Overview
Sharif Hozoori earned his doctorate in International Relations from the Center for International Politics, Organization, and Disarmament at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students in Afghanistan. Following the Taliban takeover in August 2021, he was forced to leave the country.
Currently, Sharif is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Government. Prior to this role, he was an IIE-SRF Fellow, a research scholar with the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), and a Visiting Scholar at the Einaudi Center’s South Asia Program at Cornell University. His research focuses on Afghan politics and foreign policy, cultural studies, identity politics, as well as Central Asian and Middle Eastern affairs.
Sharif has authored several journal articles and book chapters in both national and international publications. His recent book, The Political Elites and Foreign Policy at Mullah Omar’s Emirate and Karzai’s Republic (in Persian), was published in 2024 but subsequently banned by the Taliban authorities. In October 2022, he contributed the article “Emirate I and Emirate II’s Foreign Relations: Has Anything Changed?” to India Quarterly, published by SAGE. His most recent article, “Taliban 1.0 and 2.0 in Afghanistan: Same Policies, Persistent Vision,” appeared in the Journal of Strategic Studies in June 2025.
Sharif is presently working on two additional book chapters and two journal articles.
Publications
Book
- (2024) Nokhbagani Siyasi wa siyasati Khariji dar Imarati Mullah Omar wa Jamhoriati Karzai [The political elites and foreign policy at Mullah Omar's Emirate and Karzai's Republic], Kabul: Amiri Publication
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- (2025), Taliban 1.0 vs 2.0 in Afghanistan: Same Policies, Persistent Vision, Journal of Strategic Security 18, no. 2: 124-143
- (2022), "Emirate I and Emirate II's Foreign Relations: Has Anything Changed?" India Quarterly, Vol 78 (4):585-601
- (2018), "Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Afghanistan: The Dilemma Between Bilateralism and Multilateralism," Journal of Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, 22 (1-2): 72-96
