Media, Keynotes & Critical Acclaim
Televised dialogues, international security symposia, university lecture series, and global keynote addresses across Harvard, Oxford, Exeter, and NDU — alongside peer acclaim from leading historians and Pulitzer Prize winners.
Auditorium Stage
The Return of the Taliban & Regional Security
Televised Dialogue with Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy · Strategic Analysis & Q&A
Hosted by The Black Hole Science & Art Center
Watch on YouTubeRecorded Dialogues & Talks
Select VideoUS Congress Testimonies
Formal written statements, oral testimonies, and policy assessments presented before the United States Congress and statutory federal commissions on global security, countering extremism, and human rights.
Committee on Foreign Affairs · Historic Hearing
Women Fighting for Peace: Lessons for Today's Conflicts
Expert testimony delivered before the full U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee examining the critical operational role of women in counterterrorism, peace negotiations, and regional conflict stabilization across the Middle East and South Asia.
Related Coverage & Policy Analysis
Statutory Federal Commission Hearing
Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites
Official testimony and policy briefing before USCIRF addressing threats to sacred architecture, places of worship, and minority religious sanctuaries under armed conflict and transnational extremism.
Official Hearing Documentation
Keynotes, Symposia & Event Gallery
Authentic photographic records of international keynote addresses, university lectures, book launches, and diplomatic policy roundtables across Harvard, USIP, NDU, Baghdad, and global forums.
Shrine of Mevlana Rumi
Presenting "The Prophet's Heir" to Shrine Director
Special Presentation · October 2021
Scholarly Roundtable
With Mustafa Akyol & Ali Salman
Authors Dialogue · Islamic Thought & Reform
Scholarly Mentorship
With Late Dr. Robert D. Crane
Former White House Advisor · Policy Dialogue
Arab American Museum / Mainstay
The Life of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Keynote
Museum Lecture · July 2022
International Book Tour
Princeton Library & Al-Khoei Najaf Dialogues
Monograph Discussions · Global Tour
U.S. House of Representatives
Women Fighting for Peace Congressional Hearing
Committee on Foreign Affairs · March 2016
USCIRF Commission
Protecting Places of Worship & Holy Sites
Federal Hearing · October 2019
U.S. Institute of Peace
Countering Violent Extremism Workshop
USIP Policy Planning Workshop
Explore the full photographic exhibition covering two decades of global book tours, lectures, and diplomatic events.
Regular Expert Commentary & Policy Analysis
Scholarly Endorsements & Reviews
Critical reviews and endorsements of Dr. Hassan Abbas's published volumes from renowned historians, international security analysts, and literary reviewers.
Pakistan's Drift into Extremism
“Hassan Abbas provides an indispensable insider's history of Pakistan's internal crises. Meticulous, courageous, and deeply informed.”
Steve Coll
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner · Author of Ghost Wars
The Return of the Taliban
“A tour de force. Abbas provides unprecedented ground-level insight into the inner corridors and factional politics of the movement.”
Ahmed Rashid
Author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism
The Prophet's Heir
“Hassan Abbas brings Ali alive in all his complexity, courage, and moral grandeur. An indispensable, masterly scholarly biography.”
Dr. Reza Aslan
Author of Zealot and No god but God
Books of the Year
“A gripping and deeply researched insider account of the new reality in Kabul and the challenges of regional diplomacy.”
Financial Times
Global Books of the Year Review
Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb
“A remarkable, authoritative study that is essential reading for anyone concerned with nuclear deterrence in South Asia.”
Michael Krepon
Co-founder · The Stimson Center
The Prophet's Heir
“A magnificent contribution combining deep intellectual rigor with spiritual sensitivity and narrative elegance.”
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
University Professor of Islamic Studies · GWU