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The Pakistan Chamber of Commerce - USA - Houston
The Pakistan Association of Greater Houston
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Pakistan is a crucial state in a crucial region, and things there are going awry. Nuclear weapons, terrorism, poverty, and drug trafficking make it a breeding ground for conflict. Pakistan's potential for creating additional regional instability now concerns many American security analysts. Can the US help to stabilize Pakistan? What is the first step?
Bruce Riedel is a senior fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC. During his career with the Central Intelligence Agency, he held assignments overseas and was the deputy chief of the Persian-Gulf task force during the war in 1991. At the National Security Council, he was the special assistant to the President and senior director for Near East and South Asian Affairs. He also worked for the National Intelligence Council, for the Pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Near East and South Asia, and for NATO as a special advisor to the Secretary General. He is a member of the Royal College of Defense Studies in London. He has received the Department of State Meritorious Honor Award, Secretary of Defense Distinguished Service Medal, and Distinguished Intelligence Career Medal. He earned bachelor's degree from Brown University and his master's from Harvard College. He now teaches at Georgetown University. He is author of The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology and Future.
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