Dr. Muzammil Ahad Dar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore. He holds a Ph.D. from Pondicherry University and specializes in International Relations, security studies, and South Asian politics. An ICSSR Doctoral Fellow, he is the author of Spontaneity Framework in International Relations: Dynamic Adaptive Realism and Pakistan–Afghanistan Relations: Pashtunistan Factor. He has published extensively in national and international journals and has taught at institutions including the University of Ladakh and IGNOU.