Wilson Center Experts

Michael Kugelman is program associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he is responsible for research, programming, and publications on South and Southeast Asia. His most recent work has focused on U.S. aid effectiveness in Pakistan, Pakistan-India trade, and security challenges in India. Since 2009, much of his scholarship has emphasized natural resource issues in South Asia, and particularly in India and Pakistan. He has published op-eds, commentaries, and blog posts in Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, World Politics Review, Dawn, Express Tribune, Times of India, Asia Times Online, Newsline, and Daily Times. He has been interviewed by numerous major media outlets including the New York Times, Financial Times, National Geographic, CNN, and Voice of America. Mr. Kugelman received his M.A. in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He received his B.A. from American University's School of International Service. He has written and edited a number of publications on South Asia, including most recently the coedited Reaping the Dividend: Overcoming Pakistan's Demographic Challenges and the edited India's Contemporary Security Challenges (both Wilson Center 2011). He has also published journal articles and book chapters on issues ranging from South Asia's media environment to transboundary water management in South Asia.

Education

M.A., International Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; B.A., International Studies, School of International Studies, American University
 

Subjects

Afghanistan,Asia,India,Indonesia,Malaysia,Pakistan,Philippines,South Asia,Southeast Asia,U.S.-South Asia Relations,U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations
 

Experience

Research assistant, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University; senior editor, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Tufts University; intern, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State; program assistant, Fulbright Foreign Student Program, AMIDEAST
 

Expertise

South Asia (Pakistan, India, Afghanistan); Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia); U.S.-South Asia and U.S.-Southeast Asia relations