Usman Ashraf

Hot Off Press!! 🔥🔥 In this article I make two-pronged argument 1. Multiple narratives are involed to frame #CPEC as game changer, these are 1. Bilateral relations 2.#Geopolitics 3. #Geoeconomics 4. #development 2. Dissent is co-opted n framed as desire for more dev.

This perhaps is one of the best piece of reporting on Reko Diq. It unpacks a troubling political economy of 'natural' resource in Pakistan such analysis of resource-making in Pakistan is hard to find. Well done!! @Akbar_notezai

I always wonder about this debate whether a scholar's opinion/belief discredit their otherwise academically useful work? the moral dilemma of using scott's work after the accusations of his CIA ties or Focault's after the allegations of sexual misconduct, or heideggar n nazi

and socio-material settings,an extractive resource politics is driving the emer- gence of similar patterns of enclosure across neighbouring regions of Pakistan and India. The chapter is published in "Societal Transitions to Sustainability" (Open access). link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Energy at the Edge of the State Shayan, I and David wrote about extractive politics in India and Pakistan. By examining the development of thermal power in Sindh, solar power in Rajasthan, and wind power in Gujarat, we illustrate how, despite differing institutional, relational,

@MairaHayat Congrats, looking forward to read it!

Can’t believe it. Feels SO weird that I will have a book. Like. Wtf. Still some months till it exists & lots of copyediting & production steps to go through but I couldn’t wait (clearly). YAY 🙏🏽🙏🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽 Cover by Anushka Rustomji - am I fortunate or what 🙏🏽❤️ sup.org/books/politics…

@hibasameen @PBSofficialpak Superb work!

Many weekends and a lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into building an interactive district-level map of Pakistan's census and survey data. All open data from @PBSofficialpak. 🇵🇰 hibasameen.github.io/datadarbar/

supported win–win scenario. The hegemonic win–win discourse is crafted through the (re)production and recontextualization of multiple narratives. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The networks of the power elite and institutions wield discursive power that assimilate dissent within a “desire for more development” framework, thereby rendering dissent invisible and fostering a consensus that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a universally

I recently contributed to the journal of Eurasian Geography and Economics. My article "Dissent or desire for more development?" is an attempt to unpack power elite that constructs the hegemonic disocurse of BRI/CPEC while silencing the dissent.

@ahmnawaz Thanks Ahmed!!

@PEusman Excellent article Usman.

Hot Off Press!! 🔥🔥 In this article I make two-pronged argument 1. Multiple narratives are involed to frame #CPEC as game changer, these are 1. Bilateral relations 2.#Geopolitics 3. #Geoeconomics 4. #development 2. Dissent is co-opted n framed as desire for more dev.

@jeremy_garlick @nha3383 may be of your interest.

On UNICEF’s birthday, we honour Patras Bokhari-the Pakistani diplomat whose leadership helped save UNICEF from dissolution in its early years. Proud to share this special tribute created in collab with @MhuzaifaNizam Bokhari's legacy continues to inspire our work #ForEveryChild

Article is open access. Link; tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info

institutional design of the Pakistani state and the conflict between state, ethnicity, and religion. read my review of M. waseem's political conflict in Pakistan tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

conflict as both a ‘constructive’ and ‘destructive’ force (1) that shapes ‘social and political order’ (5). In this context, the book identifies four main conflicts that constitute the socio-political order of Pakistani politics. This includes contradictions in the

In this book, Muhammad Waseem contends that politics is about conflict. This book offers a coherent, in-depth analysis of political conflict and its genealogy and cultural codification in Pakistan. By using ‘political conflict’ as a conceptual framework, Waseem approaches

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@Ranjana_rahul Badhai!!!