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IDDF Director JNU Ex-Dean

Director • IDDF Research Foundation New Delhi, India

Prof. Aftab Kamal Pasha

MA (Pol. Sc.), MA (MES), M.Phil, Ph.D • Ex-Associate Dean, Director and Chairman, Gulf Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Egypt's Quest for Peace: Determinants and Implications (New Delhi: National Publishers, 1994)
Contemporary Gulf: State Society, Economy and Foreign Policy (New Delhi: Detente Publications, 1999)
Editor: India and West Asia: Continuity and Change (New Delhi: Gyan Sagar Publications, 1999)

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals / Books

Egypt in a Changing World (New Delhi: National Publishers, 2003)
Iraq: Sanctions and Wars (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 2003)
India and Turkey: Past and Emerging Relations (New Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2006)

SIS, JNU Gulf & West Asia Geopolitics

Senior Board Director

Director Research AYBU Ankara

Director Research • IDDF Research Foundation Ankara, Turkey / New Delhi

Dr. Omair Anas

MA (IR), M.Phil, Ph.D (JNU) • Assistant Professor of International Relations, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Turkey

Dr. Omair Anas teaches International Relations at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, in the Turkish capital Ankara. He studied MA in International Relations, and completed his M.Phil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in West Asian Studies in 2014.

Prior to joining Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University in 2018, he was a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi (Spring 2015–2018), where he was an expert on Turkish affairs and conducted the high-profile India-Turkey Think Tank Dialogue in 2018. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Freie University Berlin, Germany in 2012–2013.

He specializes in and teaches Non-Western International Relations, Middle East-Asia Relations, India-West Asia, and India-Turkey relations. He has authored more than 25 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 50 policy briefs in international think tanks, and over 100 commentaries in reputed global media platforms. His scholarly works are featured on ResearchGate and Academia.

ICWA Fellow Alum Freie Univ Berlin Fellow 25+ Journals • 50+ Briefs

Academic Publications: ResearchGate

CIWAD Deputy Director Amity Univ

Honorary Deputy Director • Centre for India and West Asia Dialogue (CIWAD) Gwalior / New Delhi

Dr. Saleem Ahmad

Ph.D, M.Phil (CWAS, SIS, JNU) • Programme Director & Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Amity University, Gwalior

Dr. Saleem Ahmad is an Honorary Deputy Director at the IDDF Centre for India-West Asia Dialogue (CIWAD), New Delhi. He earned his Ph.D. entitled “Syria’s Policy towards Iran during the Hafiz-al-Asad Regime” (July 2013) under Prof. Bansidhar Pradhan at the Centre for West Asian Studies (CWAS), SIS, JNU. He was also awarded an M.Phil. entitled “Syria’s Response to the Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990–1991” in 2008.

With over ten years of teaching and research experience, Dr. Ahmad has authored more than 60 research papers in various peer-reviewed, refereed, and UGC-CARE-listed journals. He has contributed multiple chapters to edited books and regularly writes opinion pieces for Hindi national dailies.

Comprehensive Research Focus: International politics, India's foreign policy, India-South Asia relations, India-West Asia ties, Syria-Iran relations, China and South Asia, India-China equations, India's energy security, climate change, and ethics/morality in international relations.

60+ UGC-CARE Papers National Hindi Columnist Syria-Iran Expert

Amity University Gwalior

CIWAD Fellow NIE NCERT

Assistant Professor & Non-Resident Fellow • CIWAD New Delhi, India

Dr. Subhash Singh

Ph.D (JNU), UGC Post-Doctoral Fellow (CWAS, SIS, JNU) • Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education (NIE), NCERT, New Delhi

Dr. Subhash Singh is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education (NIE), NCERT, New Delhi, and serves as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for India-West Asia Dialogue (CIWAD). He is an acclaimed scholar of West Asian conflicts, specifically Palestinian internal politics.

During his Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he rigorously examined the Hamas-Fatah struggle for power. He subsequently conducted advanced research as a UGC Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU.

Key Publication: "The Second Partition of Palestine" (Routledge, 2021)

His seminal book published by Routledge has been widely appreciated internationally as an indispensable and pathbreaking contribution to understanding Palestine’s internal power struggles, governance factions, and conflict dimensions.

UGC Post-Doc Fellow Routledge Author (2021) Palestinian Politics Expert

NIE, NCERT New Delhi