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Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani on India-Pakistan Relations

Tue. June 24th, 2014
Washington, DC

As Narendra Modi’s government takes shape in New Delhi, questions abound about the future of the India-Pakistan relationship. Despite Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s promise to normalize ties with India, relations between the two rivals have changed little in the year since he took office. Will Modi’s election lead to a new start between India and Pakistan, or could it instead mark the beginning of a new phase of deterioration? How will domestic politics in Pakistan influence its India policy? Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani discussed the prospects for peace between the two countries. 

Jalil Abbas Jilani

Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani became Pakistani Ambassador to the United States on January 2, 2014.  Prior to his appointment, Jilani served as foreign secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013.  He is a career diplomat and has also served as ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the European Union, and as Pakistan's high commissioner in Canberra, Australia.

George Perkovich

George Perkovich is vice president for studies and director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Vice President for Studies

George Perkovich is the Japan chair for a world without nuclear weapons and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Nuclear Policy Program and the Technology and International Affairs Program. He works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues, and security dilemmas among the United States, its allies, and their nuclear-armed adversaries. 

Jalil Abbas Jilani