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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...

SherAli Tareen was a 2015-2016 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad for six months. Tareen "examines intra-Muslim traditions of debate and contestation on critical ethical issues such as the relationship of Islam and democracy, minority rights in Islam, the boundaries of...

Shahla Haeri was a 2015-16 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad for two months. Haeri writes: "In this trip I was able to conduct several high level interviews regarding Benazir Bhutto’s family life and upbringing, politics and leadership. I am interested in the politica...

Aqil Shah offers an analysis of the Pakistan's 2018 Parliamentary elections that scored a key victory for Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf and brought Imran Khan into power as Prime Minister. Shah notes that despite this being the second peaceful turnover of power in Pakistan, the election has been marred...

Farhat Haq was a 2015-2016 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad for 4 months. Haq "explores a process, that she calls the "sacralization of the state," whereby governments have selectively used and inserted Islamic law in order to strengthen their political power."

Farhat Haq sits down for a discussion with SherAli Tareen on a podcast about her recent book publication, "Shari?a and the State in Pakistan." Farhat talks about the history of blasphemy politics in Pakistan and how discourse has shifted over the recent decades. Blasphemy politics in Pakistan...