Wilson Center Experts
Riaz Mohammad Khan
Former Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar
Asia Program
Contact Information:
T (202) 691-4000
// F (202) 691-4001
Expertise:
Afghanistan
; Pakistan
Affiliation:
Former Pakistani foreign secretary
Wilson Center Project(s):
"The Conflict in Afghanistan and its Regional and International Implications"
Term:
Dec 31, 2008
Aug 01, 2009
Riaz Mohammad Khan was the Wilson Center’s Pakistan Scholar in 2009. Previously, he spent nearly four decades in Pakistan’s diplomatic service, where his last positions were foreign secretary (2005-08) and ambassador to China (2002-05). He also held posts dealing with Europe, Central Asia, Afghanistan, arms control, and disarmament. He is the author of Untying the Afghan Knot: Negotiating Soviet Withdrawal, written while he was a diplomat-in-residence at Georgetown University.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
Jul 19, 2011This timely study surveys the conflict in Afghanistan from Pakistan's point of view and analyzes the roots of Pakistan's ambiguous policy—supporting the United States on one hand and showing empathy for the Afghan Taliban on the other. more
Book Launch: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
July 27, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
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Pakistan: Beyond the Swat Valley
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Pakistan: Beyond the Swat Valley
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Pakistan and America: Can the Twain Meet?
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Pakistan and America: Can the Twain Meet
May 18, 2009 to May 24, 2009
Riaz Khan, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and a current Pakistan Scholar of the Woodrow Wilson Center.William Milam, former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan and a Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Robert Hathaway, diplomatic historian and director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center. more
Book Launch: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
July 27, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
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.
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
Jul 19, 2011This timely study surveys the conflict in Afghanistan from Pakistan's point of view and analyzes the roots of Pakistan's ambiguous policy—supporting the United States on one hand and showing empathy for the Afghan Taliban on the other.