Hammad Mustafa al-Madani Al-Qadri received his bachelor’s honours degree in International Relations from at the Margaret Macmillan Trinity One programme at the University of Toronto in 2020. Hammad Al-Qadri then completed his master’s degree in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2021. His thesis is titled: ‘The Ebbs and Flows in U.S.-Pakistan Foreign Relations Between 1979-1981’. This is an account describing the evolution of bilateral relations during the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union and the subsequent coordination between the Reagan administration and General Zia’s military government to contain the Soviet Union in the Persian Gulf.

Hammad Al-Qadri also delivers talks and seminars on multi-dimensional and universal approaches to Muslim thinking based in peace and integration, altruism, inter/intra-faith harmony and progressive reform. Hammad Al-Qadri has spoken at multiple global conferences such as the Global Peace and Unity Conference, the Living Legacy Festival and the Mercy for Humanity Conference, spanning from Toronto, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Copenhagen, Oslo, Paris, Amsterdam, Sydney, Seoul, Hong Kong to Lahore.

In December 2022, Hammad Al-Qadri founded and became Edior-in-Chief of The Renaissance Journal aimed at inspiring reform and encouraging progressive debates in Muslim thinking and intellectualisation. Renaissance has offered unique publications on the intersection between progressive Muslim thought and science, technology, finance, sociology, psychology, politics, and well-being. In April 2023, Hammad Al-Qadri published his book ‘Echoes of Eternity: A Guide to Finding Purpose in the Modern World’. This book offers unique insights into the philosophical conversations within Muslim thought on questions regarding existentialism and purpose, reconciling them modern thought and trends.

Provisional Thesis Title: “A Critical Reappraisal of U.S.-Pakistan Foreign Relations Between the Coup and the Global War on Terror, 1998-2004”

This thesis examines existed assumptions about the nature of post-Cold War foreign relations between Pakistan and United States over the detonation crisis in South Asia in May 1998, the coup d’état in Islamabad in 1998, the Kargil War between India and Pakistan in 1999 and Pakistan’s non-NATO major ally status during the global war on terror. The thesis offers a critical analysis on the sources of tension between Washington and Islamabad, as well as the impact of domestic volatility in Pakistan on bilateral relations. The project entails grass-root data collection in Pakistan, looking at political opposition figures, political activists, political rallies and press-pressure during this period. Offering a unique contribution to existing literature on this topic from the lens of bottom-up determinants of Islamabad’s foreign-policymaking toward Washington. 

Supervisor: Professor Steve Casey