for International Studies and Chatham House, London, May 8, 2012

Presented paper on “Endgame Afghanistan: Making Peace with the Enemy” at 26th annual conference of British Association of South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, April 12-14, 2012

Spoke as panelist at seminar on ‘US-Pakistan Relations, the War on Terror and the Way Forward’ organized by Pakistan Society of London School of Economics, London, March 2, 2012

Presented paper on “Afghanistan after Ten Years: More Rights or Fewer?” at Visiting Parliamentarian Fellowship Seminar Series, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, February 14, 2012

Presented paper on “Rethinking Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan” at South Asia History Seminar Series, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, January 24, 2012

Presented paper on “British Policy Towards Pakistan amid the War on Terror” at international conference organized by Heinrich Boll Stiftung and Centre for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad, December 8-9, 2011

Participated as panelist in seminar on ‘European Relations with South Asia’ at Chatham House, London, May 11, 2011

Presented paper on “Reconciliation through Regionalism: Beyond Militaristic Response to Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan” at 25th annual conference of  British Association of South Asian Studies, University of Southampton, April 11-13, 2011

Presented paper on “The Role of China and Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Kashmir Dispute” at roundtable on ‘Asian Powers in Kashmir,’ Royal United Services Institute, London, January 25, 2011

Spoke as panelist in seminar on ‘The Assassination of Governor Punjab in the Context of Blasphemy Law’ organized by Pakistan Society at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, January 12, 2011

Presented paper on “Obama Administration’s AfPak Policy and Pakistan’s Response” at 51st annual convention of International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 17-20, 2010

Presented paper on “NATO Mission in Afghanistan: Problems and Prospects” at 50th annual convention of International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18, 2009

Presented paper on “NATO Mission in Afghanistan: Causes and Effects of Its Current Failure” at 2nd Global International Studies Conference organized by Central and East European International Studies Association, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 23-26, 2008

Presented paper on “Shanghai Cooperation Organization: China, Russia, and Regionalism in Central Asia” at 1st International Convention on Inter-Asian Connections of Social Sciences Research Council, Dubai School of Government, University of Dubai, UAE, February 21-23, 2008

Presented paper on “State Patronage an Important Factor in the Rise of Islamic Science” at conference organized by International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 9-10, 2008

Presented paper on “Reforming OIC to Revitalize the Muslim World: Principal Challenges and Potential Opportunities” at 7thMediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, March 22-26, 2006

Presented paper on “The Kashmir Dispute: Reversing the Post-1989 Jihad Movement as a First Step to Final Settlement” at 4thConvention of International Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 26-28, 2003

Presented paper on “The Role of the Military in the Polity and Economy under Globalization: A Comparative Study of Turkey and Pakistan” at 4th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, March 19-23, 2003

Presented paper on “Overcoming the Challenges Facing Globalization after September 11” at 13th annual conference of American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 10-12, 2002

Presented paper on “Resolving the Cyprus Dispute through EU Enlargement” at 9th annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution co-organized by US Common Bond Institute and Russian Harmony Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 11-15, 2001

Presented co-authored paper on “Potential Outcomes of the Cyprus-EU Accession Process: Analyzing Scenarios for the Future Political Setup in Cyprus” at 3rd International Congress on Cyprus Studies, Center for Cypriot Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, November 13-17, 2000

Organized/presented paper on “Turkish-Pakistan Relations: Continuity and Change” at 4th annual international conference  of International Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, April 26-28, 2000

Organized international conference on ‘Fifty Years of UN Resolutions on Kashmir’ sponsored by Institute of Regional Studies, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, August 13,1998

REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTH ASIA, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 2014-15, undertaken as Quaid-i-Azam Fellow at Oxford University. To be published as a book titled Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: The Search for Security and Stability in India and Pakistan. London I.B. Tauris.  

PAKISTAN’S THIRD DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION,  St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 2012-14, undertaken as Quaid-i-Azam Fellow at Oxford University. Convened international conference on ’Pakistan: Opportunity in Crisis,’ 10-11 May 2014/Proceedings to be published as an edited volume titled Pakistan’s Democratic Transition: Change and Persistence. Abingdon: Routledge, September 2016.  



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