Tahir Amin
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Dr. Tahir Amin is a Pakistani political scientist. He is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University
, in Islamabad
, Pakistan
. Previously, he was the Iqbal Chair at the Centre for International Studies,http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cis/ University of Cambridge
, Cambridge, UK (c.1997-2001, succeeding Akbar S. Ahmed
, followed by Tahir Kamran
). He holds a PhD in Political Science
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1988), a Masters in International Relations
from Carleton University
, Canada (1978), and a M.Sc. in International Relations from Quaid-i-Azam University (1976). He received a King Faisal Scholarship to study at MIT, and a Fulbright Award at Harvard University (1992), where he worked on a research project on “Reactions of the Non-Western world to the Thesis of the Clash of Civilizations
by Samuel Huntington
.” He was a visiting Fellow at the Watson Institute of International Studies, Brown University
, Providence, USA (1996), and at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) at Harvard University
.
Amin is a Member of the Board of Governors at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, at the National Institute of History Commission, and at the Area Study Center for North America and Africa, all at Quaid-i-Azam University.
His research focuses on questions of world order, Pakistan's foreign relations, domestic politics of Pakistan, Kashmir, terrorism, and the politics of South
and Central Asia
.
, and Takashi Inoguchi
(University of Cambridge Press, forthcoming); and the forthcoming “World Orders in Central Asia: Essays in honor of Hayward R. Alker” (Brown University, forthcoming). Published monographs include Mass Resistance in Kashmir: Origins, Evolution, Options (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies 1995), Nationalism and Internationalism in Liberalism, Marxism and Islam (Islamabad: International Institute of Islamic Thought 1992), Ethno-National Movements of Pakistan: Domestic and International Factors (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies 1989), Afghanistan Crisis: Implications and Options for Muslim World, Iran and Pakistan (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies, 1982), and Tashkent Declaration: Third Party’s Role in the Resolution of Conflict (Islamabad: Institute of Strategic Studies, 1980).
and Wolfson College Cambridge, 2005); “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Evaluation”, National Development and Security (Autumn 2003); “Changing Global and Regional Scenario and Pakistan”, National Development and Security (Spring 2003); "Indian Approach towards the Kashmir Dispute", in K.F. Yousaf (ed). Perspectives on Kashmir (Islamabad: 1994); ‘Kargil Crisis in Kashmir’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Spring/Summer 2000); "Pakistan and the Central Asian States," in Myron Weiner
, et al. The New Geopolitics of Central Asia and its Border Lands (Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1994); "Kashmir," in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam (London: Oxford University Press 1996); "Accommodation Across Cultures: Towards a Peaceful World Order," Strategic Studies (Winter 1996); "Pakistan in 1994: Politics of Confrontation," Asian Survey (February 1995); "Pakistan in 1993: Some Dramatic Changes," Asian Survey (February 1994); "Changing World Order and Pakistan," Strategic Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer 1991); "Moscow’s Kabul Connection: Lesson for Asian Countries," Strategic Studies (Fall 1982); “Two Years of Afghan Resistance” Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. VII, no 1 & 2; "Pakistan-United States Aid Deal: A Pakistan Perspective," Pakistan Journal of American Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1984); "Iran: Political Economy of an Islamic State," American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Washington, DC July 1985); and "Afghan Resistance: Past, Present and Future," Asian Survey (April 1984).
Quaid-i-Azam University
The Quaid-i-Azam University is a public, research university in Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It was initially founded as the "University of Islamabad" in July 1967...
, in 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
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...
. Previously, he was the Iqbal Chair at the Centre for International Studies,http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cis/ University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, Cambridge, UK (c.1997-2001, succeeding Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the...
, followed by Tahir Kamran
Tahir Kamran
Tahir Kamran, , is a notable Pakistani historian, reviewer, and former head of the department of history at the Government College University in Lahore, Pakistan. He is currently holding the Iqbal Chair at the University of Cambridge...
). He holds a PhD in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(1988), a Masters in International Relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
from Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
, Canada (1978), and a M.Sc. in International Relations from Quaid-i-Azam University (1976). He received a King Faisal Scholarship to study at MIT, and a Fulbright Award at Harvard University (1992), where he worked on a research project on “Reactions of the Non-Western world to the Thesis of the Clash of Civilizations
Clash of Civilizations
The Clash of Civilizations is a theory, proposed by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world....
by Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington may refer to:* Samuel Huntington , American jurist, statesman, and revolutionary leader* Samuel H. Huntington , American jurist* Samuel P. Huntington , American political scientist...
.” He was a visiting Fellow at the Watson Institute of International Studies, Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, Providence, USA (1996), and at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
Amin is a Member of the Board of Governors at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, at the National Institute of History Commission, and at the Area Study Center for North America and Africa, all at Quaid-i-Azam University.
His research focuses on questions of world order, Pakistan's foreign relations, domestic politics of Pakistan, Kashmir, terrorism, and the politics of South
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
.
Books and Monographs
He is the author of seven books or monographs, including two forthcoming: Theorizing World Orders: An Historical, Hermenutic and Dialectical Approach, co-authored with Hayward R. Alker, Jr., Thomas J. BierstekerThomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist. He became the first Curt Gasteyger Professor of International Security at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland in 2007. He is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the...
, and Takashi Inoguchi
Takashi Inoguchi
is a Japanese academic researcher of foreign affairs and international and global relationships of states. He is also a professor emeritus of University of Tokyo. He is the president of University of Niigata Prefecture since April 2009 .- History :Inoguchi is from Niigata, Niigata. He was born...
(University of Cambridge Press, forthcoming); and the forthcoming “World Orders in Central Asia: Essays in honor of Hayward R. Alker” (Brown University, forthcoming). Published monographs include Mass Resistance in Kashmir: Origins, Evolution, Options (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies 1995), Nationalism and Internationalism in Liberalism, Marxism and Islam (Islamabad: International Institute of Islamic Thought 1992), Ethno-National Movements of Pakistan: Domestic and International Factors (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies 1989), Afghanistan Crisis: Implications and Options for Muslim World, Iran and Pakistan (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies, 1982), and Tashkent Declaration: Third Party’s Role in the Resolution of Conflict (Islamabad: Institute of Strategic Studies, 1980).
Scholarly Articles
He has written more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles or chapters, among them including “Kashmir Question” in The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture Vol. VI: Islam in World Today (Paris: UNESCO, 2012); “1977 Coup D’etat in Pakistan” in Pakistan Journal of History and Culture Vol.XXV111 no2 (July-Dec.2007); “Developments of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Case Study on Recognition of Taliban” (Lahore: Pildat, 2004); “The Plebiscite Option in Kashmir: A Reappraisal” in The Kashmir Imbroglio: Looking Towards the Future Islamabad (Islamabad Policy Research Institute, 2005); “Pakistan and the Islamic World Order” in Pakistan After 9/11: The Turn Around (Institute of Strategic StudiesInstitute of Strategic Studies
The Institute of Strategic Studies is a strategic studies think tank based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is funded by the Pakistan Foreign Office, its most famous member being the nationalist commentator Shireen Mazari...
and Wolfson College Cambridge, 2005); “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Evaluation”, National Development and Security (Autumn 2003); “Changing Global and Regional Scenario and Pakistan”, National Development and Security (Spring 2003); "Indian Approach towards the Kashmir Dispute", in K.F. Yousaf (ed). Perspectives on Kashmir (Islamabad: 1994); ‘Kargil Crisis in Kashmir’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Spring/Summer 2000); "Pakistan and the Central Asian States," in Myron Weiner
Myron Weiner
Myron Weiner was an American political scientist and renowned scholar on India, South Asia, internal and international migration, ethnic conflict, child labor, democratization, political demography, and the politics and policies of developing countries.-Education and Career:Weiner was born in New...
, et al. The New Geopolitics of Central Asia and its Border Lands (Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1994); "Kashmir," in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam (London: Oxford University Press 1996); "Accommodation Across Cultures: Towards a Peaceful World Order," Strategic Studies (Winter 1996); "Pakistan in 1994: Politics of Confrontation," Asian Survey (February 1995); "Pakistan in 1993: Some Dramatic Changes," Asian Survey (February 1994); "Changing World Order and Pakistan," Strategic Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer 1991); "Moscow’s Kabul Connection: Lesson for Asian Countries," Strategic Studies (Fall 1982); “Two Years of Afghan Resistance” Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. VII, no 1 & 2; "Pakistan-United States Aid Deal: A Pakistan Perspective," Pakistan Journal of American Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1984); "Iran: Political Economy of an Islamic State," American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Washington, DC July 1985); and "Afghan Resistance: Past, Present and Future," Asian Survey (April 1984).