Shahmahmood Miakhel

Country Director, Afghanistan

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Shahmahmood Miakhel is the Country Director in Afghanistan for the US Institute of Peace (USIP). Prior to that he was a Governance Advisor for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and, from 2003–2005, a Deputy Minister of the Interior in the Government of Afghanistan. In 1994–1995 he worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in South and Southeast Afghanistan helping to establish District Rehabilitation Shuras (DRS). He also worked as a reporter for the Pashto service of the Voice of America from 1985–1990.

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The Pitfalls of Negotiation in AfPak
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    • The Pitfalls of Negotiation in AfPak

    Over the last year, relations between Pakistan and the United States have been driven to ever-lower depths. The leaderships of both countries are struggling to rebuild the semblance of a working relationship, especially regarding Afghanistan. Pakistan has long been convinced that the United States and its allies were bound to fail in Afghanistan and that the American war on terrorism is responsible for the threats Pakistan faces from its own extremists.

    The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
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    • The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests

    The Middle East Institute is proud to present its first ever policy
    paper produced exclusively by MEI scholars. Entitled "The Arab Spring:
    Implications for US Policy and Interests," it draws upon the broad
    expertise of 25 Middle East Institute scholars to examine the impact of
    this year's popular uprisings in the Arab world on a variety of sectors
    and issues, including oil and energy, Iran, the peace process, and
    democratization and reform.

    February 17, 2012

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