C. Christine Fair is a Provost’s Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University in the Security Studies Program. She is the author of In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (OUP, 2018) and Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War (OUP, 2014).
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On Aug. 5, the Indian government announced that the “special status” accorded to the state Jammu and Kashmir—which includes Ladakh—was no more. Christine Fair explains the historical and political context.
The Rohingya tragedy has not generated a coordinated violent response, but some jihadi groups are hoping to change that.
The United States should be more concerned about jihadism in Bangladesh.
Though Bangladesh is often hailed a success story of Muslim democracy, Georgetown's Christine Fair, Ali Hamza, and Rebecca Heller describe support for terrorism and religious intolerance in the frequently-overlooked South Asian nation.
It is time to rethink the US’s Pakistan policy which has not made Pakistan more secure, has not advanced U.S. interests, and has encouraged worse behavior from Pakistan.
Christine Fair, Jacob Goldstein, and Ali Hamza examines the relationship between the serious study of Islam and radicalization.
C. Christine Fair and Glenn Greenwald debated whether drone strikes create more terrorists than they kill in a recent episode of Al Jazeera. It didn't go so well. Here Fair responds.