Course Scholars

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abigail Miriam Fernandez Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. As a part of her research focus at 'Pakistan Reader' she looks at issues relating to gender, minorities, and ethnic movements. She completed her Master's from the Department of International Studies at Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is a part of the Conflict Alert team at the IPRI, NIAS.

Outside research, Abigail enjoys recycling old jewelry and developing professional hairstyling skills. She can be contacted at fernandezabigail123@gmail.com 


GP Commentaries
NIAS Pakistan Reader
Pakistan’s Blue Helmets: A long-standing contribution

January 2023 | CWA # 921

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

2023: The World This Year
Pakistan in 2023: Between elections, economic turmoil and climate crisis

January 2023 | CWA # 897

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Pakistan, US and Russia: Putin Online, Biden Offline

January 2022 | CWA # 658

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Central Asia
The unrest in Kazakhstan: Look beyond the trigger

January 2022 | CWA # 656

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Deepening Pakistan-Russia ties

January 2022 | CWA # 652

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Same Page Story: Civil-Military Relations in 2021

January 2022 | CWA # 648

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Qureshi’s visit to Brussels: Three takeaways

January 2022 | CWA # 639

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
PTI’s secret dealing with the TTP and TLP

November 2021 | CWA # 610

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
TLP is back again

October 2021 | CWA # 588

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Since January 2021: Why the US President has not called Pakistan’s Prime Minister so far?

October 2021 | CWA # 584

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
The Military Reshuffle: A strategic or routine decision?

October 2021 | CWA # 580

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan Reader
Hazara Persecution in Pakistan: No end in sight

October 2021 | CWA # 576

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

NIAS Africa Monitor
Impending famine in Tigray, should make Ethiopia everyone's problem

July 2021 | CWA # 519

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Afghanistan
Five reasons why Afghanistan is closer to a civil war

July 2021 | CWA # 514

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Afghanistan 
The US decision to withdraw is a call made too early. Three reasons why

May 2021 | CWA # 469

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Afghanistan
The US-Taliban Deal: One Year Later

March 2021 | CWA # 451

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Conflict Reader
Afghanistan: The recent surge in targeted killing vs the troops withdrawal

February 2021 | CWA # 434

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
In Honduras, a move towards a permanent ban on abortion laws

February 2021 | CWA # 431

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Climate Change
Trump’s Climate Change legacy: Disruption and Denial

February 2021 | CWA # 428

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Conflict Reader
Nagorno-Karabakh: Rekindled fighting, Causalities and a Ceasefire

December 2020 | CWA # 407

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

GP Insights
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Nagorno-Karabakh state announces dissolution

September 2023 | GP Insights # 753
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Azerbaijan and Armenia: Another Round of Violence followed by Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

September 2023 | GP Insights # 749
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Nagorna-Karabakh: The Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations in the US fail to reach a consensus

May 2023 | GP Insights # 676
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

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