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'''Hassan Abbas''' is a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding | '''Hassan Abbas''' is a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding | ||
(ISPU) and a Research Fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Belfer Center]], in the Project on Managing | (ISPU) and a Research Fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Belfer Center]], in the Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program. His research | ||
the Atom and International Security Program. His research | interests are in [[weapons of mass destruction]], specifically Pakistan’s nuclear program, including and the [[A.Q. Khan]] controversy; | ||
interests are Pakistan’s nuclear program, including and the [[A.Q. Khan]] controversy; | |||
religious extremism in South and Central Asia; and “Islam and the West.” | religious extremism in South and Central Asia; and “Islam and the West.” | ||
==Academic== | ==Academic== | ||
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Hassan Abbas is a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center, in the Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program. His research interests are in weapons of mass destruction, specifically Pakistan’s nuclear program, including and the A.Q. Khan controversy; religious extremism in South and Central Asia; and “Islam and the West.”
Academic
He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has an LL.M. in International Law from Nottingham University, UK, where he was a Britannia Chevening Scholar (1999). He also remained a visiting fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School (2002–2003) and later continued at the Program on Negotiation at HLS as a visiting scholar (2003–2004).
Government
He is a former Pakistani government official who served in the administrations of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1995–1996) and PresidentPervez Musharraf (1999– 2000).