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SIPR Lecture Series: "Are Taliban History?" @ Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan - November 27, 2015 Sponsored by American Institute of Pakistan Studies: http://pakistanstudies-aips.org A lecture was organized under the SPIR Lecture Series on November 26, 2015 at School of Politics and International Relations. Dr. Hassan Habbas from National Defense University, Washington D.C. gave

The Future of Iraq: YCSD holds Public Lecture with Dr. Hassan Abbas Habib University website, November 24, 2015 Sponsored by American Institute of Pakistan Studies: http://pakistanstudies-aips.org KARACHI, November 24, 2015: Habib University’s Yohsin Center for Social Development (YCSD) and Office for Global Engagement (OGE) hosted a Public Lecture with Dr. Hassan Abbas – Professor and Chair

Iraqis hate our policy of containing ISISTom Ricks Blog, Foreign Policy, November 18, 2015 By Hassan AbbasBest Defense guest columnistIn June 2014 I witnessed thousands of Iraqis throng the offices of top Shia clerics in Najaf, including Grand Ayatollah Ali-al Sistani, asking for a religious injunction to proceed towards Mosul and fight the Islamic State. It was not a choreographed exercise.

The Fight Against the Pakistani Taliban: What Are the Costs?NOVEMBER 17, 2015 by SARA OBEIDA; PBSIn December of 2014, the Pakistani Taliban waged a brutal assault against an army-run school in Peshawar, leaving 145 people dead — 132 of them uniformed school children.It was the deadliest single attack in the history of the Pakistani Taliban — known also as the TTP — prompting the government to

Measure for measure: What Pakistan needs to do for effective and sustainable counterterrorismBy Hassan Abbas,  Herald, January 2015 Annual edition“Extremis malis extrema remedia,” is how a famous Latin saying goes, expressing the idea that “extreme situations require extreme remedies”. This sounds logical on the face of it but in reality it is a myth. Over the years, I have heard from so many

Policy Brief: ISIS Eyes Influence in Pakistan: Focus, Fears and Future Prospects Jinnah Institute, December 21, 2014 By Hassan Abbas The rapidly expanding militant force in Iraq and Syria known globally by its Arabic acronym Daesh (al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham) or in English ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is neither a myth nor does it appear to be a fleeting phenomenon.

Indo-Pak Relations: A Window of Opportunity that has Almost Closed Economic & Political Weekly, Vol - XLIX No. 51, December 20, 2014 By Neeti NairThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government, with its massive majority, presents a real window of opportunity to interrogate and deepen processes already at play between India and Pakistan. However, the recent resurgence of Hindutva over governance