Director, Center for International Relations; Associate Professor of International Relations. (B.A., M.A. University of Karachi)

Specialization: Muslim Political Movements, International Journalism, South Central Asia, South-East Asia.

Ambassador Haqqani has a wide range of experience as a journalist, diplomat, and advisor to three Pakistani Prime Ministers. He came to the U.S. in 2002 as a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC and an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Ambassador Haqqani acquired traditional Islamic learning as well as a modern education in International Relations. His journalism career started with work as East Asian correspondent for Arabia -- The Islamic World Review during the turbulent years following the Iranian revolution. During this period he wrote extensively on Muslims in China and East Asia and Islamic political movements. Later, as Pakistan and Afghanistan correspondent for the Far EAstern Economic Review, he covered the war in Afghanistan and acquired a deep understanding of militant Islamist Jihadi groups.

Ambassador Haqqani also has a distinguished career in government. He served as an advisor to Pakistani Prime Ministers Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Nawaz Sharif, and Benazir Bhutto. From 1992 to 1993 he was Pakistan's ambassador to Sri Lanka.

He has contributed to numerous international publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, and The Financial Times. He regularly comments on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Islamic politics and extremism on BBC, C-Span, CNN, NBC, Fox News, and ABC. He has also written and spoken extensively on U.S. relations with the Muslim world.

Recent publications include: America's New Alliance with Pakistan: Avoiding the Traps of the Past (Policy Brief); "The Gospel of Jihad" (Foreign Policy); "Islam's Medieval Outposts" (Foreign Policy); "The American Mongols" (Foreign Policy); "Islam's Weakened Moderates" (Foreign Policy); "Political Islam Beyond the Middle East: Pakistan and Afghanistan" (in Political Islam: Challenges for U.S. Policy). He has also contributed chapters to several books. His book, Pakistan Between Mosque and Military, was published early in 2005.

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