Niamatullah Ibrahimi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3046712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niamatullah Ibrahimi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niamatullah |
| FAMILY NAME | Ibrahimi |
| SIGNATURE | IBRAHIMI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1350-1595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Hazaras in Afghanistan
The Securitization of Civil Society in Conflict Zones
Authoritarian and hybrid regimes increasingly crack down on civil society.While existing literature explains these patterns as the outcomes of growing authoritarianism and illiberalism, it provides little insight into the underlying mechanisms. This article addresses this gap by drawing on the securitization theory to identify mechanisms of securitization of civil society in competitions between Western intervention and counter-intervention force…
Is it even worth it? The ethics of researching armed groups in 'the field
Contains fulltext : 319579.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The state, identity politics and ethnic boundaries in Afghanistan
In recent years, a growing number of activists in Afghanistan have been proactively self‐identifying as Sunni Hazaras. The trend demonstrates an important shift that illuminates how ethnic boundaries may change and evolve in response to elite politics and state policies in Afghanistan. Many of the communities that are the subjects of new collective identity discourses share important commonalities, including shared belief in a common origin, with…
A Violent Nexus
The Taliban is a prime example of a movement that combines a fundamentalist interpretation of religion with a particular form of exclusionary Pashtun ethnonationalism among the jihadist groups. The existing literature on jihadist groups recognizes this trend in so far as a distinction is made between groups that focus on local objectives and others that pursue global objectives such as attacking Western interests. However, there are important gap…
Understanding Shifts in US Policies towards the Taliban
The ‘war on terror’ produced discourses, which elevated terrorism as a primary threat to international peace and security and justified the overthrow of regimes that were suspected of supporting terrorism. After two decades, the United States (US) seeks to wind down the war, including through negotiations with groups that it once regarded as terrorist or complicit in terrorism. This article takes a critical approach to examine these shifts in US …
Soft power, hard power dynamics
The concept of soft power was developed at the end of the Cold War to examine international influence through non-coercive means. In recent years, a growing field of research has drawn on this concept to examine the role of religion and culture in the foreign policies of Middle Eastern states. The existing research tends to view soft power from the perspectives of states that project such influence, not the impact of these policies on target soci…
Iran’s soft power in Pakistan
States use elements of their culture to promote their influence in countries of strategic importance to them. Despite a growing body of literature on soft power, there is a shortage of literature on Iran’s influence in its neighbourhood. How is Iran viewed in Pakistan? This article is based on in‐depth interviews and an online survey with informed participants in Pakistan. Our findings demonstrate that while many participants view Tehran’s polici…
The Taliban
Iran has pursued a highly contradictory policy towards Afghanistan. On the one hand, it became a significant beneficiary of the overthrow of the Taliban regime by the US-led military intervention in 2001 in Afghanistan. The new Afghan government established cordial ties with Iran, allowing it to expand its political, economic and cultural influence in the country. Yet Iran has also provided significant support to the Taliban in its campaign to vi…
Intra- Jihadist Conflict and Cooperation
The proliferation of jihadist groups raises intriguing questions about their internal relationship. Drawing on Resource Mobilization Theory we explore this question by examining the relationship between the Taliban and the local incarnations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrian (ISIS) in Afghanistan. We conceive the Taliban and ISIS as parts of a broader “jihadist movement industry” that is simultaneously united and divided by the logic of the…
Rumor and Collective Action Frames
How do rumors emerge and spread? One explanation emphasizes some form of crisis and uncertainty as the facilitating condition and another strand of research focuses on micro-level dynamics to explain how some groups are more vulnerable to rumors than others. This article applies framing theory to examine a rumor that led to violence that killed Farkhunda Malikzada in Afghanistan in March 2015 and three separate protests against the incident. Focu…
Framing ethnicity under conditions of uncertainty
This article focuses on Hazaras to explore the dynamics of ethnic mobilisation during the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan. It emphasises the communicative and interactive nature of ethnic identification as a product of the historical experiences of Afghanistan’s various ethnic communities with the state. The article analyses the election manifestos, speeches and campaign materials of the two leading candidates to identify their main com…
Intra- Jihadist Conflict and Cooperation
The proliferation of jihadist groups raises intriguing questions about their internal relationship. Drawing on Resource Mobilization Theory we explore this question by examining the relationship between the Taliban and the local incarnations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrian (ISIS) in Afghanistan. We conceive the Taliban and ISIS as parts of a broader “jihadist movement industry” that is simultaneously united and divided by the logic of the…
Understanding Shifts in US Policies towards the Taliban
The ‘war on terror’ produced discourses, which elevated terrorism as a primary threat to international peace and security and justified the overthrow of regimes that were suspected of supporting terrorism. After two decades, the United States (US) seeks to wind down the war, including through negotiations with groups that it once regarded as terrorist or complicit in terrorism. This article takes a critical approach to examine these shifts in US …
Iran’s soft power in Pakistan
States use elements of their culture to promote their influence in countries of strategic importance to them. Despite a growing body of literature on soft power, there is a shortage of literature on Iran’s influence in its neighbourhood. How is Iran viewed in Pakistan? This article is based on in‐depth interviews and an online survey with informed participants in Pakistan. Our findings demonstrate that while many participants view Tehran’s polici…
The state, identity politics and ethnic boundaries in Afghanistan
In recent years, a growing number of activists in Afghanistan have been proactively self‐identifying as Sunni Hazaras. The trend demonstrates an important shift that illuminates how ethnic boundaries may change and evolve in response to elite politics and state policies in Afghanistan. Many of the communities that are the subjects of new collective identity discourses share important commonalities, including shared belief in a common origin, with…
The Taliban
Iran has pursued a highly contradictory policy towards Afghanistan. On the one hand, it became a significant beneficiary of the overthrow of the Taliban regime by the US-led military intervention in 2001 in Afghanistan. The new Afghan government established cordial ties with Iran, allowing it to expand its political, economic and cultural influence in the country. Yet Iran has also provided significant support to the Taliban in its campaign to vi…
Rumor and Collective Action Frames
How do rumors emerge and spread? One explanation emphasizes some form of crisis and uncertainty as the facilitating condition and another strand of research focuses on micro-level dynamics to explain how some groups are more vulnerable to rumors than others. This article applies framing theory to examine a rumor that led to violence that killed Farkhunda Malikzada in Afghanistan in March 2015 and three separate protests against the incident. Focu…
Is it even worth it? The ethics of researching armed groups in 'the field
Contains fulltext : 319579.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Soft power, hard power dynamics
The concept of soft power was developed at the end of the Cold War to examine international influence through non-coercive means. In recent years, a growing field of research has drawn on this concept to examine the role of religion and culture in the foreign policies of Middle Eastern states. The existing research tends to view soft power from the perspectives of states that project such influence, not the impact of these policies on target soci…
Framing ethnicity under conditions of uncertainty
This article focuses on Hazaras to explore the dynamics of ethnic mobilisation during the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan. It emphasises the communicative and interactive nature of ethnic identification as a product of the historical experiences of Afghanistan’s various ethnic communities with the state. The article analyses the election manifestos, speeches and campaign materials of the two leading candidates to identify their main com…
The Securitization of Civil Society in Conflict Zones
Authoritarian and hybrid regimes increasingly crack down on civil society.While existing literature explains these patterns as the outcomes of growing authoritarianism and illiberalism, it provides little insight into the underlying mechanisms. This article addresses this gap by drawing on the securitization theory to identify mechanisms of securitization of civil society in competitions between Western intervention and counter-intervention force…
A Violent Nexus
The Taliban is a prime example of a movement that combines a fundamentalist interpretation of religion with a particular form of exclusionary Pashtun ethnonationalism among the jihadist groups. The existing literature on jihadist groups recognizes this trend in so far as a distinction is made between groups that focus on local objectives and others that pursue global objectives such as attacking Western interests. However, there are important gap…
Framing ethnicity under conditions of uncertainty
This article focuses on Hazaras to explore the dynamics of ethnic mobilisation during the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan. It emphasises the communicative and interactive nature of ethnic identification as a product of the historical experiences of Afghanistan’s various ethnic communities with the state. The article analyses the election manifestos, speeches and campaign materials of the two leading candidates to identify their main com…
Intra- Jihadist Conflict and Cooperation
The proliferation of jihadist groups raises intriguing questions about their internal relationship. Drawing on Resource Mobilization Theory we explore this question by examining the relationship between the Taliban and the local incarnations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrian (ISIS) in Afghanistan. We conceive the Taliban and ISIS as parts of a broader “jihadist movement industry” that is simultaneously united and divided by the logic of the…
Rumor and Collective Action Frames
How do rumors emerge and spread? One explanation emphasizes some form of crisis and uncertainty as the facilitating condition and another strand of research focuses on micro-level dynamics to explain how some groups are more vulnerable to rumors than others. This article applies framing theory to examine a rumor that led to violence that killed Farkhunda Malikzada in Afghanistan in March 2015 and three separate protests against the incident. Focu…
The Taliban
Iran has pursued a highly contradictory policy towards Afghanistan. On the one hand, it became a significant beneficiary of the overthrow of the Taliban regime by the US-led military intervention in 2001 in Afghanistan. The new Afghan government established cordial ties with Iran, allowing it to expand its political, economic and cultural influence in the country. Yet Iran has also provided significant support to the Taliban in its campaign to vi…
Soft power, hard power dynamics
The concept of soft power was developed at the end of the Cold War to examine international influence through non-coercive means. In recent years, a growing field of research has drawn on this concept to examine the role of religion and culture in the foreign policies of Middle Eastern states. The existing research tends to view soft power from the perspectives of states that project such influence, not the impact of these policies on target soci…
Iran’s soft power in Pakistan
States use elements of their culture to promote their influence in countries of strategic importance to them. Despite a growing body of literature on soft power, there is a shortage of literature on Iran’s influence in its neighbourhood. How is Iran viewed in Pakistan? This article is based on in‐depth interviews and an online survey with informed participants in Pakistan. Our findings demonstrate that while many participants view Tehran’s polici…
Understanding Shifts in US Policies towards the Taliban
The ‘war on terror’ produced discourses, which elevated terrorism as a primary threat to international peace and security and justified the overthrow of regimes that were suspected of supporting terrorism. After two decades, the United States (US) seeks to wind down the war, including through negotiations with groups that it once regarded as terrorist or complicit in terrorism. This article takes a critical approach to examine these shifts in US …
The state, identity politics and ethnic boundaries in Afghanistan
In recent years, a growing number of activists in Afghanistan have been proactively self‐identifying as Sunni Hazaras. The trend demonstrates an important shift that illuminates how ethnic boundaries may change and evolve in response to elite politics and state policies in Afghanistan. Many of the communities that are the subjects of new collective identity discourses share important commonalities, including shared belief in a common origin, with…
A Violent Nexus
The Taliban is a prime example of a movement that combines a fundamentalist interpretation of religion with a particular form of exclusionary Pashtun ethnonationalism among the jihadist groups. The existing literature on jihadist groups recognizes this trend in so far as a distinction is made between groups that focus on local objectives and others that pursue global objectives such as attacking Western interests. However, there are important gap…
Is it even worth it? The ethics of researching armed groups in 'the field
Contains fulltext : 319579.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The Hazaras in Afghanistan
The Securitization of Civil Society in Conflict Zones
Authoritarian and hybrid regimes increasingly crack down on civil society.While existing literature explains these patterns as the outcomes of growing authoritarianism and illiberalism, it provides little insight into the underlying mechanisms. This article addresses this gap by drawing on the securitization theory to identify mechanisms of securitization of civil society in competitions between Western intervention and counter-intervention force…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (6 works) · Geography (5 works)