Research Areas
South Asia/Middle East
Political Reform; Madrassa Education Reform; Counterinsurgency;Civil-Military Affairs
Language Fluency Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
Research & Commentary
Towards a Civic Culture:
Student Activism and Political Dissent in Pakistan
(Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Fall 2008)
From the struggle for independence in the 1940s to the subsequent strives for democracy against dictatorships, young Pakistanis have shaped political dissent through student acitivism. Student unions fed student activism with eager recruits from all major public and private universities and post-highschool Islamic seminaries, or madrassas. They acted as important briges between campus politics foused on student life and national politics related to politial parties...
Diruption of the democratic process, judicial imcompetence, and martial law created a dangerous enviornment ripe for violent political dissent...
A polity that is answerable to the rule of law is necessary to prevent the Islamists and constitutionalists from taking the path of violent dissent...
There are Two Pakistans
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, June 25, 2008)
The Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline: Economics, Geopolitics and Security
This briefing looks at the economics, geopolitics and security of the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. Despite significant obstacles and the prospect that negotiations may be derailed by unexpected events (such as a US assault on Iran) the pipeline planning is advancing. This paper shows how each of the three players stands to benefit economically from the pipeline and it argues that the pipeline - through co-operation, mutual interests, and interdependence - could be a powerful force for regional conflict resolution.
(Pakistan Security Research Unit, University of Bradford, June 11, 2008)
Al Qaeda's Strategic Chaos
(The News, June 4, 2008) US/Pakistan: Policy Reforms Seek to Stem Terrorism
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, May 1, 2008)
A Q Khan and Democracy
(The News, April 18, 2008)
How Pakistan Can Rein In The Taliban
(The Gulf News, April 7, 2008)
Pakistan: From Counter-Terrorism to Counterinsurgency
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, April 1, 2008)
US/Pakistan: New Counter-terror Strategy is Emerging
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, March 26, 2008)
United Pakistan (May) Stand
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, February 15, 2008)
Pakistan's Paradoxes
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, January 15, 2008)
Who Will Miss Benazir Bhutto?
(The Daily Times, January 4, 2008)
Pakistan Must Mind Its Periphery (The Indian Express, November 19, 2007)
AFGHANISTAN
What Really Works in Preventing & Rebuilding Failed States?
Linking Security and Development in State Building: Recent Lessons from Afghanistan, Editor
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (September 2007)
In recent times, and since the potential security threat posed by failed states became more apparent, there has been a realization at the highest levels of the U.S. government and most governments around the globe that international development plays a key role in national security strategy. Consequently, the need for a more coherent, holistic, and comprehensive strategy for development and peacebuilding interventions in fragile or failed states has emerged as a prominent theme in recent U.S. and other governments’ policy discussions.
To ensure the efficacy of a comprehensive strategy, coordination, or at least cooperation and coherence between international agencies involved in countries affected by conflict, has to improve in some way.
IRANIran and Pakistan Can Be Friendsco-authored with Reza H. Akbari
(The Gulf News, November 9, 2007)
Capturing Esfandiari But Losing Support: Iran's New Burden
(Pakistan Link, June 29, 2007) | Current Projects
Media
TIME Magazine, July 10, 2008
Dangerous Ground
Aryn Baker
Voice of America FOCUS, April 10, 2008
US-Pakistan Relations Enter in a New Phase
Ravi Khanna: Guests: William Millam, Lisa Curtis and Haider Mullick
CNN International: World News, February 10, 2008
Sunday Interview, "Pakistani Elections: What to Expect?"
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In the News
U.S. Military Prepares to Train Pakistani Forces
Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 2008
David Montero
Previous Projects
Worked with Senior Fellow, Dr. Stephen P. Cohen on American foreign policy toward South Asia.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity
Linking Security and Development in State Building: Recent Lessons from Afghanistan Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Asia Program
Worked with Public Policy Scholar, Shahid J. Burki on his book, "Pulling Back from the Abyss: Musharraf's Pakistan"
Education
M.A. Public Policy, B.A. Economics,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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