Asia Program
Scholars
Chairman, Advisory Council, Institute of Public Policy, Lahore, Pakistan
Since 1999, Mr. Burki has been CEO of EMP-Financial Advisors, LLC. From 1994-1999, he was Vice President of the Latin America and Caribbean Region of The World Bank. Prior to that time, he held other senior positions at The World Bank and, from 1996-1997, was Finance Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Burki holds degrees in physics and economics, as well as the M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Harvard Uni...
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, MSU, UMBC
Expertise
U.S. foreign relations, especially U.S.-China relations
Research Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Mr. Futori has been a Research Associate for the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 2011 to 2012. And he was a chairman of the Harvard Commemorative Cherry Tree Planting Initiative for the 100th anniversary of cherry trees given to the United States from Japan. During 2009-2011, Mr. Futori worked as a Visiting Fellow at th...
Director, Afghanistan and Central Asia, Institute for Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Former Foreign Service Officer and US Ambassador to Ivory Coast
Retired State Department South Asia Specialist and U.S. Ambassador to The Ivory Coast
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund; Senior Executive Officer, Australian Treasury.
Christopher Legg served on the Executive Board of the IMF from 2008 to 2012, representing the Asia and Pacific Constituency, in which the two largest countries are South Korea and Australia. In the course of a thirty year career with the Australian Government, he has previously served on the Board of the World Bank and held a number of senior positions in the Australian Treasury. He has a Masters...
Former Senior US Diplomat and Specialist in South Asia and West Africa. Ambassador to Pakistan (1998-2001); Ambassador to Bangladesh (1990-93); Chief of Mission in Liberia (1995-98); Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development (1985-90)
William B. Milam is a Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Although his research and publications while at the Wilson Center have concentrated on South Asia, his current research focuses on Liberia and the efforts of this former failed state to balance political and economic reconstruction with justice and reconciliation.Before joining the Wilson Center, he was a...
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Politics, Keio University, Japan