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Sardar Jahanzaib Ghalib


Research Associate

Areas of Research:

Middle Eastern politics, US liberal Order, Arms control & disarmament, Emerging technologies, Kashmir Issue.

Sardar Jahanzaib is serving as a Research Associate at the Arms Control and Disarmament Centre (ACDC), ISSI. He has previously worked as a as lecturer Of International Relations at NUML ISLAMABAD, Research Assistant at Kashmir Institute of International Relations Islamabad (KIIR) and CLAS. He holds an MPhil in International Relations (2023) and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad in 2023. His educational journey began with Secondary and Intermediate Education at Cadet College Palandri Azad Kashmir (2011-2016).

Throughout his career, he has been recognized for his contributions and achievements. He received the National Youth Award from the Government of Pakistan in 2021 and the Best Researcher Award at the Kashmir Institute of International Relations in 2020-21. He also earned the Pride of Performance at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad in 2022 and an Honorary Mention from the university’s Directorate of Student Affairs in 2021. Winner of the Higher Education Commission Pakistan 19th All Pakistan Inter-University Declamation Competition, 2017, Winner of the British High Commission’s The Great Debate, 2016, Pakistan Human Rights Commission’s Best Debater award, Best English Debater of Gomal University D.I. Khan Umeed-e-Sahar Debate, 2019 His teaching portfolio includes courses on State and Human Security, Contemporary Global Conflicts and Peace, International Relations Theories, International Politics of the Middle East, Arms Control & Disarmament, and International Relations and Current Affairs.

Other Publications

  • INDO-PAK HYDROPOLITICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DISPUTED JAMMU AND KASHMIR

https://pjsr.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4.-Vol.3.Issue2_.-Jahanzaib_Water-Issues.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1h1nIHiD8Oa9klTu1LpX3X-PzkrJ83LYcqKqCEZCnyX46uMey21Br9qS4

  • Political Instability and Pakistan’s Economic crises.

https://stratheia.com/political-instability-and-pakistans-economic-crises/

  • The Dwindled Fate: Understanding Pakistani Migrants’ Desperation.

https://stratheia.com/the-dwindled-fate-understanding-pakistani-migrants-desperation/?amp=1

  • S. Liberal Traditions & Biden New World Order.

https://www.thedayspring.com.pk/u-s-liberal-traditions-biden-new-world-order/

  • Dissecting conflictual neighbours over Kashmir

https://www.dailyparliamenttimes.com/2020/09/28/dissecting-conflictual-neighbors-over-kashmir/#.X3NIv2gzbb0

  • Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir Under Draconian Hindutva

https://www.thedayspring.com.pk/iojk-under-draconian-hindutva/

  • BALANCING THE DISGRUNTLED ALLIES

https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/balancing-disgruntled-allies

  • The Forgotten Ones

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/07/24/the-forgotten-ones/

Issue Brief on “Balancing the Scales: Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy in the Face of India’s...

India’s critical military modernization and its position as a leading arms importer have introduced significant implications for regional stability, and this growing conventional asymmetry...

Issue Brief on “Lethal Autonomous Weapons & Cybersecurity: Navigating the Complexities of Autonomy and...

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) are “a special class of weapon systems that use sensor suites and computer algorithms to independently identify a target...

Issue Brief on “India’s Aggressive Maritime Ambitions: Analysing Naval Expansion in the Indian Ocean...

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), encompassing approximately 20% of the Earth's oceanic expanse, is the smallest yet most complex among the three primary oceans....

Issue Brief on “The Weaponization of Space: Global Trends, National Perspectives, and Legal Implications”

The deployment of devices with destructive capabilities in orbit is known as spatial weaponization. Spatial weaponization refers to the deployment of weapons, whether space-based...

Issue Brief on “China-Led Resolution on Artificial Intelligence: Prospects for Human Security and Strategic...

In efforts to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted a resolution on "Enhancing...

Issue Brief on “The Impact of 5th Generation Warfare on Power Dynamics and Arms...

Rapid technological developments have created more complex and multi-dimensional power dynamics in the 5th generation warfare. Various states are involved in an intensified competition for...