“The Future of US-Pakistan Relations"

STAMFORD, Conn. - Sept. 3, 2013 - PRLog -- Shamila Chaudhary, will speak at the World Affairs Forum on September 18^th at UCONN/Stamford.  The program will begin at 5:45 P.M. with networking and refreshments, followed by the presentation at 6:15.  The program will conclude at 7:30 P.M.

Shamila Chaudhary specializes in U.S.-Pakistan relations, Pakistan domestic politics and security policy, and regional issues in South Asia. She is Senior Advisor to Dean Vali Nasr at the School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and is a senior South Asia fellow at the New America Foundation.

She worked on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka at the political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group from 2011-2013. She has twelve years of experience working in the U.S. government, most recently at the White House as Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council from 2010-2011. Prior to her work at the NSC, she worked on the Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, where she advised Secretary Clinton and the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Chaudhary was a 1999 David L. Boren National Security Education Program Fellow and studied Urdu in Lahore, Pakistan, as part of her fellowship.

She earned an M.A. in International Affairs from the American University’s School of International Service and a B.A. in English Literature and Women’s Studies from the University of Toledo.  She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Pakistan.

The cost for admission to the event is $20 per person for the general public and is free for 2013-2014 Forum and AR Series members, faculty and students. For reservations, please contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340 or Email: info@worldaffairsforum.org.

The University of Connecticut Stamford Campus is located on the corner of Broad Street & Washington Blvd.  Parking is available in the UCONN Parking Garage on Washington Blvd. – 2nd floor.

The World Affairs Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to expanding understanding of global affairs and America’s role in the world. The Forum is an affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America.