Salma Malik

Malik is an assistant professor at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, where she specializes in conflict, military sociology, South Asian affairs, human security, and disarmament. From 1996 to 1999, she was a research officer at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad. Her publications include, with Mallika Joseph, Small Arms and the Security Debate in South Asia; and, with Saira Yamin, Mapping Conflict Trends in Pakistan. In 2003 she received a master's degree in defense and strategic studies from Quaid-i-Azam University and is currently pursuing a doctorate in politics and international relations from the same university.