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ClosePakistan and America: Can the Twain Meet?
July 9, 2011
Riaz Khan, former Foreign Secretary for Pakistan and a former Pakistan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, William Milam, former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan and a Senior Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center, and Robert Hathaway, diplomatic historian and director of the Center's Asia Program
When the newly created nation of Pakistan joined the international community in August, 1947, it was a vastly different world. Several decades later, the world has changed so dramatically that improving Washington-Islamabad relations may be the top priority on America's foreign policy agenda. This is the third part in our series of discussions on a 60-year of alliance that continues to be plagued by mutual wariness.
Guests
Riaz Mohammad Khan
Former Pakistan Scholar;
Former Pakistani foreign secretary
Former Pakistani foreign secretary
William B. Milam
Public Policy Fellow;
Former Senior U.S. Diplomat and U.S. Ambassador in both South Asia and West Africa, with publications on both regions
Former Senior U.S. Diplomat and U.S. Ambassador in both South Asia and West Africa, with publications on both regions
Robert Hathaway
Global Fellow, Director Emeritus;
Former Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Former Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
