On 24 February 2004, the IISS hosted a Spacial Round Table Discusion with Dr Robert M. Hathaway, Director of the Asia Programme at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
Dr Robert M. Hathaway was appointed Director of the Asia Programme at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in January 1999. Prior to that, he served for twelve years on the professional staff of the International Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives, where he specialised in American foreign policy towards Asia. Dr Hathaway has also been a member of the History Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency and a Professor of US History and Foreign Policy at the George Washington University, Washington DC
Dr Hathaway holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina, and has authored three books and also numerous articles on US foreign policy since 1993. His publications include ‘George W. Bush and Asia: A Midterm Assessment’ (Wilson Center, 2003); ‘Ambiguous Partnership: Britain and America’, 1944-1947 (Columbia University Press, 1981), and ‘Great Britain and the United States: Special Relations Since World War II’ (Twayne, 1990).
At the IISS, Dr Hathaway gave a presentation on ‘The United States and the Subcontinent: A New Dawn?’. The meeting was off-the-record
