Dr. Shahzad Akhtar

Non-resident Fellow of RCAS

Email: shazad_qau@yahoo.com

Dr. Shahzad Akhtar is is an Non-resident Fellow at the Hong Kong Research Center for Asian Studies (RCAS), Hong Kong, as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Central Punjab, Lahore. His teaching and research focus primarily on conflict studies, including civil war, insurgency, terrorism, and counterterrorism. He holds an MA and PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. Akhtar has published extensively in esteemed international peer-reviewed journals such as Asian Survey, Third World Quarterly, and Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways to Terrorism and Genocide. His recent book, The Rise and Decline of the Insurgency in Pakistan’s FATA, is published by Routledge in 2023.

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