Ayesha Siddiqa
Born (1966-04-07) April 7, 1966 (age 57)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Ayesha Siddiqa (Urdu: عائِشہ صِدّیقہ; born April 7, 1966), is a Pakistani political scientist, and an author who serves as a research associate at the SOAS South Asia Institute.[1][2]

She previously served as the inaugural Pakistan Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center between 2004 and 2005.[3][4]

Biography

Born in Lahore, Siddiqa studied at Kinnaird College and went on to join the Civil Service of Pakistan. As a civil servant, Siddiqa served as the director of naval research with the Pakistan Navy, making her the first civilian and the first woman to work at that position in Pakistan's defence establishment. She also worked in military accounts and as deputy director Defence Services Audit. Siddiqa moved to London, where she received her PhD from King's College London in war studies.[5]

After leaving the civil service, she served as the senior research fellow at the Sandia National Laboratories and went on to teach at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and the Quaid-e-Azam University.[1][6][7] She also served as the Charles Wallace Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford in 2015.[8][9]

She has written extensively on the Pakistan military, and her research has covered issues varying from the Pakistan military's covert development of military technology, defensive game theory, nuclear deterrence, arms procurement and arms production, to civil-military relations in Pakistan.[1][10]

Bibliography

After leaving the bureaucracy, she authored Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979–99: In Search of a Policy, 2001, and later, in 2007, published her critically acclaimed book: Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy.[1] She also regularly writes critical columns for English language newspapers, including Dawn, Daily Times, The Friday Times and Express Tribune.[1][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Biography of Dr Ayesha Siddiqa - Staff - SOAS University of London". School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London website. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Pakistani liberals flay military's role at London meet". Hindustan Times newspaper. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ Web Admin. "Doctor Ayesha Siddiqa". Women.com (Pakistan). Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa – Assistant Professfor". Wah Engineering College (Pakistan). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa Agha | Independent security analyst". PakistanHerald.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Ayesha Siddiqa". Al Jazeera Forum. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  7. ^ "King's College London - Pakistan military and Strategic Depth in Afghanistan: Evolution of an Idea". kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Ayesha Siddiqa profile". Al Jazeera Forum. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Ayesha Siddiqa". Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 19 August 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Pakistan's Counter-terrorism Policy post-Peshawar: Is it Working?". School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London website. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Radicalization in Pakistan – A Talk by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa". Institute for Peace and Secular Studies. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Interview with Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa Agha". The Pakistani Spectator magazine. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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