Hafizullah Emadi
Hafizullah Emadi is a scholar and development consultant for International Non-Governmental Organizations.
He was born in the Shibar District, Bamyan Province of Afghanistan. Most recently, he lives in California and works in Kabul, Afghanistan. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Emadi taught in the University of Hawaii system, joined the East-West Center's International Relations Program as a Fellow in 1990 and was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1999.
He has written books and articles on Islamic and Middle Eastern politics and culture. He also monitored the Afghanistan elections in 2004.
Works
- Politics of Development and Women in Afghanistan
- China's Foreign Policy toward the Middle East
- Afghanistan's Gordian Knot: An Analysis of National Conflict and Strategies for Peace
- State, Revolution and Superpowers in Afghanistan
Shorter works
- "The Politics of Homosexuality: Perseverance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community in a Repressive Social Milieu in Afghanistan.” International Journal of Minority and Group Rights, 26 : 242-260.
- “End of a Princely State in Hunza, Pakistan: Modernization of a Peripheral Community.” Journal of Culture, Society and Development, 39 : 18-29.
- "Bahais of Afghanistan: Endurance and Resilience in a Preclusive Environment.” Asian Profile, 46:1 : 39-49.
- "Syria in the Vortex of US-Russia’s Quest for Domination in the Middle East.” AAKROSH, Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts. 20: 75 : 6-22.
- "The Ahmadiyyas of Afghanistan: Socio-Political Repression and Dissimulation of their Faith.” Asian Profile. 44:5 : 417-428.
- "Women in the Post-Taliban Afghanistan: Dialectics of Oppression and Token Recognition.” Race, Class and Gender. 22: 3-4 : 244-259.
- "The United States and the Islamic State: Surreptitious Relationship.” AAKROSH, Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts. 19: 72 : 59-78.
- "The US and the Axis of Extremism in Afghanistan: From Alliance to Antipathy.” AAKROSH, Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts. 19: 70 : 10-28.
- "Repression and Endurance: Anathematized Hindu and Sikh Women of Afghanistan.” Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity. 44: 4 : 628-645.
- "Politics of Alienation: The Disappearance of Afghanistan’s Jewish Community.” Asian Profile. 43: 4 : 303-316.
- "The US and Syria: Clawing Back the Sphinx of Damascus.” AAKROSH, Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts. 18: 67 : 7-23.
- Society and Reformation in the Ismaili Community of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.” Asian Profile, 42: 3 : 245-260.
- "Minorities and Marginality: Pertinacity of Hindus and Sikhs in a Repressive Environment in Afghanistan.” Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, 42:2 : 307-320.
- "Rebuilding Afghanistan Five Years After the Collapse of the Taliban, Contemporary Review 288.1683, p. 430.
- “Libya: The Road to Regime Change.” Global Dialogue, 14: 2. http://www.worlddialogue.org.
- “Palestinian Struggle for an Independent State: Retrospect and Prospects.” Contemporary Review, 294: 1705 : 159-168.
- “Requiem for the Baath Party: Struggle for Change and Freedom in Syria.” Mediterranean Quarterly, 22: 4 : 62-79.
- “Egypt: The Fall of a Modern Pharaoh.” Contemporary Review, 293: 1700 : 1-9.
- “The Ismailis of Afghanistan: Strategies of Adaptation and Transformation.” Afghanistan, 14: 5 : 14-38.
- “Afghanistan: the Tajik Ismailis of Takhar – an end to Isolation.” Contemporary Review, 291: 1694 : 288-298.
- “Establishment of Afghanistan’s Parliament and the Role of Women Parliamentarians: Retrospect and Prospects.” Internationales Asienfourm, 39: 1-2 : 5-19.
- “Modernizing One Village in Afghanistan.’ Contemporary Review, 290:1689 : 137-150.
- “Complexities of Nation-building: Struggle for Making a Functioning Democracy in Afghanistan.” Afghanistan, Vol. 1-3, No. 4 :12-26.
- “Nahzat-e-Nawin: Modernization of Badakhshani Ismaili Communities of Afghanistan.” Central Asian Survey, 24:2 :165-189.
- “A Progressive Alternative Development Strategy Proposal for Afghanistan.” Peace Research, 36: 2 : 23-38.
- “Nation-Building in Afghanistan.” Contemporary Review, 283: 1652 : 148-155.
- “Kabul.” Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures Around the World, Volume 2, pp. 437-445.
- “Struggle for Recognition: Hazara Ismaili Women and Their Role in the Public Arena in Afghanistan” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 8: 2 : 76-103.
- “Ethnic Groups and National Unity in Afghanistan.” Contemporary Review, 280: 1632 : 8-15.
- “Radical Political Movements in Afghanistan and their Politics of Peoples’ Empowerment and Liberation.” Central Asian Survey. 20:4 : 427-450.
- “Shikast-e-Zawlanaha.” . Mohammad Ali Joya. Hafta Nama-e-Wahdat , 18 October 2001, p. 6.
- “Rebuilding Afghanistan.” Contemporary Review, 278: 1623 : 200-208.
- “The New World Order and Albania’s Convoluted Route to Transition in the Free Market Economy.” East European Quarterly, 34:3 : 361-379.
- “Tajikistan’s Transition to the World Economy.” Contemporary Review, 227:1615 : 79-85.
- “Praxis of Taqiyya: Perseverance of Pashaye Ismaili Enclave, Nangarhar, Afghanistan.” Central Asian Survey, 19:2 : 253-264.
- “Iran and the Islamists.” Contemporary Review, 276: 1608 : 5-11.
- “Breaking the Shackles: Political Participation of Hazara Women in Afghanistan.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 6:1 : 143-161.
- “Albania’s Transition to Capitalism.” Contemporary Review, 274: 1600 : 225-229.
- “The New Word Order or Disorder: Armed Struggle in Afghanistan and United States’ Foreign Policy Objectives.” Central Asian Survey, 18:1: 49-64.
- “Radical Islam, Jihad and Civil War in Afghanistan.” Internationales Asienforum, 30: 1 & 2 : 5-26.
- “The Infitah Politics and the Failure of Political Islam in Syria.” Contemporary Review, 273:1595 : 290-94.
- “The Syrian National Bourgeoisie and Infitah Ideology, 1960-1994.” Journal of International Relations, 5:1-2 : 33-51.
- “The End of Taqiyya: Reaffirming Religious Identity of Ismailis in Shughnan, Badakhshan and Political Ramification for Afghanistan.” Middle Eastern Studies, 34:3 : 103-120.
- “Politics of Transformation and Ismailis in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.” Internationales Asienforum, 29:1-2 : 5-22.
- “The Hazaras and their Role in the Process of Political Transformation in Afghanistan.” Central Asian Survey, 16:3 : 363-387.
- “The State and Class Conflict in Modern Iraq, 1950-1992.” Journal of International Relations, 3:2 : 21-36.
- “The State and Rural-based Rebellion in Afghanistan.” Central Asian Survey, 15:2 : 201-211.
- “Exporting Iran’s Revolution: The Radicalization of the Shiite Movement in Afghanistan.” Middle Eastern Studies, 31:1 : 1-12.
- “China’s Ideological Influence and Trade Relations with Iran, 1960-1990.” Internationales Asienforum, 26: 1 & 2 : 143-154.
- “Ideological Basis of Chinese Foreign Policy: A Review.” Journal of International Relations, 2:1 : 67-80.
- “State, Ideology and Islamic Resurgence in Tadjikistan.” Central Asian Survey, 13:4 : 565-573.
- “China and Iraq: Patterns of Interaction, 1960-1992.” Economic and Political Weekly, 29: 53 : 3315-3318.
- “China and Palestine Resistance Movement, 1960-92.” Mediterranean Quarterly, 5:3 : 81-94.
- “Minority Group Politics: The Role of Ismailis in Afghanistan's Politics.” Central Asian Survey, 12:3 : 379-392.
- “The Last Years of Yugoslavia.” Contemporary Review, 263:1534 : 233-241.
- “Development Strategies and Women in Albania.” East European Quarterly, 27:1 : 79-96.
- “China's Politics and Developments in Afghanistan.” Journal of Asian and African Studies, 28:1 & 2 : 107-117.
- “An Analysis of Gandhi's Politics of Civil Disobedience During India's Independence Movement.” World Review, 31:2 : 52-59.
- “Conflicts in the Middle East: The Kurdish National Question.” Contemporary, Review 261:1519 : 62-71.
- “Women’s Emancipation and Strategy of Development in Albania.” Economic and Political Weekly, 27: 19 : 999-1002.
- “State, Modernization, and the Women's Movement in Afghanistan.” Review of Radical Political Economics, 23:3 & 4 : 224-243.
- “State, Modernization and Rebellion: U.S.-Soviet Politics of Domination of Afghanistan.” Economic and Political Weekly, 26:4 : 176-184.
- “The Era of Transnational Corporations and Albania's Strategy of Self Reliant Development.” World Review, 29:3 : 35-42.
- “Durand Line and Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations.” Economic and Political Weekly, 25:28: 1515-1516.
- “An Historical Perspective of the Durand Line and the Future of Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations.” World Review, 30:3 : 5-12.
- “Afghanistan in United States-Soviet Politics.” World Review, 28:3 : 17-21.
- “Resettlement Pattern: The Afghan Refugees in Pakistan.” Cultural Survival Quarterly, 12:4 : 20-23.
- “Afghanistan's Struggle for National Liberation.” Studies in Third World Societies, 27 : 17-42.
- Hanne Christensen. The Reconstruction of Afghanistan: A Chance for Rural Afghan Women, 90 pp. Reviewed in The Journal of Development Studies, 29:3 : 605-606.
- Rejoinder to review of State, Revolution and Superpowers in Afghanistan in The Middle East Journal, 45:3 : 557-558.