Brookings Briefings
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: The Next Steps, The Idea of Pakistan

Wednesday, December 15, 2004
3:30pm - 4:30pm, 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Falk Auditorium
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Introduction by:
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution

Speaker:
His Excellency Ambassador Jehangir Karamat Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States

Moderated by:
Stephen P. Cohen
Brookings Senior Fellow

The Idea of Pakistan Panelists:
Akbar Ahmed
Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations, The American University Marvin Weinbaum Scholar-in-Residence, Public Policy Center, The Middle East Institute

Pakistan-U.S. Relations (3:30pm - 4:30pm): Ambassador Jehangir Karamat, Pakistan's newly appointed envoy to the United States, will deliver a speech on Pakistan's relations with the United States. His remarks will address the state of the relationship as it exists today and its future as well.

Amb. Karamat has previously held the posts of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan and has also been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and at CISAC, Stanford University. He will be introduced by Brookings President Strobe Talbott and will take questions from the audience following his remarks.

The Idea of Pakistan (4:45pm - 5:45pm): Stephen P. Cohen will briefly discuss the purpose and structure of his latest book, The Idea of Pakistan, which offers a panoramic portrait and history of the country and outlines a range of scenarios for its future and that of its relationship with the United States.

He will be joined by two experts on the region: Dr. Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of international relations at American University, and Dr. Marvin G. Weinbaum, scholar-in-residence at the Public Policy Center of The Middle East Institute. They will discuss recent developments in Pakistan, recent U.S. policy toward the country, and take questions afterward.