Yusuf’s Paper Published in Research Journal

Moeed Yusuf, Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has co-authored an academic paper that was recently published in the Islamabad Policy Research Institute’s IPRI Journal. The paper, titled "Pacifying Conflict through Economic Interdependence: Prospects in the Case of Jammu and Kashmir," examines the potential for cross-border trade and investment in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir as a means of ameliorating the long-standing India-Pakistan conflict on the issue. The paper argues that future cross-border economic collaboration through joint ventures and a social "spill over" effect could create sufficient economic interdependence to pacify political tensions. Key sectors identified for cooperation are natural resources, tourism, power generation, transport, information technology, education, and poverty alleviation. The authors contend that, although somewhat unique in the literature on economic interdependence, the collaboration in these sectors presents the best opportunity to ensure integration, and in turn pacification of the relationship.

Yusuf is a doctoral candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Political Science Department at Boston University.