Md. Muddassir Quamar is an Associate Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Prior to joining JNU, Dr. Quamar was a Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA). He specialises in Middle East strategic affairs, political Islam, and India’s relations with the region. Dr. Quamar has authored and edited several books, published research articles in reputed academic journals, and contributed chapters in edited volumes on contemporary developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He is the Editor of the Contemporary Review of the Middle East (Sage, India) and has served as Book Review Editor of Strategic Analysis (T&F, UK).