Muhammad Amir
Muhammad Amir is a PhD researcher in International Relations at Deakin University, focusing on conflict resolution and regional politics.
Muhammad's articles (7 total)
The cockroach bites again: India’s protest movement takes on the ballot box
A protest movement born from anger over examination scandals has widened into a challenge over electoral rolls, institutional accountability and whether ordinary Indians can still trust the systems that shape their rights and opportunities.
Afghanistan’s silence is being counted as peace
Afghanistan’s battlefields are quieter, but millions of girls remain excluded from education. The consequences will emerge slowly – in missing doctors, teachers, midwives and skills.
The cockroach that bit Modi
A satirical youth movement built on memes and a cockroach mascot has done what no opposition party managed in a decade: it has cracked Narendra Modi's grip on India's national story, and taken a cabinet minister with it.
The Iran deal failed because it was built to break
The Islamabad Memorandum did not collapse simply because shipping attacks resumed. It failed because Washington and Tehran signed one text while understanding the bargain differently.
The handshake that never holds
Pakistani and Afghan negotiators have to come to the table with a Plan B to break the endless cycle of bombings and retaliatory strikes.
Inside the Senate's revolt to stop Trump's war
A bipartisan Senate vote to advance a War Powers Resolution against Operation Epic Fury marks a significant challenge to the Trump administration’s attempt to wage war against Iran without sustained congressional authorisation.
Trump's blockade, Iran's defiance: public messaging in the time of war
In the current Iran war, both sides are seeking to shape the narrative surrounding whatever agreement eventually emerges. This entails public rhetoric that may not align with quieter negotiations taking place between the US and Iran. The world is watching not necessarily the collapse of diplomacy but its transformation into a more public form of political performance.