Book Launch: Nuclear Flashpoint: The War Over Kashmir (Pluto Press, 2023)

In Foreign Policy Tags Published 1/9/2025 1 comment

The ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies with the collaboration of the Muslim Students Association at the University of Alberta invites you to the following event: 
 
Book Launch
 

Nuclear Flashpoint: The War Over Kashmir (Pluto Press, 2023)

 

by Farhan M. Chak

 
The territory of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most politically contested and heavily militarised spaces on the planet. It has long been presented as an 'internal dispute', mainly by India, in attempts to sustain power through the project of settler colonialism. In this context, Kashmiri voices are rarely heard and so the conflict remains little understood, with a resolution nowhere in sight. In Nuclear Flashpoint, Farhan Chak reveals how the history, culture, identity and the will of the people of Kashmir has been deliberately obscured to suit ideological agendas. He explores six unique time frames in Kashmiri history - from ancient Kashmir, through the British Raj, to present day. Asking 'who is a Kashmiri?', Chak reviews major misconceptions and exposes how vested interests articulate and interpret them. Chak shines a light on the long cycle of revolt that continues in resistance movements today, and asks us to reconsider Kashmir's ongoing quest for independence.
 
 
When: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 12 noon- 1:00 PM
Where: Substage, University of Alberta  
 
Bio.
Dr. Farhan Mujahid Chak is the Secretary-General of the Canadian based NGO Kashmir Civitas. Also, he is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs working as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He has worked at the United Nations, the Canadian Parliament, TRT World and Qatar University. His research interests include Islam and Politics, Political Theory, Secularism, Peace & Conflict Studies, Post-Colonialism, Epistemology and Leadership. He is a regular opinion writer for Aljazeera, Middle East Eye, Daily Sabah and TRT World. His first book was called Islam and Pakistan's Political Culture and was published by Routledge in October 2015. Recently, he has released his latest book called Nuclear Flashpoint: The War Over Kashmir.

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rikaa
rikaa - Sunday, April 27, 2025

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