Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi

Professor/Chairman Department of Regional Studies, University of Peshawar

Pakistan

Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi

Professor/Chairman Department of Regional Studies, University of Peshawar

Pakistan

Dr. Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi is a Professor and Former Chairman of the Department of International Relations at the University of Peshawar, and Former Director of the Center for FATA Studies. He specializes in International Relations, Conflict Resolution, and CVE. A Fulbright, Carnegie, and Charles Wallace fellow, he earned his MS and PhD from the University of Edinburgh and completed a fellowship at the University of Delaware. He has taught internationally, including at the Fulbright Commission in Bulgaria and the University of Edinburgh, and has authored over 48 research papers. His work focuses on regional security, Pak-US relations, and Extremism. He has also edited two books on FATA’s political and socio-economic landscape. Dr. Soherwordi continues to shape academic and policy debates on regional peace and foreign affairs.

Articles by Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi

Pakistan’s National Action Plan to Counter Violent Extremism: Incorporating Community Resilience as a Core Component

Community resilience stands out as one of the most effective modes of civic resistance against extremism, empowering people to counter radical influences through social unity,…

The Prisoners of Extremism

Caught between rising extremism and fragile diplomacy, Pakistan and Afghanistan are standing at a crossroads. In this piece of writing, Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi discusses…