Hassan Abbas (Tufts University)

Hassan Abbas
PhD Candidate
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University

phone: 508-308-0576
email: US1789@hotmail.com
email:  hassan.abbas@tufts.edu

Description of work:

Research Interests:
Religious extremism & terrorism in South and Central Asia; Islamic laws of 
armed conflict; security studies

Degrees: 
MA Political Science (Punjab University) 1997; 
LLM (International Law), University of Nottingham, 1999;
MALD from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2002.

Publications:
- "Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on
Terror", M E Sharpe, NY, USA (September 2004).
- "Poleaxe or politics of the Eighth Amendment 1985-97", Watandost 
Publishers (December 1998), Lahore, Pakistan.

Articles/Op-eds

1) "Policing Pakistan: A Quest for Justice", Lawyers Without Borders 
Newsletter, August 2004. 
2) "Ousting of Saddam Regime will not be a delicate matter", Boston 
Herald, March 29, 2003. 
3) "Afghanistan in search of its lost identity: Can a robust peacekeeping
operation help?", Juripolis, University of Tech de Monterrey, Mexico. 
4) "Constitutional Autocracy in Pakistan", Weekly Independent, Pakistan, 
August 29-September 4, 2002. 
5) "Iraq: Some thoughts for America's hawks", Encounter section,  Dawn,
Pakistan, August 17, 2002. 
6) "What Powell needs to know", Encounter section,  Dawn, Pakistan, July 
27, 2002. 
7) "Pakistan owes an apology to Bangladesh", Weekly Independent, Lahore,
Pakistan, July 17-23. Also, carried by the Daily Star, Dhaka, August 4, 
2002. 
8) "Kicking up dust in Kashmir", The Washington Times, June 14, 2002. 
9) "Musharraf is the best bet for United States", Boston Globe, February 
14, 2002. 
10) "U.S.- Pakistan Relations: Pendulum still swinging", The Fletcher 
Forum, Vol.26:1, winter 2002. 
11)  "Afghanistan must find its lost identity", Boston Herald, December 
30, 2001. 
12) "Requisite leadership traits for Hamid Karzai", The Nation, Pakistan,
December 30, 2001.
13) "US's misdirected South Asia Policy", The News, Pakistan, December 30, 
2001.
14) "Kashmir as a peace bridge: An idea whose time has come", The News, 
November 20, 2001.
15) "The 'Rent-A-Son' agencies", The News, Pakistan, November 28, 2001.
16) "Countering Osama's PR Campaign", The News, Pakistan, November 13, 
2001.
17) "Reading the Laden mind", Weekly Independent, Lahore, Pakistan, 
October 18-24, 2001.
18) "Hijacking Islam", Weekly Independent, Lahore, Pakistan, October 
11-17, 2001.
19) "Terrorists' actions are an attempt to hijack Islam", Boston Herald,
September 30, 2001.
20) "Iran: The same old story", Fletcherledger, Vol. 2, No. 11, March 28, 
2001.
21) "Collective Security: Under International Law or International 
Politics?",
Peacekeeping and International Relations September-December 1999, 1999: 
5-6.
22) "Military Courts in Pakistan", Human Rights Center Review, University 
of Nottingham, UK, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999.