Hassan Abbas (born 1969) is a Pakistani-American scholar and academic in the field of South Asian and Middle Eastern studies. His research focuses have been on security issues pertaining to

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and counterterrorism. Abbas worked in the governments of

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

(1994–1996) and Musharraf (1999–2001). He currently resides in the US.

Education

Abbas received a MALD and PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; an LLM in International Law from the University of Nottingham School of Law (as a Britannia Chevenning Scholar); and a Masters in Political Science from the Government College, Lahore, Punjab University, Pakistan.

Academic career

Abbas was a visiting scholar at the Islamic Legal Studies Program (2002 - 2003) and at the Negotiation Project (2003 - 2004) at

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each c ...

. From 2005 - 2009, Abbas was a research fellow and from 2009 - 2011, an adviser at the Belfer Centre for Science and International affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. From 2009 - 2011, Abbas was also Quaid-i-Azam Chair professor at the South Asia Institute and

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(SIPA),

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. In 2009, Abbas was the Bernard Schwartz fellow at the Asia Society in New York. Currently, he is the chair of the Department of Regional and Analytical Studies at the

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(NDU) in Washington DC; director of the

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, NDU. In 2012, Abbas led the Independent Commission on Police Reforms in Pakistan, funded by the Asia Society.

Selected bibliography

* ''The Prophet’s Heir: The Life of Ali ibn Abi Talib'' (2021). *''The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier'' (2014). *''Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance'' (2018) * ''Pakistan's drift into extremism: Allah, the army and America's War on Terror'' (2005). * ''Pakistan 2020: A vision for building a better future.'' * "Ali Ibne Abi Talib on leadership and good governance." (2012) Abbas H
"Ali Ibne Abi Talib on leadership and good governance."
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas, Hassan American academics of Pakistani descent Living people The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni 1969 births Pakistani emigrants to the United States