Pakistan Events
Reducing Urban Poverty: A Policy Workshop
November 01, 2011 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Comparative Urban Studies Project
Recognizing a need to develop and strengthen urban-focused practitioner and policy-making ties with academia, and disseminate evidence-based development programming, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID’s Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance teamed up to co-sponsor the second annual academic paper competition for graduate students studying urban issues.
Book Launch: Water: Asia's New Battleground
September 12, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Brahma Chellaney, one of India's most prominent strategists, discusses the threat posed by water tensions in Asia.
Book Launch – Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself
September 07, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Washington Post correspondent Pamela Constable weighs in on why Pakistan cannot curb the appeal of radical Islam.
Suspended Somewhere Between
July 28, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Middle East Program
Akbar Ahmed’s book of poetry, Suspended Somewhere Between, is personal, historical, and political. During this special event, featuring poetry readings from this new book, Ahmed discussed the role of the arts in interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue.
Book Launch: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
July 27, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Riaz Mohammad Khan, a former Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar and Pakistani foreign secretary, discusses his new book, a study of the Afghanistan conflict from Pakistan's point of view.
The State of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: A Discussion with Pervez Musharraf
July 21, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Asia Program
Pervez Musharraf, a former president of Pakistan, offers his take on Pakistan's relations with the U.S.
Book Launch: So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan
June 14, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
A presentation by former Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar Samia Altaf about her new book, a study of why international assistance to Pakistan has been so ineffective.
Religious Education and the Politics of Pluralism in Pakistan
May 25, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
A presentation by Wilson Center Fellow Matthew J. Nelson on the level of Pakistani tolerance for diversity within Islam.
Book Event: Memoirs of a Pakistani Economist
May 16, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
A book launch for noted Pakistani economist Parvez Hasan, with commentary from three additional South Asian economists.
Pakistan-U.S. Economic Relations
April 18, 2011 // 10:00am — 11:00am
Asia Program
An address by Pakistan's finance minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh