Hafeez Malik


Dr. Hafeez Malik was a Pakistan-American political scientist and the professor of political science at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
After a high school education at Mission High School, Lahore, he graduated from Government College, Lahore with a BA degree in 1949. After a year in law college, he came to the US as a student at Syracuse University, where he completed a double master's degree in journalism and international relations, and then a Ph.D. in political science in 1960.
While a student, he also worked for a Pakistani Urdu newspaper as a correspondent. In 1961, he joined Villanova University, where he was working as a professor of political science. From 1961 to 1963, and from 1966 to present, he has been a visiting professor at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department. From 1971 to 1974, he was president of the Pakistan Council of Asia Society, New York; director of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies; and president of the Pakistani-American foundation. Since 1977, he has been the editor of the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. In 1992, Malik founded the Pakistan-American Congress, and then served as the chairman of its advising council

Books published

  1. Russian-American relations: Islamic and Turkic Dimensions in the Volga-Ural Basin, 2000.
  2. U.S., Russia and China in the New World Order, 1996.
  3. Soviet-Pakistan Relations and Post Soviet Dynamics , 1996.
  4. Central Asia: Its Strategic Importance and Future Prospects, 1994.
  5. Dilemmas of National Security and Cooperation in India and Pakistan, Ed., 1993.
  6. Soviet-American Relations with Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, 1987.
  7. Domestic Determinants of Soviet Foreign Policy Towards South Asia and the Middle East, 1989.
  8. International Security in Southwest Asia, Ed., 1984.
  9. Muslim Nationalism in India and Pakistan, 1963.
  10. Iqbal: Poet-Philosopher of Pakistan, 1971.
  11. Sir Sayyid's History of the Bijnore Rebellion, 1967.
  12. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Muslim Modernization in India and Pakistan, 1980.
  13. Political Profile of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan: A Documentary Record, 1982.
  14. Pakistan: Founders Aspirations and Today's Realities.