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PUBLICATIONS a) Books 2. (2012) The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements (Routledge) b) Articles in Refereed Journals 1. (2024) ‘Territorial Reorganisation of Administrative Units in Pakistan: the demand for new provinces in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh.’ Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 62 (3): 296-314. 2. (2024) ‘Navigating Pakistan’s religious, social and political fault lines in the 1980s: Contemporary trends and relevance.’ Studies in Indian Politics 12 (1): 65-77. 3. (2023) ‘Contemplating peace between India and Pakistan.’ Orbis 67 (3): 420-440. 4. (2022) with Muhammad Nadeem Mirza. ‘Ethnic identity and the demand for new provinces in Pakistan: Results from a survey data in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.’ Pakistan Journal of History and Culture 43 (1): 1-19. 5. (2022) ‘Unity in Diversity: Constituting and Constructing Pakistan’s National Identity.’ The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 111 (6): 709-723. 6. (2022) ‘US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The Hedging Option.’ Strategic Studies 42 (1): 1-16. 7. (2020) ‘Eighteenth Amendment and the Paradox of Intra-Provincial Ethnic Discord in Pakistan.’ Pakistan Journal of History and Culture 41 (2): 45-62. 8. (2020) ‘Political parties as transmitters of political culture: competitive party dynamics and political sub-cultures in Pakistan.’ Chinese Political Science Review 5 (4): 534-554. 9. (2019) ‘Discrimination is what ethnic groups make of it: Subjective perceptions of peripherality among the Mohajirs of Pakistan.’ Nations and Nationalism 25 (2): 697-717. 10. (2016) ‘Security Estimations in South Asia: Alliance Formation or Balance of Power.’ Strategic Studies 36 (2): 75-91. 11. (2014) ‘Pakistan and Singapore as small powers: Comparative thematic evaluation and policy imperatives.’ African and Asian Studies 13 (1-2): 187-204. 12. (2013) ‘General Elections in Pakistan 2013: The Consolidation of Democracy?’ Pakistan Horizon 66 (1-2): 15-28. 13. (2012) ‘Security Dynamics in Pakistani Balochistan: Religious Activism and Ethnic Conflict in the War on Terror.’ Asian Affairs: An American Review 39 (3): 157-175. 14. (2012) ‘India-China relations in the 21st century: Impact on Regional and Global Politics.’ Pakistan Horizon 65 (2): 59-72. 15. (2012) ‘Russia-NATO Ties: Impact on Neighbouring Regions.’ Journal of European Studies 28 (1): 78-98. 16. (2011) ‘Morgenthau and Waltz: Traversing the Theoretical Path from Realism to Neorealism.’ Pakistan Journal of International Relations 2 (II): 31-59. 17. (2010) ‘Nation-Formation and National Movement(s) in Pakistan: A Critical Estimation of Hroch’s Stage Theory.’ Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity 38 (6): 777-792. 18. (2010) ‘Intra-Ethnic Fissures in Ethnic Movements: The Rise of Mohajir Identity Politics in Post-1971 Pakistan.’ Asian Ethnicity 11 (1): 25-41. 19. (2009) ‘Pakistan’s Federal Predicament.’ Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies IX (1): 56-73. 20. (2000) ‘The State, Relative Deprivation and War: A Case Study of the Secession of East Pakistan, 1947-1971.’ Pakistan Perspectives 5 (1): 95-114. 21. (2000) ‘The Effects of Debts on Pakistan’s National Security.’ National Development and Security. IX (2): 37-49.
c) Chapters in Edited Books 1. (2023) Rescuing the agency and resilience of civilian political actors: Civil-military relations in Pakistan, 2008-2020. In Constitutional Resilience Beyond Courts: Views from South Asia, edited by Tarunabh Khaitan, Dinesha Samararatne and Swati Jhaveri. Oxford: Hart Publishers. 2. (2022) Ethnic Faultline as Gray Zones of Hybrid Warfare. In Living Under Hybrid War, edited by Ashfaque Hassan Khan and Farah Naz. Islamabad: NUST Press. 3. (2021) Ethnic Movements and the State in Pakistan: A Politics of Ethnicity Perspective. In Race and Ethnicity in Asia, edited by Michael Weiner. New York and London: Routledge. 4. (2020) Post-pandemic politics of the 18th Amendment in Pakistan. In Making Sense of Post COVID-19 World Politics, edited by Huma Baqai and Nausheen Wasi. Karachi: Lightstone Publishers. 5. (2019) Accommodating Mutual Concerns: Prospects of Pak-US Ties. In Irritants in Pakistan-US Relations: Way Forward, edited by Sarah Siddiq Aneel. Islamabad: Islamabad Policy Research Institute. 6. (2018) Peregrination of Sindh’s March towards Pakistan: Communal Politics, Class Conflict and Competing Nationalisms. In Partition of India: Postcolonial Legacies, edited by Amit Ranjan. London: Routledge. 7. (2018) CPEC and Geo-Politico-Economic Trends of the Region: An Appraisal. In Changing Security Situation in South Asia and Development of CPEC, edited by Sarah Siddiq Aneel. Islamabad: Islamabad Policy Research Institute. 8. (2017) Regional Dynamics and Implications for Afghanistan. In Achieving Peace in Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects, edited by Sarah Siddiq Aneel. Islamabad: Islamabad Policy Research Institute. 9. (2015) Political Economy of the Ethnonationalist Uprising in Pakistani Balochistan, 1999-2013. In The Political Economy of Conflict in South Asia, edited by Matthew Webb and Albert Wijeweera. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 10. (2014) Karachi: Violent Politics and Economic Meltdown. In Issues of National Integration and Harmony in Pakistan, edited by Arshi Saleem Hashmi. Islamabad: National Defence University. 11. (2013) Ethno-Politics, Ethnic Conflict and the State in Pakistan. In Federalism in Pluralistic Developing Societies: Learning from the European Experiences, edited by Naveed Ahmad Tahir. Karachi: University of Karachi Press. 12. (2011) Nation-Formation and National Movement(s) in Pakistan: A Critical Estimation of Hroch’s Stage Theory. In The Comparative Approach to National Movements: Miroslav Hroch and Nationalism Studies, edited by Alexander Maxwell. London: Routledge. 13. (2010) Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Balochistan: Recommendations and Analysis. In Balochistan: Rationalisation of Centre-Province Relations, edited by Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, Azhar Ahmad and Farhat Akram. Islamabad: Islamabad Policy Research Institute. 14. (2009) Regional Security Dynamics in the 15. (2009) Theories of International Relations: From Liberal Internationalism to Post-Positivism. In International Relations Today: Theories, Methods and Areas of Research, edited by Moonis Ahmar. Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi. 16. (2008) The Failed Experiment with Federalism in 17. (2008) A Case Study of Conflict Management in Northern Ireland. In Conflict Management Mechanisms and the Challenge of Peace, edited by Moonis Ahmar. Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi. 18. (2005) Peace and Conflict Studies in 19. (2003) Conflict Resolution and Peace: Conceptual and Theoretical Concerns. In Paradigms of Conflict Resolution in South Asia, edited by Moonis Ahmar. Dhaka: The University Press Limited. 20. (2002) An Introduction to 21. (2001) 22. (2001) The Internal, External and Regional Dynamics of Security in South Asia. In The Challenges of Conflict Resolution and Security in 21st Century: Problems and Prospects, edited by Moonis Ahmar and Farhan Hanif Siddiqi. Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi. 23. (2000) The Economic Dimension of the CTBT Controversy. In The CTBT Controversy: Different Perceptions in South Asia, edited by Moonis Ahmar. Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi. 24. (1998) Dual Containment Policy and South Asian Security. In Internal and External Dynamics of South Asian Security, edited by Moonis Ahmar (Karachi: Fazleesons Ltd). d) Book Reviews 1. (2024) Fatima Waqi Sajjad (ed.), Peace as Liberation: Visions and Praxis from Below (Springer, 2024) online at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement 2. (2016) Diane E. King, Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land and Community (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2013) in Journal of International and Global Studies 7 (2). 3. (2009) Mazhar Aziz, Military Control in Pakistan: The Parallel State (Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2008) in Journal of South Asian Development 4 (2). 4. (2009) Markus Daecshel, The Politics of Self Expression: The Urdu middle-class milieu in mid-twentieth century India and Pakistan (London: Routledge, 2006) in Contemporary South Asia 17 (3). 5. (2009) Martin Axmann, Back to the Future: The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baloch Nationalism, 1915-1955 ( 6. (2009) Robert Nichols, A History of Pashtun Migration, 1775-2006 ( 7. (2008) 8. (2008) Mark Leonard, What Does 9. (2008) Yunas Samad and Kasturi Sen (eds.), Islam in the European Union: Transnationalism, Youth and the War on Terror ( 10. (2007) Jason Burke, On the Road to 11. (2006) Carsten Wieland, Nation State by Accident: The Politicization of Ethnic Groups and the Ethnicization of Politics: Bosnia, India, Pakistan (New Delhi: Manohar, 2006) in Contemporary South Asia 15 (4). 12. (2005) Adeel Khan, Politics of Identity: Ethnic Nationalism and the State in Pakistan (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2005) in Contemporary South Asia 14 (4). 13. (2004) Sumantra Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003) in Millennium: Journal of International Studies 33 (2). 14. (2003) Ranabir Samaddar, (ed.), Space, Territory and the State: New Readings in International Politics (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2002) in Contemporary South Asia 12 (3). 15. (2002) Robert W. Stern, Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia: Dominant Classes and Political Outcomes in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2001) in Contemporary South Asia 11 (2). 16. (2002) Urmila Phadnis and Rajat Ganguly, Ethnicity and Nation-Building in South Asia (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001) in Ethnopolitics 1 (3). 17. (2001) Haider Nizamani, The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2000) in Millennium: Journal of International Studies 30 (3). e) Policy Blogs and Opinion Pieces 1. ‘Pakistan in 2024: Economic Strife, Political Resentment, and Security Pressures Spell Gloom,’ South Asian Voices, December 31, 2024, https://southasianvoices.org/pol-m-pk-r-pakistan-in-2024-12-31-2024/ 2. ‘Why India-Pakistan relations need a new era of engagement,’ Asian Peace Programme, November 8, 2024, https://ari.nus.edu.sg/app-essay-farhan-hanif-siddiqi/ 3. (with Ajay Gudavarthy) ‘A silent democratic backlash in South Asia,’ The Hindu, August 29, 2024, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-silent-democratic-backlash-in-south-asia/article68577856.ece 4. ‘What does MQM-P, PML-N electoral deal mean for Karachi and PPP’s urban politics?’ Geo News, January 3, 2024, https://www.geo.tv/latest/525454-what-does-mqm-p-pml-n-electoral-deal-mean-for-karachi-and-ppps-urban-politics 5. ‘Framing identity with Pakistan’s Foreign Policy,’ South Asian Voices, August 29, 2022, https://southasianvoices.org/framing-identity-within-pakistans-foreign-policy/ 6. ‘The US Indo-Pacific Strategy, China, and Pakistan’s Hedging Option,’ Asia Centre, August 18, 2022, https://asiacentre.eu/2022/08/18/the-us-indo-pacific-strategy-china-and-pakistans-hedging-option/ 7. ‘Major Security Challenges and Opportunities to Pakistan,’ Panorama, August 8, 2022, https://www.uikpanorama.com/blog/2022/08/08/pak-2/?print=print 8. Exploring the Impulses in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy,’ South Asian Voices, September 17, 2020, https://southasianvoices.org/exploring-the-impulses-in-pakistans-foreign-policy/ 9. ‘Pakistan and China in 2019: Straying Apart, Staying Together,’ South Asian Voices, December 15, 2019, https://southasianvoices.org/pakistan-and-china-in-2019-straying-apart-staying-together/ 10. ‘Looking Ahead to 2019: A Tumultuous Road to Naya Pakistan,’ South Asian Voices, December 20, 2018, https://southasianvoices.org/looking-ahead-to-2019-a-tumultuous-road-to-naya-pakistan/ 11. ‘Pakistani Elections: The Radical Religious Right in Pakistan’s Electoral Politics,’ South Asian Voices, July 3, 2018, https://southasianvoices.org/pakistani-elections-the-radical-religious-right-in-pakistans-electoral-politics/ 12. ‘2017 in Review: Pakistan,’ South Asian Voices, December 28, 2017, https://southasianvoices.org/2017-review-pakistan/ 13. ‘The Perils of Regional Connectivity in South Asia,’ South Asian Voices, August 8, 2017, https://southasianvoices.org/perils-of-regional-connectivity-in-south-asia/ 14. ‘Making Sense of China’s Role as a Crisis Manager in South Asia,’ South Asian Voices, March 2, 2017, https://southasianvoices.org/making-sense-of-chinas-role-as-a-crisis-manager-in-south-asia/ 15. ‘POTUS Inbox: US Role in South Asia,’ South Asian Voices, January 20, 2017, https://southasianvoices.org/potus-inbox-u-s-role-south-asia/ 16. ‘Hot Takes: Trump in South Asia,’ South Asian Voices, November 9, 2016, https://southasianvoices.org/hot-takes-trump-south-asia/ 17. ‘Short Takes: Are Protests the Solution in Pakistan,’ South Asian Voices, November 1, 2016, https://southasianvoices.org/short-takes-protests-solution-pakistan/ 18. ‘America’s “Rebalancing” Strategy: Pakistan’s Choices,’ South Asian Voices, March 9, 2016, https://southasianvoices.org/americas-rebalancing-strategy-pakistans-choices/ 19. ‘Bringing Balochistan Back In,’ South Asian Voices, October 1, 2015, https://southasianvoices.org/bringing-balochistan-back-in/ 20. ‘Sectarian Violence in Balochistan,’ Middle East Institute, June 18, 2015, https://www.mei.edu/publications/sectarian-violence-balochistan 21. ‘Will the Iranian Nuclear Agreement Impact Iranian Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics?’ South Asian Voices, May 20, 2015, https://southasianvoices.org/will-the-iranian-nuclear-agreement-impact-iranian-foreign-policy-and-domestic-politics/ 22. ‘Debating the Iranian Nuclear Deal,’ MERI Policy Brief, May 7, 2015, http://www.meri-k.org/publication/debating-the-iranian-nuclear-deal/ 23. ‘Post-Maliki Iraq: An uncertain future?’, LSE Middle East Blog, February 3, 2015, https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2015/02/03/post-maliki-iraq-an-uncertain-future/ 24. ‘Peace between India and Pakistan: A few conjectures,’ South Asian Voices, January 13, 2015, https://southasianvoices.org/peace-between-india-and-pakistan-a-few-conjectures/ 25. ‘Democracy and Pakistani Political Culture,’ South Asian Voices, November 21, 2014, https://southasianvoices.org/democracy-and-pakistani-political-culture/
26. ‘Countering ISIS: Predicaments and Prospects,’ MERI Blog, October 22, 2014, http://www.meri-k.org/countering-isis-predicaments-and-prospects/ |
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SELECT PRESENTATIONS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
2024 Formal Institutions, Identity and Conflict in Pakistan in Leaders Making Peace: Incentives towards post-conflict peacebuilding organised by the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. 2024 Political Parties, cooperative federalism and provision of public goods in Pakistan in The Seventh Party Politics and Good Governance organised by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai. 2023 Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Conflict, Competition and Co-option in the international conference on Pakistan: Revisiting the past, Reimagining the Future organised by the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
2022 A “Hybridised” Civil Society: Political, Religious and Cultural Contestations in Pakistan in the conference on Democratic Backsliding and Civil Society organised by the University of Aberdeen and Foundation for Society and Legal Research in Istanbul, Turkey.
2021 The Empowerment-Disempowerment Paradox of Power Sharing in Karachi, Pakistan: Provincial Government versus the Local Bodies System in the conference on Managing the Cosmopolitan City: Inter-Asian Strategies of Ethnic Administration, Past and Present organised by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
2020 Pakistan’s Perspective on Indo-Pacific in the Strategic Dialogue on Challenges to Peace and Security in South Asia organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad and Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies.
2019 Nudging towards democracy? A pathology of Pakistan’s civil-military relations in the 2000s in a workshop on Constitutional Resilience in South Asia organised by The University of Melbourne, Australia. 2019 Federalism, devolution and the discourse on new provinces in Pakistan in a workshop on Federalism in Pakistan organised by CERI-Sciences Po, Paris. 2019 Political parties, political culture and good governance in Pakistan’s transitioning democracy in an international conference on Political Parties and Good Governance organised by the Fudan University, China. 2018 Accommodating Mutual Concerns: Prospects (Pakistan Perspective) in a national workshop on Irritants in Pakistan-US Relations: A Way Forward organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). 2018 The (C)hina (P)akistan (E)thnic (C)onundrum: Pacifying Uighurs and Baloch as Policy Imperatives in a conference on The Great Transformation? The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Culture, Economy and Society in Pakistan organised by LUMS and the University of Nottingham. 2018 Political Impact of a limited nuclear exchange on Pakistan in a Track-II workshop on Disaster Management in South Asia organised by the Stimson Center, Washington DC in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2017 Regional Dynamics and Implications for Afghanistan in an international conference on Achieving Peace in Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) 2017 Balochistan’s place in the evolving geopolitics and geoeconomics in South Asia and the Middle East in the First International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Research held at the Lasbela University 2017 Is Reconciliation Possible? Eighteenth Amendment and the paradox of intra-provincial ethnic discord in Pakistan in an international conference on Pakistan at Seventy: The Long View held at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) 2016 Rising Intolerance and Radicalisation leading to Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Causes and Analysis in a national conference on Pakistan’s Policy of Countering Violent Extremism: Progress and Challenges held at the National Defence University, Islamabad 2015 Pakistan-China Relations: Between Realism and Constructivism in an international conference on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor held at the Government College University, Lahore 2014 India and China in Regional and Global Security Scenarios: Alliance Formation or Balance of Power? in an international conference on Envisioning South-South Relations and Development: Past, Present and Futures held at the City University of Hong Kong 2014 Karachi: Violent Politics and Economic Meltdown in a national conference on Issues of National Integration and Harmony in Pakistan organised by the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad 2013 Pakistan’s experience with ethnicity and democracy in a seminar on Managing Democracy in South Asia: Representation, Ethnicity and Political Parties organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kathmandu, Nepal 2013 Keynote speaker titled ‘Ethnonationalist Movements, Ethnopolitical Parties and State in Pakistan: The Conflict Within and Between’ in an International Workshop on Reviewing Identity and Nation-Building organised by National Institute of Pakistan Studies, QAU, Islamabad and DAAD 2013 Ethnopolitical parties in Sindh and Balochistan in a panel on Political Parties and the 2013 General Elections in Pakistan at the Karachi Literature Festival 2012 Political and democratic evolution in South Asia: Indian model of democracy in a workshop on The Challenges for Democracy in South Asia: Are there lessons to be learned from Europe? organised by the Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi 2011 Discussant in a workshop on Building Bridges and Promoting People to People Interaction in South Asia organised by the Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) in Kathmandu, Nepal 2010 Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Balochistan: Recommendations and Analysis in a National Conference on Balochistan: Rationalization of Centre-Province Relations organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) 2009 Accommodating Ethnic Groups in Plural Structures of Governance: Pakistan’s Federal Predicament in a workshop on Constitution Making and State Restructuring organised by the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS) in Dhulikhel, Nepal 2008 Regional Security Dynamics in the Middle East: The Problematic Search for a Regional Leader in the Arab World in the New Faces Conference organised by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, Germany 2007 The Pakistani State and Ethnic Movements in the War on Terror: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry in the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Third Annual Social Sciences Conference on Pakistan in the Current Global (Dis) Order |
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