Hassan Abbas

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Hassan Abbas is a Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and a Research Fellow at Harvard University]]'s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 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.” He wrote Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror. 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 as a visiting scholar (2003–2004). Government He is a former Pakistani police]] official who served in the administrations of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto]] (1995–1996) and President Pervez Musharraf]] (1999– 2000). From that background, he has written about the role of police in counterinsurgency]]. References