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Asfandyar Mir

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Biography

Asfandyar Mir is an affiliate with the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. Previously he has held predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at the center. His research interests are in the international relations of South Asia, US counterterrorism policy, and political violence, with a regional focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals of International Relations, such as International Security, International Studies Quarterly and Security Studies, and his commentary has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, H-Diplo, Lawfare, Modern War Institute, Political Violence at a Glance, Politico, and the Washington Post.

Asfandyar received his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago and a masters and bachelors from Stanford University.

publications

Commentary
September 2020

Al Qaeda’s Leader Is Old, Bumbling—and a Terrorist Mastermind

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Journal Articles
September 2020

Al Qaeda’s Franchise Reboot

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Commentary
July 2020

Why didn’t the U.S. rebuke Russia for its Taliban bounty deal? Four things to know.

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