Diplomacy against Terror: America's Allies and Enemies in Pakistan

Event Details

The 2010 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy

This special panel will feature HASSAN ABBAS, Quaid-i-Azam Chair Professor at Columbia University and former Pakistani government official, and LISA CURTIS, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.  Moderated by GAGE Faculty Associate JEFFREY LEGRO, with comments from Professor JOHN ECHEVERRI-GENT, this symposium will examine the nature of the terrorist threat based in Pakistan and assess U.S. counter-terrorism policy in the region.

This symposium is part of a two day event examining various aspects of politics in Pakistan and US-Pakistan relations, organized by John Echeverri-Gent of the Politics Department and the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia.  Please see the conference website for the full schedule of events.

Please note, this panel will take place at the Harrison Institute Auditorium on grounds.