Wilson Center Experts
Michael Kugelman

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
Major Publications
- Reaping the Dividend: Overcoming Pakistan's Demographic Challenges, lead editor (Wilson Center, 2011)
- Empty Bellies, Broken Dreams: Food Insecurity and the Future of Pakistan, lead editor (Vanguard Books, 2011)
- India's Contemporary Security Challenges, editor (Wilson Center, 2011)
- Hunger Pains: Pakistan's Food Insecurity, lead editor (Wilson Center, 2010)
- Land Grab: The Race for the World's Farmland, lead editor (Wilson Center, 2009)
- Running on Empty: Pakistan's Water Crisis, lead editor (Wilson Center, 2009)
- Powering Pakistan: Meeting Pakistan's Energy Needs in the 21st Century, co-editor (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Kuala Lumpur Calling: Al Jazeera English in Asia, editor (Woodrow Wilson Center, November 2008)
- "Foreign Addiction: Assessing India's Energy Security Strategy," editor (Asia Program Special Report 142, Woodrow Wilson Center, October 2008)
- Hard Sell: Attaining Pakistani Competitiveness in Global Trade, lead editor (Woodrow Wilson Center, 2008)
