Hassan Abbas

November 5, 2007

"Musharraf Bid for Survival May Prove Costly"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Oxford Analytica

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

"The imposition of an emergency declaration has exacerbated a political crisis, and threatens to extend it by leading to the postponement of elections."

October 24, 2007

"Who Tried to Kill Benazir Bhutto?"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Focus, issue 34, volume IV

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

"Benazir Bhutto, twice-elected prime minister of Pakistan and the first woman head of a Muslim state, decided to terminate her self-exile and return to Pakistan last week. By all accounts, more than a million people (mostly poor and young) welcomed her enthusiastically in the port city of Karachi on October 18. In the midst of the celebration, the political rally was targeted by a series of suicide attacks killing around 140 people. Bhutto and her top party leaders, however, remained unhurt.

Who would have been the potential beneficiary of Bhutto's elimination?"

June 11, 2007

"Musharraf's Party is Over"

Op-Ed, National Interest

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

The hundreds of thousands of ordinary Pakistanis euphorically chanting in the streets in support of Iftikhar Chaudhry, the suspended chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, demonstrate that Pakistan has outgrown Pervez Musharraf’s transitional leadership....

February 4, 2007

Peace in FATA: ANP Can Be Counted On

Op-Ed, Statesman, (Pakistan)

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

February 1, 2007

Asfandyar Wali: Profile of Pakistan's Progressive Pashtun Politician

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Monitor, issue 2, volume V

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

November 28, 2006

Pakistan's Chitral District: A Refuge for al-Qaeda's Top Leadership?

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Focus, issue 46, volume III

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

October 31, 2006

Musharraf Contends with the Pashtun Element in the Pakistani Army

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Focus, issue 42, volume III

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

October 19, 2006

Profiles of Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Monitor, In-Depth Analysis of al-Qaeda and the War on Terror, issue 20, volume IV

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

September 26, 2006

Inside Story of Musharraf-Mahmood Tussle

Op-Ed, Daily Times, (Pakistan)

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Winter 2006

"Pakistan Through the Lens of the 'Triple A' Theory"

Journal Article, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, issue 1, volume 30

By Hassan Abbas, Former Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

"How has a state whose founding fathers were secular people who believed in rule of law and democracy drifted toward religious extremism and authoritarianism? Three primary factors—variations on the Triple A theory of influence (Allah, the Army, and America)—have led Pakistan down this path: a powerful independent military, the mushrooming of religious militant groups, and the hydra-headed monster that is the intelligence services."