Yasser Kureshi

Yasser Kureshi is a Lecturer in South Asian Studies at the University of Oxford. His work bridges political science and public law, focusing on unelected state institutions in authoritarian and post-authoritarian contexts.

• Department of South Asian Studies, University of Oxford

Research interests:

• Politics of the military and judiciary in non-democratic regimes
• Constitutional configurations in hybrid regimes
• Democratic backsliding and authoritarianism in South Asia
• Anti-corruption jurisprudence
• Federalism in tutelary regimes
• Legal culture formation

Key publication trends: His recent articles in Democratization and Comparative Politics analyze judicial-military dynamics, authoritarian legitimacy, and institutional strategies. The 2019 Journal of Conflict Resolution piece co-authored with Sharan Grewal explores coup legitimation through elections.