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Global Fellows

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Akbar Ahmed

Global Fellow;
Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, School of International Service, American University; Former Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland
Suman Bery

Suman Bery

Global Fellow;
Non-resident Fellow, Bruegel (Brussels)
Robert Hathaway

Robert Hathaway

Global Fellow, Director Emeritus;
Former Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Ishrat Husain

Ishrat Husain

Global Fellow;
Former Governor of Pakistan's Central Bank, and Former Adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister
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Farahnaz Ispahani

Public Policy Scholar;
Senior Fellow, Religious Freedom Institute
Sanjay Kathuria

Sanjay Kathuria

Global Fellow;
Adjunct Professor/Visiting Faculty, Georgetown University/Ashoka University; Senior Visiting Fellow/Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi/Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore
Venkateswaran Lokanathan

Venkateswaran Lokanathan

Global Fellow;
Former Assistant Director, National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India
Neeti Nair

Neeti Nair

Wilson International Competition Fellow;
Professor of History, University of Virginia
Nadia Naviwala

Nadia Naviwala

Global Fellow;
Independent Writer on Foreign Aid, Local Philanthropy, Civil Society, and Education in Pakistan; Former USIP Country Representative for Pakistan, Former USAID Pakistan Desk Officer; Former U.S. Senate National Security Aide; Former Public Policy Fellow;
Nirupama Rao

Nirupama Rao

Public Policy Fellow;
Former Indian Foreign Secretary; Former Indian Ambassador to Washington and Beijing
Huma Yusuf

Huma Yusuf

Global Fellow;
Columnist, Dawn Newspaper, Pakistan

Indo-Pacific Program

The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region.    Read more

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