MKA to Host Pakistan Expert at Jan. 9 Hemmeter History Lecture

On Thursday, January 9 at 7:00 p.m., MKA presents a Hemmeter History Lecture entitled “No Exit from Pakistan” with Daniel Markey, senior fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.

A prolific author, Dr. Markey’s most recent book is No Exit from Pakistan: America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad which examines the future of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and which will be the focus of his lecture.  His numerous other publications include the February 2013 CFR Policy Innovation Memorandum, Support Process Over Policy in Pakistan; the September 2011 CFR Asia Security Memorandum, Pakistan Contingencies and a chapter of the Random House e-book, Beyond bin Laden: America and the Future of Terror and He served as project director of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which was co-chaired by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and former National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger. Dr. Markey's commentary has been featured widely, including in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on PBS, CNN, BBC, NPR, CBS, ABC, and C-SPAN.

From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Markey held the South Asia portfolio on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to government service, he taught in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where he served as executive director of Princeton's Research Program in International Security. Earlier, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Markey earned a bachelor's degree in international studies from The Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in politics from Princeton University. He has been awarded grants from the Smith Richardson and MacArthur foundations to support his research.

This presentation, which is open to the public and free of charge, will take place in the MKA Upper School Library, 6 Lloyd Road, Montclair.  For more information, contact dhessler@mka.org.