NEWS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release – March 31, 2015

Nassau Community College Presents

 

What to Do About ISISHusain Haqqani – Former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States 

 

April 29 

 

Garden City, NY – Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan ambassador to the United States, will present What to Do About ISIS on Wednesday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. in room 252/253 of the College Center Building. (download hi res photo)

Husain Haqqani served as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011 and is widely credited with managing a difficult partnership during a critical phase in the global war on terrorism. Considered an expert on radical Islamist movements, he is currently Director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Haqqani also co-edits the journal Current Trends in Islamist Ideology.

Haqqani has been a journalist, academic and diplomat in addition to serving as advisor to four Pakistani prime ministers, including the late Benazir Bhutto. He received Hilal-e-Imitaz, one of Pakistan's highest civilian honors for public service.

Pakistan Between Mosque and Military, written by Haqqani in 2005, was acclaimed for explaining the roots of that country's foreign and domestic policies. His 2013 book, Magnificent Delusions: U.S., Pakistan and an Epic History of Misunderstanding, has been described as "the most clear-eyed history of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship yet published."

For more information about What to Do About ISIS, which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, call 516.572.7148.

Media ContactAlicia Steger 516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

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