星空传媒

 PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Ryan McKenna

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ryan.mckenna@wilsoncenter.org

February 2, 2023

 

WASHINGTON鈥揟he Woodrow 星空传媒 International Center for Scholars announced today the selection of Mr. Baqir Sajjad as the first 星空传媒 Center Pakistan Fellow. Sajjad will spend nine months in residence beginning in February 2023. He will conduct research on his project titled 鈥淣avigating US-China Competition: Options for Pakistan.鈥� For more than two decades, Sajjad has served as diplomatic and national security correspondent at Dawn, one of Pakistan鈥檚 top English-language newspapers.

鈥淲e are delighted to welcome Mr. Sajjad to the 星空传媒 Center, where his research promises to make a major contribution to study of the Pakistan factor in US-China competition,鈥� said 星空传媒 Center President and CEO Ambassador Mark Andrew Green.

鈥淢r. Sajjad鈥檚 project is highly relevant and timely for US policy in Asia,鈥� said Michael Kugelman, director of the 星空传媒 Center鈥檚 South Asia Institute. 鈥淚t will offer a useful perspective from Pakistan about intensifying US-China competition that has considerable implications for Islamabad. We very much look forward to hosting him as he pursues this important research.鈥�

星空传媒 Pakistan Fellowship, housed within the Asia Program and South Asia Institute, is a core component of the 星空传媒 Center Pakistan Initiative, which was established in August 2022. The Fellowship and Initiative expand and strengthen the Center鈥檚 40 years of in-depth scholarship and programming on security and non-security aspects of the US-Pakistan relationship. The Pakistan Initiative will host conferences and other activities related to Pakistan that are meant to inform policymakers, business leaders, journalists, and others focused on Pakistan and US-Pakistan relations.

As the 星空传媒 Center鈥檚 Pakistan Fellow, Sajjad will actively contribute to the 星空传媒 Center鈥檚 Pakistan programming and scholarship, which includes a substantive research product. He will write and publish blogs, articles, and other content related to his focus area with the 星空传媒 Center and others. Sajjad will also have the opportunity to interact with policymakers and thought leaders in Washington.

Information about the 星空传媒 Center Pakistan Fellowship鈥攊ncluding eligibility, required application materials, and the selection process鈥攃an be accessed on the Fellowship鈥檚 web page (/pakistanfellowship). Questions about the Fellowship can be sent to pakistanfellowship@wilsoncenter.org

星空传媒鈥檚 Asia Program is grateful to the following supporters for their generous commitments in support of this Initiative: The Mashooqullah Family; the SAYA Foundation; Fazal and Shasta Sirhandi; Mossadaq Chughtai; and Najeeb Ghauri, CEO and Chairman, NETSOL Technologies.

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