Wilson Center Experts
Dennis Kux
Senior Policy Scholar
Asia Program
Contact Information:
T 571/275-1582
// F 202/691-4001
Expertise:
Africa
; West Africa
; Asia
; Afghanistan
; India
; Pakistan
; South Asia
Affiliation:
Former Foreign Service Officer and US Ambassador to Ivory Coast
Wilson Center Project(s):
"U.S.-Pakistan Relations Since 9/11" "U.S.-India Relations Since 1991: India's Energy Scene"
Term:
Dec 01, 2011
Sep 30, 2013
Retired State Department South Asia Specialist and U.S. Ambassador to The Ivory Coast
Major Publications
- India at Sixty: A Positive Balance Sheet, (New York: Foreign Policy Association Headline Series, 2007)
- India-Pakistan Negotiations: Is Past Still Prologue? (Washington: U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2006)
- Pakistan: Flawed Not Failed State (New York; Foreign Policy Association Headline Series, 2002)
- The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000, Disenchanted Allies (Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)
- India and The United States: Estranged Democracies 1941-1991 (NDU Press and SAGE, 1993)
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
September 5, 2002 - November 30, 2011
Related Content for this Expert
UN—Not U.S.—Should Take Lead on Talks to Stabilize Afghanistan
Feb 28, 2012The UN—not the U.S.—is better-suited to manage regional talks on Afghanistan, since important parties like Russia, Iran, and Pakistan view it as a more neutral broker, Wilson Center expert Dennis Kux says. The UN should appoint a special representative to coordinate talks. more
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers
July 13, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
The Wars of Afghanistan offers perspective on how Afghanistan's history as a "shatter zone" for foreign invaders and its tribal society have shaped the modern Afghan narrative. It brings to life the misinformed secret operations by foreign intelligence agencies, including the Soviet NKVD and KGB, the Pakistani ISI, and the CIA. more
Kashmir: Tensions Rising
May 23, 2013
Dennis Kux is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. more
Disenchanted Allies
May 23, 2013
Dennis Kux is author of U.S. – Pakistan Relations, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies. more
The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies
May 01, 2001U.S.-Pakistan relations have been extraordinarily volatile, largely a function of the twists and turns of the Cold War. An intimate partnership prevailed in the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan years, and friction during the Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter presidencies. Since the Cold War ended, the partnership has shriveled. The blunt talking to delivered by President Clinton to Pakistan's military dictator during Clinton's March 25, 2000, stopover in Pakistan highlighted U.S.-Pakistani differences. But the Clinton visit also underscored important U.S. interests in Pakistan. more
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers
July 13, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
The Wars of Afghanistan offers perspective on how Afghanistan's history as a "shatter zone" for foreign invaders and its tribal society have shaped the modern Afghan narrative. It brings to life the misinformed secret operations by foreign intelligence agencies, including the Soviet NKVD and KGB, the Pakistani ISI, and the CIA.