Mubashar Hasan

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Mubashar Hasan is a Post-Doctoral Rsearch Fellow at the Department of Lanugages and Culture, University Oslo, Norway. He is also a director of Sydney Policy and Analysis Centre (SPAC), an Australian consulting company.  His book Islam and Politics in Bangladesh: The followers of Ummah was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. His latest co-edited book includes Masks of Authoritarianism Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh (Palgrave Macmillan 2022). Along with The Interpreter, his articles have been published by Foreign Policy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace, The Conversation and ABC Religion and Ethics, Aljazeera, E-IR, Open Democracy, East Asia Forum, Dev Policy, among others. In 2021, Griffith Business School, awarded him with outstanding international alumnus award.

Sanctions help bring accountability in Bangladesh
Sanctions help bring accountability in Bangladesh
Extrajudicial killings and disappearances have dropped dramatically, with the government aware the world is watching.
Knowledge is power: A small investment for a big return
Knowledge is power: A small investment for a big return
Australia should see that training rights advocates across the region can be an effective means to bolster democracy.
Minorities under attack in Bangladesh
Minorities under attack in Bangladesh
Recent violence sparked by false allegations online against Hindus is a symptom of deeper community problems.
Transnational authoritarianism: return of the strongmen
Transnational authoritarianism: return of the strongmen
Coercion, kidnapping and deadly violence are the stock in trade of increasingly emboldened transnational repressors.
Mango diplomacy is more than low-hanging fruit in South Asian politics
Mango diplomacy is more than low-hanging fruit in South Asian politics
Bangladesh has used a national icon to signal a fresh appetite for improved ties with Pakistan – just as China looms.
Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis
Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis
China and Russia are on a vaccine drive across South Asia to deliver on India’s fast-vanishing promises.
Understanding Bangladesh’s most potent religious opposition
Understanding Bangladesh’s most potent religious opposition
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has deep roots in the country. A careful approach is needed in response.
America’s fantasy hero
America’s fantasy hero
Donald Trump’s “reality” does not have to be real, it’s enough to persistently claim and act as though it is.
Bangladesh’s balancing act between great powers
Bangladesh’s balancing act between great powers
For all the talk of a China-India contest, Bangladesh offers very little from a strategic point of view.
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