Mubashar Hasan

Mubashar Hasan is a PhD candidate at the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia. He is the founder of Alochonaa (dialogue), an online platform to foster dialogue among civilizations. He tweets at @mubashardhaka

The financial logic and human cost of the war on terror

The general frame of war on terror rhetoric is that no one is safe and secure unless politics is securitised in order to pave the way for growing investment in the military industry.

By Mubashar Hasan

/ 6 Nov 2014

'Ascending' nationalism: the failure of politics and climbing Everest in Bangladesh

In the past two years, four young Bangladeshi, including two women, scaled Mount Everest, becoming national heroes. More importantly, these individuals also became powerful political symbols, used on various sides, to disguise the failure of politics in Bangladesh.

By Mubashar Hasan

/ 17 Sep 2012

Global political Islam in Bangladesh: past, present and future

As global public attention is turned to Bangladesh and the International Crime Tribunal, the country's complex political situation comes under scrutiny. Both main parties face a growing opposition from militant Islamism which thrives on local discontent as well as on appeals to global jihadism.

By Mubashar Hasan

/ 1 Apr 2012

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal: a critique of the critics

While criticism of the ICT is important, its chief critics have dehistoricized the context in which this trial is taking place, and expressed disdain in terms which position Bangladesh as the under-developed, untrustworthy ‘Other’.

By Mubashar Hasan

/ 12 Mar 2012