The socially constructed security dilemma between India and Pakistan : an exploration of norms for a security community
Pervez, M.S.
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Curriculum Vitae
Muhammad Shoaib Pervez was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 16th December 1976. He received his early education from premier institutions of Pakistan, Crescent Model
School Lahore and Cadet College Hasanabdal. In the year 2000 he got his M.A. degree in Political Science with distinction from the oldest higher education institute in Pakistan, Government College University Lahore. In the same institution he was also appointed as Lecturer in Political Science in 2003. He stood first in the Public Service Commission Examination in the province of Punjab (Pakistan) in 2003. Later he joined the department of Population Welfare Punjab as an Assistant Director (December 2003 till to date). In 2007, he was awarded an overseas PhD scholarship by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He started his PhD at Leiden University in February 2007 under the
supervision of Prof. Rob de Wijk. He has presented six papers in international conferences and has also contributed to the Advanced Defence Course (ADC) of the Netherlands Defence Academy, at the Clingendael institute, The Hague. His PhD research is focused on India and Pakistan security relations and he presents a model of establishing a security community between them.
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Acknowledgements
Writing this section has been for me the most difficult part of finishing this dissertation, since I cannot call this book my end product without acknowledging the help, love and guidance of all the people whose shadows loom much larger than my humble efforts. I am very thankful to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for providing me a four years financial grant. Fortunately, the whole process from admission to graduation (2007-2011) proceeded wonderfully well and I was able to finish in time.
My promoter, Rob de Wijk gave me the full freedom to explore the depths of the subject of International Relations as well as the topic of my own dissertation. I am also very thankful to Niels van Willigen who agreed to be my co-promoter in the last year and who guided this whole project to its logical ending. I am also thankful to Tanja Aalberts, Prof Joop van Holsteijn, the chair of Institute of Political Science, Ingrid, the secretary of the institute as well as my room mates Kavita, Veerle and Floris. I thank Marc for writing my summary (samenvatting) of this dissertation in Dutch. I am also grateful to my editor Ms.
Kirsten Van Ummersen (englishediting.nl) and Mrs Minkman of Nuffic who was very helpful all along my PhD trajectory.
The strong values of honesty and truthfulness inculcated by my parents, Wajeeh Uddin Pervez and Shahida Pervez in my upbringing helped me a lot in my first sojourn abroad. I am also grateful to the support of my father-in-law Pirzada Riffat Nawaz and mother-in-law Bushra Riffat. The long wait of our parents to see their Dutch born second grandson is finally over. My father-in-law deserves special mention for his insistence to explore opportunities of higher education abroad and his desire to bring peace and prosperity in South Asia were the starting points of my serious contemplation towards research. The most important influence all along my four years of research and stay in the Netherlands was of my wife, Sadia. She single handedly raised our two sons Muneeb and Moiz during my long working hours and often seven days a week schedule at the
university. Moreover that we managed to live as a family on a scholarship originally meant for a single person for four years is a miracle which only she can manage. I dedicate this book to her encouragement, compassion and love.
