Husain Haqqani

Husain Haqqani is a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. He is leading journalist, diplomat, and former advisor to Pakistani Prime ministers. His syndicated columnist is published in The Indian Express, Gulf News and The Nation (Pakistan).

Haqqani's journalism career started with work as East Asian correspondent for Arabia - The Islamic World Review and Pakistan and Afghanistan correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review. During this period he wrote extensively on Muslims in China and East Asia and Islamic political movements. Covering the war in Afghanistan enabled him to acquire deep understanding of the militant Jihadi groups.

Haqqani has contributed to numerous international publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy and The Financial Times. He regularly comments on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Islamic politics and extremism on BBC, CNN, NBC, Fox News and ABC.

Haqqani also has a distinguished career in government. He served as an advisor to Pakistani Prime ministers Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Nawaz Sharif, and Benazir Bhutto. From 1992 to 1993 he was Pakistan's ambassador to Sri Lanka.

Recent publications include America's New Alliance with Pakistan: Avoiding the Traps of the Past (Policy brief, Carnegie Endowment, 2002); The Gospel of Jihad (Foreign Policy magazine, September-October 2002); Islam's Medieval Outposts (Foreign Policy, November-December 2002; The American Mongols (Foreign Policy, May-June 2003). He has written chapters in books on Afghanistan and Kashmir and is currently working on a book on the Islamic revivalist movement’s transition from political Islam to militancy.