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About Mamoon Dawood

Dawood Mamoon is a Netherlands Fellowship holder at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, where he is reading for a PhD on trade, poverty, inequality and security. He is also a visiting research associate and consultant at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan. He has written extensively on the political economy of India and Pakistan in various South Asian and international publications.


By Mamoon Dawood

Are shared democratic values and norms within political systems the most important factors in promoting peace between countries, or common economic interests? New econometric research shows that, in the case of India and Pakistan, trade with other countries increases the chance of peace.   read more >>