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Hassan Abbas

Hassan Abbas is a Senior Advisor to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Centre and a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at the Asia Society.

Commentaries by Hassan Abbas

  • Pakistan’s Next Fight

    NEW YORK – The terrorist sanctuary in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan’s tribal frontier with Afghanistan is coming apart. It took a …

  • Newsart for The Fight for Pakistan’s Soul

    The Fight for Pakistan’s Soul

    CAMBRIDGE – As its army confronts, ever more bloodily, the Taliban in the Swat Valley, Pakistan is fighting for its very soul. The army appe…

  • South Asia at War

    CAMBRIDGE – Last month’s terrorist assault in Mumbai targeted not only India’s economy and sense of security. Its broader goal was to smash …

  • Pervez Musharraf’s Long Goodbye

    ISLAMABAD – Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan stands virtually alone today while facing the most serious challenge to his presidency: possible im…

  • Exorcising Musharraf's Ghost

    CAMBRIDGE – Following its recent free elections, Pakistan is rebounding politically. But the euphoria that came with the end of the Musharra…

  • The Making of a Murder in Pakistan

    The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the first Muslim woman to lead a Muslim country, is a serious blow to Pakistan’s prospects for democrac…

  • Musharraf’s Last Act?

    Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan’s constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency. His goal…

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Recent comment received by Hassan Abbas

  • Pakistan’s Next Fight

    Vivek Raina: True but kashmir is till a zerosum game. Both India and Pak are playing chicken and no ones yet ready to blink. No peace in the region without kashmir solution.