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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law enforcement Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms gove ...

and counterterrorism. Abbas worked in the governments of

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic governmen ...

(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 (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

. 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

School of International and Public Affairs The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the List of schools of international relations in the United States, international affairs and public policy school, public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League univers ...

(SIPA),

Columbia University in New York Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it ...

. 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

National Defense University National Defence (or Defense) University (or College) may refer to: :''Alphabetical by country'' University * Marshal Fahim National Defense University, Afghanistan * National Defense University (Azerbaijan) * People's Liberation Army National Defe ...

(NDU) in Washington DC; director of the South and Central Asia Program, NDU. In 2012, Abbas led the Independent Commission on Police Reforms in Pakistan, funded by the Asia Society. In 2014, Abbas was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Selected bibliography

* ''The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left'' (2023) * ''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."
Outskirts Press, Incorporated, 2012. , 781478714231.

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