Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. NAJIMDEEN AYOOLA BAKARE

Associate Professor
  • Department of International and Strategic Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • bakare

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GEOPOLITICS
    Social Sciences, Political Science, Defense And International Studies, International Studies

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD in In Politics & International Relations, (Politik & Hubungan Antarabangsa)
    International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • MPhil in Politics and International Studies, (Politik & Hubungan Antarabangsa)
    International Islamic University, Islamabad

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Reviewer Certificate
    2025, Discover Global Society Journal,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Bakare, N. (2024). Self-determination and secessionism in Nigeria: a contextual analysis through Edward Azar’s protracted social conflict theory. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 42(4), 564–580. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2024.2390384
  2. Bakare, N., Sadaf, L., Wahaj, Z., Kamal, K., & Anwar, S. (2024). Human Security and Sustainable Development Goals: The Voices of Afghan Women Refugees in Pakistan. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231219757
  3. Muhammad, S., & Bakare, N. (2024). Human Security Discourse: A Case of Civil Society Activism in Sindh, Pakistan. Pakistan Social Sciences Review, 8(3), 112–125. https://doi.org/10.35484/pssr.2024(8-III)09
  4. Arif, H., & Bakare, N. (2022). Health Security, Vaccine Hesitancy and Post-Truth: A Case of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59(4), 1135-1153. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221130344
  5. Bakare, N., Khan, F., & Akash, S. A. (2022). Beyond return and resettlement: The impact of exposure and interactions on the post-conflict development of North Waziristan. Migration Studies, 11(1), 123–142. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnac017
  6. Siraj, U., & Bakare, N. (2022). Iran–USA Relations: From Exceptionalism to Containment Policy. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 9(1), 99-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477970221076969
  7. Bakare, N. & Iqbal, M. Z. (2021). Efficacy of Personality Traits, Religious Ideology and Political Capital of Event: The Case of Pulwama Attack. Strategic Studies, 40(4), 21–41. https://doi.org/10.53532/ss.040.04.0065
  8. Bakare, N. (2021). Contextualizing Russia and South Asia Relations through Putin’s Look East Policy. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 56(3), 676-692. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909620939113
  9. Bakare, N. (2021). Edward Azar’s Protracted Social Conflict Theory and Drivers of Self Determination: The Case of Nigeria. Przeglad Strategiczny. 14: 313-327
  10. Bakare, N., & Ali, A. (2021). Securitizing Biosecurity: The Scope for Civil-Military Coordination in Pakistan. IPRI Journal, 21(02), 1–42. https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.210201
  11. Bakare, N. (2020). UN Peacekeeping Operations and Successful Military Diplomacy: A Case Study of Pakistan. NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability III(1):13-25.
  12. Bakare, N & Khan F. (2019). Peace and Sustainable Development. Development Advocate Pakistan 6(3): 1-26.
  13. Bakare, N., & Sherazi, T. Z. (2019). Is the European Union Evolving or Failing? Policy Perspectives, 16(2), 5–25. https://doi.org/10.13169/polipers.16.2.0005
  14. Bakare, N., & Toor, M. R. (2019). Revisiting Mackinder’s Heartland Theory: Identifying The Emergence of a Complex Power Competiton in the Indian Ocean Region. Przegl d Strategiczny, 12, 43–58. https://doi.org/10.14746/ps.2019.1.3
  15. Bakare, N. (2018). Diversification of Foreign Policy, From Peacekeeping to Strategic Presence: The Case of Pakistan in Africa, NUST Journal of International Peace and Stability 1( 2):103-115.
  16. Bakare, N. (2018). Middle East Conflict: Bridging History and Contemporary Realities. MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES III(1):19-43.
  17. Bakare, N. (2017). The Breakdown of Socialization and Political Re-assertiveness of European Far-Right. Policy Perspectives, 14(2), 55–82. https://doi.org/10.13169/polipers.14.2.0055
  18. Bakare, N. (2016). Middle East Refugees Crisis: Europeans’ Three Dimensional Approaches. Policy Perspectives 13(2):63-91.
  19. Bakare, N. (2016). Strategic Impacts and Ramifications of U.S-Iran Rapprochement: The End of a Beginning, Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 5(1) 153-162.
  20. Bakare, N. (2016). The Reconstruction of European Political and Public Sphere through a Constructivist Paradigm. Journals of European Studies 32(2): 1-17.
  21. Bakare, N. (2015). Europe and the Muslim World: Some Issues and Approaches. Policy Perspectives 12(1):51-80.
  22. Bakare, N. (2015). European Muslims and the Charlie Hebdo Saga: A Critical Exposition. Policy Perspectives 12(5): :25-42.
  23. Bakare, N. (2014). EU in Transition or a Failed Project. Policy Perspectives 11(2): 71-92.
  24. Bakare, N. (2014). From Minority Fiqh to Cosmopolitan Fiqh: An Analysis of European Muslim Struggle. Policy Perspectives 11(1):33-45.
  25. Bakare, N. Durrani, K. & Tauhidi, A. (2013). Human Capital Flight: Impact and Challenges on Economy, A case of Pakistan. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 4(1): 43-50.
  26. Bakare, N. (2013). An Expository Analysis of Economics Base in a Consumerist world from a Marxist Prism. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 4(1): :219-224.
  27. Bakare, N. (2012). EU Integration and Accession: Implications for West Balkans Sovereignty and Process of Democratization. Journal of Contemporary Studies. 1(1)::59-72
  28. Bakare, N. (2012). Libyan War: A Just or Sinful Intervention. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 3(1): 535-546
Books
  1. Bakare, N. & Saud, A. (2025). China's Globalisation and the New World Order. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Bakare, N. (2024). Arab-Israel normalisation of ties: Global perspectives. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter in Books
  1. Adil, M I and Bakare, N. (2025). Muslim Societies and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Impacts, Challenges, and the Way Forward. In Shahid Jameel and David C. Clary (Eds.) DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND MUSLIM SOCIETIES: From AI and Education to Food and Fintech (pp. 27-47). World Scientific Publishing Company.
  2. Bakare, N. (2025). Creating Policy Change in Infrastructural Development Discourse; The BRI in Tanzania during and post John Magufuli Presidency. In R. Mireille Manga Edimo and Julien Rajaoson (Eds.). China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa :Aid Policies and Economic Development (343-357). Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Bakare, N. & Ayodele, O . (2024). The law of armed conflict and the classification of the situation in Cabo Delgado as a non-international armed conflict. In Marko Svicevic and Martha Bradley (Eds.) Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Conflict: International Humanitarian and Regional Security, (85-99). Routledge.
  4. Bakare, N. (2024). Russia’s Policy towards Afghanistan since 2001 In Nian Peng and Khalid Rahman (Eds.) )The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan: Terrorism, Reconstruction, and Great-power Rivalry (pp125-141). Springer .

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Conflict, Security & Development (Conflict)
  • Global Politics (politics)
  • African politics (politics)
  • EU politics (politics)
  • Issues of Muslims in West (Minority issue)
  • Islamic Peace Studies and Philosophy (Peace Studies)
  • Research Methods and IR Theory (Research and IR)

RESEARCH PROJECT

International
  1. 2023 - 2024, The Haute Ecole de Travail Social Fribourg - HES-SO (Sch. social work Fribourg)
    Contextualizing Modern Discrimination, Mainstreaming SDG in Slum and Community Development: Assessment of Katchi Abadis in Urban Islamabad ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2023, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)
    Nexus of IHL and Peacekeeping: A Case Study of Pakistan s Best Practices in Peacekeeping Missions ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2022 - 2022, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Human Security, SDGs, and Women s Inclusiveness: Expository Study of Afghan Women Refugee in Peshawar ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2022 - 2022, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Non-Traditional Security Challenges ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2021 - 2021, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Non-Traditional Security Paradigms Informing National Security in Pakistani Institutions ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2021 - 2021, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Non-Traditional Security Paradigms Informing National Security in Pakistani Institutions ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2021 - 2021, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Civil-military Coordination and Non-traditional security: Exploring Pakistan s Response to Information Security ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  8. 2020 - 2020, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Civil-Military Coordination and Relations in Pakistan ( Co-Researcher)
  9. 2019 - 2020, The Hanns Seidel Foundation Pakistan
    Unraveling the Contextual Realities in Post-Conflict North Waziristan Agency: Understanding Displacement, Resettlement and Post- Conflict Development ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Opportunities for Upgrading Economic Agenda in Pakistan-EU Relations, International Conference Prioritizing Economic Agenda in Pakistan s Foreign Policy towards United States, China and European Union, Faculty of Social Sciences - National University of Modern Languages - NUML, Islamabad , Pakistan (International) (02 Dec 2024 - 03 Dec 2024)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Acted as An Internal Examiner for a Master Degree Proposal Defence, University, (Reviewer)
  2. (2025) Acted as An External Gec (graduate Examination Committee) Member for a Phd Proposal Defense, International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2024) Acted as An Internal Examiner for a Masters Proposal Defence, University, (Reviewer)
  4. (2024) Acted as An Internal Examiner for a Master Proposal Defence, University, (Reviewer)
  5. (2024) Acted as An Internal Examiner for a Masters Proposal Defence, University, (Reviewer)
  6. (2024) Internal Examiner for a Phd Proposal Defence, University, (Reviewer)
  7. (2024) Acted as An Internal Examiner for a Phd Candidature Defence, University, (Internal Examiner)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2024) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNITED STATES AND CHINA TOWARDS AFRICA'S MINERAL RESOURCE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES, DING YIWEI
  2. (2015) Study of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Religious Speech Acts (FATAWA), Muhammad Usman Asghar (National University of Sciences and Technology)
  3. (2015) Role of Youth Movements in Conflict: Case Study of Pakistan Young Doctor, Mubasshar Hassan Jafri (National University of Sciences and Technology)
  4. (2015) Post-Conflict Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants: An Analysis of Rehabilitation Program in Swat, Pakistan, Ilam Khan (National University of Sciences and Technology)
  5. (2014) Conflict, Governance and Prospects for Peace in Pre-Merger Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, Khan Zeb (National University of Sciences and Technology)
Master
  1. (2024) Drone Effect in Future: Case Study on Ukraine-Russian War, ARIFUL SADAKIN
  2. (2024) Soft Power and Digital Challenge:Analyzing the Role of the TikTok Ban in China-U.S. Strategic Competition, PENG YILING

COURSE ATTENDED

External Course
INTERNATIONAL
  1. Advance Course on International Humanitarian Law, International Institute of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy. (06 May 2018 - 12 May 2018)
  2. The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), At The Turkish Pfp Training Centre, Ankara, Turkey (03 Oct 2017 - 13 Oct 2017)
  3. Special course on the application of the "Handbook on integrating gender perspectives into international operations", International Institute of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy. (02 Oct 2020 - 30 Oct 2020)