Akins

Harrison Akins

PhD Candidate in Political Science, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Chapter Member: Tennessee SSN
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About Harrison

Akins’ main research interests focus on the underlying causes of terrorism and the effectiveness; or ineffectiveness; of different counterterrorism strategies; such as drones. He is especially interested in the impacts of the U.S.-led War on Terror on minority Muslim communities in the United States; Europe; and the Muslim world and whether this contributes to the problem of terrorism. 

Contributions

In the News

Opinion: "How Hindu Nationalists Politicized the Taj Mahal," Harrison Akins, The Atlantic, November 27, 2017.
Opinion: "Islam and Christianity: A Misunderstood History," Harrison Akins, Huffington Post, April 11, 2017.
Opinion: "Trump’s Islam-Focused Policies Are an Example of How Not To Fight Terrorism," Harrison Akins, Huffington Post, February 1, 2017.
Opinion: "India's Model for Tolerance," Harrison Akins, BBC News, December 8, 2016.
Opinion: "Why a Trump Presidency Will Be Damaging to the US-India Relationship," Harrison Akins, India Times, November 7, 2016.
Opinion: "Trump And Hindu Nationalism: America’s Modi," Harrison Akins, Huffington Post, October 31, 2016.
Opinion: "The Rohingya are Suu Kyi’s Litmus Test for a Legitimate Democracy," Harrison Akins, Huffington Post, November 9, 2015.
Opinion: "To Combat the ‘New Anti-Semitism,’ Europe’s Jews and Muslims Must Work Together," Harrison Akins, Huffington Post, April 22, 2015.
Opinion: "Islam and Dialogue in Northern Ireland," Harrison Akins, American Muslim, June 6, 2014.
Opinion: "A Tennessean in the House of Lords," Harrison Akins, Pakistan Today, May 31, 2014.
Opinion: "No Place for Islam? Buddhist Nationalism in Myanmar," Harrison Akins, Al Jazeera, October 18, 2013.
Opinion: "The Spectre of Fascism in Greece," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, July 9, 2013.
Opinion: "US Should Replace Drone Strikes in Pakistan with Outreach to Tribal Areas," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Christian Science Monitor, May 30, 2013.
Opinion: "Making Enemies in Yemen," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, May 5, 2013.
Opinion: "Suu Kyi’s Muslim Moral Dilemma," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Asia Times Online, April 23, 2013.
Opinion: "Waziristan: ‘The Most Dangerous Place in the World’," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, April 12, 2013.
Opinion: "We Must Understand Source of Violence to Win War on Terror," Harrison Akins, Knoxville News Sentinel, March 24, 2013.
Opinion: "Wayward in Waziristan," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Foreign Policy, March 15, 2013.
Opinion: "Eritrea and its Refugee Crisis," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, October 17, 2012.
Opinion: "The Plight of the Rif: Morocco’s Restive Northern Periphery," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, September 28, 2012.
Opinion: "Nigeria in Flames: Breaking the Cycle of Revenge," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, September 9, 2012.
Opinion: "The Aceh Elections and the Fragility of Peace," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, April 9, 2012.
Opinion: "Waiting for the Arab Spring in Western Sahara," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, March 14, 2012.
Opinion: "Restoring Harmony Between Bangkok and the Malay Muslims of South Thailand," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, February 27, 2012.
Opinion: "No Arab Spring for Egypt’s Bedouin," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), Al Jazeera, February 15, 2012.
Opinion: "Little Help for the Persecuted Rohingya of Burma," Harrison Akins (with Akbar Ahmed), The Guardian, December 1, 2011.