Mir Mohiuddin was an intern with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy program at the Stimson Center. Mir assisted the Strategy program team in research on NATO defense investments, UAE-Africa engagement, US trade policy, the 2024 South African general election, and the use of aerial drones and counter-drone systems in the Middle East (Gaza, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen). Mir also supported in-person and online events on US Navy modernization, global space governance, Brazil’s G20 presidency, global health diplomacy, and BRICS expansion. Additionally, Mir helped to assess the extent of the US diplomatic pivot to Asia.
Mir holds a BA in Development Studies and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; an MA in Security Policy Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
At SOAS, Mir’s thesis examined the intersection of internationalized armed conflict, United Nations Security Council proscription regimes, and war economies in Mali. At Oxford, Mir’s dissertation assessed the extent to which state factions in Pakistan sponsored Al-Qaeda from the 1980s to 2011. At GW, for a capstone project, Mir served in a team of consultants to United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and assessed key trends impacting the global security environment through 2080.
Mir’s research interests include armed conflict, international law on the use of force, state sponsorship of non-state armed groups and criminal organizations, war economies, emerging technologies, planetary boundaries, strategic foresight, and international order.
