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. Moonis Ahmar (Urdu

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: مونس احمر) (b. April 4, 1959, Karachi

Karachi

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) is an eminent scholar of International Relations

International relations

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 and Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution

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 from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

.

Education

Dr. Ahmar holds MSc

MSC

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 (1981) in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

 Pakistan in First Class First and M.Phil (1988) and Ph.D (1990) on European Security System in the Post-Helsinki Accords Period: A Model for South Asia from the University of Karachi.

Teaching/research positions

• Ist March 1983 to 31 October 1983. Senior Research Fellow, Area Study Center for Africa, North & South America, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

• 3 November 1983 to 12 July 1984. Research Officer, The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
  Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
  The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Karachi whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs.-History:PIIA was founded in 1947 in Karachi in affiliation with the Royal...
  
  , Karachi.

• 14 July 1984 to 11 September 1988. Senior Research Fellow, Area Study Center for Europe, University of Karachi.

• 12 September 1988 to 28 February 1991 Assistant Professor, Area Study Center for Europe, University of Karachi.

• 28 February 1991 to May 4, 1997. Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.

• 5 May 1997 to January 1, 2001. Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.

• January 1, 2001 to date, Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.

• Visiting Scholar, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament & International Security (ACDIS) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. from February 10 to June 10, 1993.

• Visiting Research Associate, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament & International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from November 24, 1994 to May 20, 1996. Also worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during Spring semester, 1995

• Visiting Fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center
  Henry L. Stimson Center
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  , Washington DC from June–July 1997.

• Scholar in Residence, Middle East Institute
  Middle East Institute
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   and Visiting Scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  Center for Strategic and International Studies
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  , Washington DC from September 13 to October 10, 1999.

• Visiting Fellow at the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
  University of Notre Dame
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  , Indiana from October 11 to December 14, 1999.

• Asia Fellow, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka
  University of Dhaka
  The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...
  
  , Bangladesh from January 7, 2002 to October 6, 2002. Theme of research: “A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh: Economic, Political and Cultural Dynamics.”

• Visiting Fellow, Asia Research Center, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK from February 7 to April 28, 2004.

• Visiting Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany from June 2, 2008.

• Visiting Research Fellow, South Asia Program, Institute of Defense Studies, Rajaratram School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (December 18, 2010 till March 15, 2011).

• DAAD Fellow, Conflict Management and Studies Program, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany since April 8, 2011.

Life and career

He has a vast teaching/Research

Research

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 experience and has been research fellow of some distinguished institutes of the world like the Program on Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stimson Center, Middle East Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, Joan B. Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia Research Center, London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany. He specializes in Conflict Resolution and Confidence-building measures with particular reference to Middle East

Middle East

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, South Asia

South Asia

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 and Central Asia

Central Asia

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. He has authored two books and edited twelve along with four monograph

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s, several research articles and book chapters. He has also completed several research projects and has arranged and participated in many national, regional and international seminar

Seminar

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s/workshop

Workshop

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s/conference

Academic conference

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s. He has been invited as a Guest Speaker by various Staff Colleges including PAF Air War College

PAF Air War College

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, Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, National Defense College (Islamabad,) National Defense College Dhaka

Dhaka

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, Naval War College, Lahore

Lahore

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, Command and Staff College, Quetta

Quetta

is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

. He has also been invited by various TV channels as an expert for their Current Affairs programs. He holds membership of the several academic bodies and is on an editorial/advisory editorial board of various research journals. He has supervised four Ph.D. students. Currently, two students are doing M.Phil/Ph.D research under his guidance.
Books

• Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean since the withdrawal of Great Britain . (Karachi: Area Study Center for Europe, 1986. pp. 143).

• The Soviet Role in South Asia:1969-87 (Karachi: Area Study Center for Europe, 1989),pp. 312.

Edited Books

• Contemporary Central Asia (Edited), (Islamabad: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi and Hanns Seidel Foundation, 1995), pp. 256.

• Internal and External Dynamics of South Asian Security (Edited), (Karachi: Faze, 1998), pp. 151.

• The CTBT Controversy: Different Perceptions In South Asia (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2000), pp. 153.

• The Challenges of Conflict Resolution and Security in 21 st Century (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2001).

• Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Lessons for South Asia (Edited) (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001.)

• The Challenge of Confidence-Building in South Asia (Edited) (New Delhi: Harahan Publications, 2001), pp. 440.

• Paradigms of Conflict Resolution in South Asia (Edited) (Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2003).

• The World after September 11: Challenges and Opportunities (Edited) (Karachi: Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2003). pp. 322

• Different Perceptions on Conflict Resolution: Need for an Alternate Approach (Edited) (Karachi: Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2005), pp. 297.

• The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan (Edited) (Karachi: Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2005), pp. 240.

• Conflict Management Mechanisms And The Challenge of Peace (Edited) (Karachi: Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2008), pp.174.

• International Relations Today: Theories, Methods And Areas of Research (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2009), pp. 204.

• Foreign Policy Making Process: A Case Study of Pakistan (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad), pp. 159.

• Early Warning Systems: Potential For Crisis Management And Regional Cooperation (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad), pp. 213.

• Conflict Resolution Research In South Asia (Edited) (Karachi: Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2010), pp. 244.

• The Restructuring of SAARC (Edited) (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2010), pp. 188.

• Conflict Transformation and the Challenge of Peace (Edited) Department of International Relations, University of Karachi in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2011), pp. 244.

Monographs

• Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia Geneva: Program for Strategic and International Security Studies, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, 1991. pp. 45.

• Indo-Pakistan Normalization Process: The Role of CBMs in the post-Cold War Era. Published as an Occasional Paper by Program In Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, (ACDIS) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, U.S.A. November 1993, pp. 1–19.
• The Road To Peace In South Asia: Lessons For India And Pakistan From The Arab-Israeli Peace, Published as an Occasional Paper by the Program In Arms Control, Disarmament & International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., August 1996, pp. 62.

• Pakistan and Bangladesh: From Conflict To Cooperation Published as BIISS Papers, 19 by the Bangladesh Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Dhaka, March 2003, pp. 59. Also published by the Pakistan Study Center, University of Karachi.