On Thursday 9 October 2008 Professor Anatol Lieven, Chair of International Relations and Terrorism Studies at King’s College London, will speak on “How Endangered is Pakistan? A Report from the North West Frontier Province” from 1-2pm.
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Professor Anatol Lieven is Chair of International Relations and Terrorism Studies at King’s College London, and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC.
He spent most of his career as a British journalist in South Asia and the former Soviet Union, and is author of several books on the latter region, including Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power? (Yale University Press 1998) and Ukraine and Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry (USIP, 1999).
His latest book, Ethical Realism: A Vision for America’s Role in the World, co-authored with John Hulsman, was published in September 2006 by Pantheon. His previous book was: America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism (2004).
He holds a BA in history and a PhD in political science from the University of Cambridge, Great Britain. He has worked as a senior fellow of the Carnegie Endowment in Washington and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
Anatol Lieven recently returned from Pakistan where he spent several weeks, three of which in the NWFP, as part of his research work for his latest book on Pakistan. He visits the country frequently for research purposes.
This meeting will be Chaired by Sir Hilary Synnott, Consulting Senior Fellow and will take place on the Fifth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Rebecca Fishley on fishley@iiss.org or tel: 020 7395 9169.