Ayesha Siddiqa

Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa is an independent author and political scientist currently working as senior fellow, department of War Studies, King’s College, London from where she obtained her Ph.D as well. Earlier she was a research associate at the Center for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS.

Dr. Siddiqa was also a fellow at St Antony’s college, Oxford, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a Ford Fellow. She has taught at University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University and has written two books: (a) Pakistan’s Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99, and (b) Military Inc: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy.

She was also a civil servant and served as Director Naval Research at the Naval Headquarters. Her work focuses on military culture and organization, and civil-military relations.