Kabir is the Program Editor for Emerging Security at the NATO Council of Canada. He graduated in 2014 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from York University. He worked as a Policy Analyst at York University from May to July 2014, where he developed a program proposal to increase undergraduate student research in the Faculty ofLiberal Arts. He also worked as a Research Assistant from August to October 2014, where he conducted research on the structural inequalities prevalent in the global garment industry. Kabir is interested in the rise of non-state actors and their role in violent political transformation.
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Whose Fight is it Anyway? Iranian Patrimonialism and the Houthi Threat to Regional Stability

Kabir Bhatia discusses how the Houthi uprisings in Yemen have offered Iran the opportunity to renew its hegemonic aspirations in the Middle East

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The Yazidis: Their Beliefs and the Basis of the Islamic-State-Led Genocide

Kabir Bhatia examines the Yazidi belief-system, and the justifications used by the Islamic State for the Yazidi genocide

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The Islamic State’s War on Culture?

The looting and destruction of antiquities in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State terror front threatens to wipe out the cultural legacy of the Bronze and Iron ages; the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine civilizations; and Sufi and Shi’ite traditions.

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Is the Western Stance on Iran Pragmatic or Just Hypocritical?

With the deadline for the Outline Agreement on Iranian nuclear energy quickly approaching, it is necessary to outline the Iranian, Israeli, and American stances in order to separate the pragmatic from the hypocritical.

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Nigerians Set to Hit the Polls, Amidst Growing Violence Part II: The Candidates’ Profiles

In Part two of a two-part series on Nigeria’s upcoming elections, Kabir profiles Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, the leading presidential candidates.

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Nigerians Set to Hit the Polls, Amidst Growing Violence Part I: The Political Climate in Nigeria

In part one of a two-part series on Nigeria’s upcoming elections, Kabir explores the threat posed by Boko Haram to national stability, and the Nigerian and African Union responses therein.

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The Imperial and Religious Roots of Anti-Homosexuality Legislation in the Global South and Eastern Europe

In his latest article, Kabir Bhatia explores Uganda’s, Goa’s, and Russia’s anti-homosexuality stances, and their roots in the doctrines of the Orthodox and Catholic churches.