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Yelena Biberman (Skidmore College) writes this report in support of a renewed US interest in a Kashmir Peace Deal. Citing the recent US administration change as an opportunity, Biberman makes the case that now is the most opportune time for the US to begin negotiations and bring the conflict closer...

Yelena Biberman and Jared Schwartz offer insight into a decision by the Chinese government to block a terrorist designation by the UN of Masood Azhar and the Jaish-e-Mohammed group. Choosing instead to focus on economic and foreign policy with Pakistan and Afghanistan, China is working to stabilize...

Josh White was a 2011-2012 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan. Sarwar examines "the decision-making behavior of Islamist parties within the Pakistani political system and seeks to explain how and why parties decide to support or oppose new shariah measures that may challenge the...

Daniel Majchrowicz was a 2012-2013 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in London for 2 months. Majchrowicz's research interrogates "the place of travel and travel writing in the negotiation of socio-political debate and subjectivity in colonial South Asia and contemporary Pakistan."

CultureTalk features video clips of interviews and discussions with people from many different countries and of many different ages and walks of life. Some interviews and discussions are in English; more are in languages other than English. Translations and/or transcripts are given for all...

Junaid Rana was a 2018-2019 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan for three months. Rana conducted "preliminary ethnographic research and collect oral histories regarding the life of Dada Amir Haider Khan from 1947 to 1989."

Mashal Saif (Clemson University) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted 3 months of research in Pakistan. Saif's research focused on "contemporary Pakistani Muslims scholars who engage with Prophetic dreams to determine criminality – a vital facet of some of thes...

By exploring the February 14th suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 46 Indian security personnel, Yelena Biberman offers insight into the border disputes between Pakistan and India in Kashmir. Both sides appear to be engaging in state-sponsored violence in hopes of gaining the upper hand in the...

This special edition of the Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research focuses on the Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Drawing on a multi-author, interdisciplinary approach, the journal examines the political geography, anthropology, history, and civil society in the Hunza...

Drawing upon experience from attending a faculty development seminar in Lahore, Pakistan, Paul Edleman explores the meaning of space and how space is utilized in Lahore. Edleman argues that politics and space can be intertwined in the architecture of a city and the expression of the city's culture.