Ishtiaq Ahmad 
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Ishtiaq Ahmad is the Quaid-i-Azam Fellow at St. Antony’s College and Senior Research Associate at Centre for International Studies, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK. He is also an Associate Professor of International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Dr Ahmad previously served as Assistant Professor/Vice Chair of International Relations, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus; Senior Research Fellow, Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University; and visiting faculty member, National Defence University and Foreign Service Academy, Islamabad. He is also a recipient of several fellowships and awards, including Fulbright Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbra; Hanns-Seidel Foundation Fellowship, Christian-Alberchts University, Kiel, Germany; and Human Rights Award from former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He received his MA in Defence and Strategic Studies, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. in American Studies, with doctoral dissertation on strategic arms control, from Quaid-i-Azam University.

Dr Ahmad has published widely on South Asian security, conflict in Afghanistan, US policy towards South Asia and contemporary Muslim world issues. His publications include several books, chapters and articles, such as: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: An Afghan Trail from Jihad to Terrorism (2004); Nuclear Non-Proliferation Issues in South Asia (1996); ‘The US Af-Pak Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities for Pakistan,’ Asian Affairs (2010); and ‘The Organization of Islamic Conference: From Ceremonial Politics to Politicization?’ in Beyond Regionalism? Regional Cooperation, Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East (Ashgate, 2008). He has also contributed to A Global Agenda (United Nations Association of USA, 2003-05) and Encyclopaedia of War and Religion (Routledge, 2003).

As a former journalist, Dr Ahmadcovered the conflict in Afghanistan and its fallout in Pakistan. He edited The Muslim, reported for The Nation  and has written for The News International, The Friday Times and Turkish Daily News, and been interviewed by Al-Jazeera, CNN and Los Angeles Times. He has also spoken at conferences organised by International Studies Association (ISA), Social Sciences Research Council, British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS), Royal United Services Institute, and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. He is a member of ISA and BASAS and a trustee of Centre for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad.

Currently, Dr Ahmad is conducting research on Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan, exploring theoretical approaches and practical possibilities, particularly concerning reconciliation and regionalism.