The Politics of Opportunism in Kashmir
Kashmir’s political scene has been active since the alliance between People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) broke down and Governor’s Rule was instituted […]
Yaqoob ul Hassan
Dr. Yaqoob ul Hassan was an SAV Visiting Fellow, January 2018. He received is Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, India and his thesis was on United States-Pakistan relations after 9/11. He was also a post-doc fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University, Turkey. His research interests are the politics and security of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Political Islam.
Articles by Yaqoob ul Hassan
India-Pakistan Ceasefire Agreement: Too Late to Deliver
On May 29th, the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) from India and Pakistan recommitted to observing the 2003 ceasefire agreement across the Line of […]
कश्मीर में एक और हिंसक गर्मी
कश्मीर को पर्यटकों के लिए “शांतिपूर्ण” दर्शाते हुए, पीपुल्स डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी (पीडीपी) सरकार ने इस मार्च श्रीनगर में ट्रैवल एजेंट्स एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया के ६४ […]
Short Take: Another Hot Summer to Burden Kashmir
Projecting Kashmir as a “peaceful” destination for tourists, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led state government hosted the 64th annual Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) […]
Fruitless or a Breakthrough? Making Sense of Ghani’s Peace Offer
In his opening speech at the second meeting of the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Cooperation last week, President Ghani put forth an offer for […]
داعش بمقابلہ طالبان: افغانستان میں تزویراتی محاذ آرائی
شہری و سکیورٹی فورسز کی ہلاکتوں میں اضافے نے ۲۰۱۷ میں افغانستان کی پرتشدد فضاء کو نیا رخ دیا ہے۔کابل میں یکے بعد دیگرے ہونے […]
The Islamic State vs. the Taliban: Strategic Competition in Afghanistan
Increases in civilian and security force casualties shaped Afghanistan’s landscape of violence in 2017. Much has been written about the dire security situation across the […]
Kashmir: The Politics of Interlocutors
After waiting over a year since Kashmir first began to show signs of unraveling, the government of India appointed former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma […]
کیا پاک-امریکہ اتحاد ختم ہو گیا؟
پاک–امریکہ تعلقات میں تعطل برقرار کیوں نہیں رہے گا محمد فیصل پاکستان اور امریکہ کے تعلقات پر نظر رکھنے والے مبصرین کے نزدیک پچھلے چند […]