Moonis Ahmar

Moonis Ahmar
Born 4 April 1959
Karachi
Residence Karachi
Nationality Pakistani
Citizenship Pakistani
Alma mater University of Karachi, Quaid-e-Azam University
Scientific career
Fields Conflict resolution and international relations
Institutions University of Karachi

Moonis Ahmar (Urdu: مونس احمر) (b. 4 April 1959, Karachi) is a scholar of international relations and conflict resolution from Pakistan.

Education

Ahmar holds MSc (1981) in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan in First Class First and M.Phil (1988) and PhD (1990) on European Security System in the Post-Helsinki Accords Period: A Model for South Asia from the University of Karachi.[1][2]

Life and career

Currently, two students are doing M.Phil/PhD research under his guidance.[3][4]

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: Har Anand Publications, 2001), pp. 440.
  • Paradigms of Conflict Resolution in South Asia (Edited) (Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2003).
  • The World after 11 September: 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, USA 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, USA, 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.

References

  1. ↑ awamiweb. http://www.awamiweb.com/dr-moonis-ahmar-appointed-dean-arts-karachi-university-69360.html, Retrieved 24 July 2014
  2. ↑ pakistannewsreleases. http://www.pakistannewsreleases.com/karachi-university-appoints-prof-dr-moonis-ahmar-as-new-director-for-the-area-study-centre-for-europe/, Retrieved 24 July 2014
  3. ↑ globalpoliticsnews. http://globalpoliticsnews.com/?p=1626, Retrieved 24 July 2014
  4. ↑ transasianews. http://transasianews.com/books/2055-secularism-is-not-anti-religion-vision-for-a-secular-pakistan-by-dr-moonis-ahmar, Retrieved 24 July 2014
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