Political Science and International Relations

BSc Punjab., MSc Quaid-i-Azam, MA A.N.U., PhD Tas.Phone: +61 8 6488 2278
Fax: +61 8 6488 1060syasmeen@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Teaching
Samina Yasmeen teaches courses on world politics, strategy and diplomacy, and Islam and world politics.

POLS2214 Strategy, Diplomacy and Conflict
POLS3314 Strategy, Diplomacy and Conflict
POLS2224 Islam and World Politics
POLS3324 Islam and World Politics

Research

Samina's research interests include the analysis of the domestic and foreign policies of the states of South Asia, confidence building in international relations, women and citizenship, and the place of Islam in the international system. She has published widely in all these areas.

Associate Professor Yasmeen is also the Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies.

Selected Publications

Books (edited)

(with S. Akbarzadeh) Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia, Sydney, UNSW Press, (2005)

(with S. Singh, L. Brown, O. Bennett Jones, J. Mock, K. O'Neil) Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway, Footscray Victoria, Lonely Planet Publications Pty. Ltd., pp (2004)

Book Chapters

Islamic groups and Pakistan's foreign policy: Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish Mohammed, Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia, ed Akbarzadeh, S., Yasmeen, S., Sydnedy, UNSW Press, pp 45-62 (2005)

Islam and the West: Some Reflections, Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia, ed Akbarzadeh, S., Yasmeen, S., Sydney, UNSW Pres, pp 165-172 (2005)

Muslim Women and Human Rights in the Middle East and South Asia, Islamic Perspectives on the New Millennium, ed Virginia Hooker, Amin Saikal, Singapore, ISEAS Publications, pp 161-182 (2004)

China and Pakistan in a Changing World, Asian Security and China 2000-2010, ed K. Santhanam, Srikanth Kondapalli, Delhi, Shipra Publications, pp 309-319 (2004)

Pakistan and India: The Way Forward, South Asia in the World: Problem Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance, Ramesh Thakur, Oddny Wiggen, New York, United Nations University Press, pp 413-428 (2004)

The Culture, Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway, ed Sarina Singh, Lindsay Brown, Owen Bennett Jones, John Mock, Kimberley O'Neil, Samina Yasmeen, Footscray, Victoria, Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, pp 38-55 (2004)

Australia and the South Asian Nuclear Tests: A Consistent Policy?, Austral-Asian Encounters: From Literature and Women's Studies to Politics and Tourism, New Delhi, Prestige Books, pp 69-77 (2003)

Pakistan and the Struggle for 'Real' Islam, Islam and Political Legitimacy, London, Routledge Curzon, pp 70-87 (2003)

Unexpectedly at Center Stage: Pakistan, Global Responses to Terrorism. 9/11, Afghanistan and Beyond, London, Routledge, pp 188-201 (2003)

Muslim Women as Citizens in Australia: Perth as a Case Study, Muslim Minorities in the West, ed Yazbeck Haddad, Y., Smith, J.I., California, Altamira Press, pp 217-232 (2002)

Muslim Migrants Living in Non-Muslim States: Building Peace and Harmony, Islam and Perdamaian Global, eds Arsyad, A., Thontowi, J., Chirzin, M.H., Makasar, Madyan Press Yogyakarta, pp 293-306 (2002)

Foreign Policy of a Military Regime: Change or Continuity? Nuclear Developments in South Asia and the Future of Global Arms Control, New Zealand, Centre for Strategic Studies, pp 61-79 (2001)

Settlement Needs of Muslim Women in Perth: A Case Study, Muslim Communities in Australia, Sydney, University of New South Wales Press Ltd., pp 61-79 (2001)

Islamization and Democratisation in Pakistan: Implications for Women and Religious Minorities, Good Governance Issues and Sustainable Development, eds Ghosh, R., Gabbay, R., Siddique, A., New Delhi, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, pp 168-182 (1999)

Sino-Pakistan Relations and the Middle East, China and the Middle East, ed. Kumaraswamy, P., New Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, pp 91-107 (1999)

Foreign Observers' Reports: A Language of Silence, Elections in Retrospect, ed Bashir, M., Pakistan: Sustainable Development Policy Institute, pp 30-33 (1998)

The Case for a South Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones, ed Thakur, R., Great Britain, Macmillan Press Ltd, pp 152-172 (1998)

India, The Asia-Australia Survey 1997-98, eds Bishop, B., McNamara, D., South Melbourne, Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, 4, pp 157-182 (1997)

Journal Articles

Dealing with Islam in Australia: After the London Bombings, The Sydney Papers, 17:3 and 4, pp 37-42 (2005)

Pakistan's Kashmir Policy: Voices of Moderation? Contemporary South Asia, 12:2, pp 187-202 (2003)

Australia's Policy Towards India: From Indifference to Cordiality, Islamabad Policy Research Institute, 11:11, pp 36-46 (2002)

Is Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb an Islamic Bomb? Asian Studies Review, 25:2, pp 201-215 (2001)

Pakistan's Nuclear Tests: Domestic Debate and International Determinants, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 53:1, pp 43-56 (1999)

South Asia after the Nuclear Tests: Prospects for Arms Control? Pacifica Review, 11:3, pp 239-255 (1999)

Sino-Pakistan Relations and the Middle East, China Report, 34:3 & 4, pp 327-343 (1998)

Pakistan: Moving Towards Democracy, Asian Studies Review, 21, pp 91-103 (1997)

Nawaz Sharif and the Eighth Amendment: One step closer to 'real' democracy in Pakistan, The Asia-Pacific Magazine, 6 & 7, pp 4-9 (1997)

Professor Samina Yasmeen