AIPS members Rizwan Shinwari and Ken LeBlond collaborated on a presentation at the National University of Modern Languages on November 3rd. Mr. LeBlond, marketing communications manager at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, gave a presentation on the U.S. credit system to Mr. Shinwari’s macroeconomics class via Zoom. Mr. LeBlond detailed his experiences with credit cards, interest rates, and the credit reporting system. He then had a discussion with the students about Islamic banking.

Dr. Alexander Cromwell and coauthor Javed Ali Kalhoro recently published an article in Teaching Peace and Conflict titled "Musharraf's Enlightened Moderation: How Education Escalates Conflict in Pakistan Despite Attempted Transformation." Dr. Cromwell's article focuses on Pakistan's Islamiyat curriculum and the changes that took place while Pervez Musharraf was in office.