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Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia
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Phone: +1-202-509-8441
E-mail: dmarkey@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Former State Department policy planning staff member. Current work focuses on U.S. policy in South Asia, especially Pakistan and India.
Expertise:South Asia; U.S. foreign policy; international security; international relations theory.
Experience:Policy planning staff member, South and Central Asia portfolio, U.S. Department of State (2003-2007); Lecturer, Department of Politics, Princeton University (2001-2003); Executive Director, Research Program in International Security, Princeton University (2001-2003); Postdoctoral fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University (2000-2001).
Honors:John M. Olin Fellowship, Harvard (2000-2001); Princeton Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1999-2000); Institute for the Study of World Politics Fellowship (1999-2000, declined); Princeton University Fellowship (1995-1999); Beneficial-Hodson Fellowship (1991-1995).
Selected Publications:"Pakistani groups behind Mumbai attacks," NPR Morning Edition (radio interview; December 4, 2008); "Mumbai attacks impact Pakistan’s role in war on terror," PBS World Focus (television interview; December 3, 2008); "Mumbai points to top Obama challenge," ABC News (television interview; November 30, 2008); "Mumbai's first foreign policy test," ABC News (television interview; November 28, 2008); "Anger in Pakistan over U.S.-led strikes," Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Australia (radio interview; September 5, 2008); "Pakistan Analysis," BBC (radio interview, September 2, 2008); "After Musharraf," WBUR, On Point with Tom Ashbrook (radio interview; August 18, 2008); "The latest in the movement to oust Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf," WGBH, The Takeaway (radio interview; August 12, 2008); "U.S.-Pakistan Relations," C-SPAN, Washington Journal (television interview; July 29, 2008); "Pakistan, Afghanistan, and America's War on Terror," KCRW, To the Point (radio interview; February 21, 2008);"Pakistan in Turmoil," TalkZone, The David Baum Show (radio interview; January 9, 2008); "U.S. Faces Pakistan Policy Dilemmas After Bhutto's Death," NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (interview transcript; December 28, 2007); "Next Steps in Pakistan," CNN (interview; December 28, 2007); "Political Turmoil in Pakistan,"Online NewsHour Insider Forum (interview transcript; November 28, 2007); "Thousands Protest Emergency Rule in Pakistan,"NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (interview transcript; November 5, 2007); "Analysis of Pakistan Crisis," CBS News (interview; November 4, 2007).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Project
December 12, 2008
Expert Brief
The terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai represent an escalation in Pakistan's battle between the forces of extremism and moderation, writes CFR's Daniel Markey.
See more in India, Pakistan, Terrorism
December 9, 2008
Transcript
Session II of a Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Assessing Critical Regions.
See more in Conflict Prevention
December 9, 2008
Audio
Listen to CFR experts consider potential threats the Obama administration could face in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and suggest steps that can be taken to prevent conflicts.
See more in South Asia, Middle East, Conflict Prevention
December 9, 2008
Video
Watch CFR experts consider potential threats the Obama administration could face in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and suggest steps that can be taken to prevent conflicts.
See more in South Asia, Middle East, Conflict Prevention
December 2, 2008
Interview
Daniel Markey, CFR's expert on South Asia policy, says accusations of complicity between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists will further complicate U.S. efforts to balance ties with South Asia's two giant rivals.
See more in India, Pakistan, Terrorism
November 24, 2008
Audio
Listen to Council on Foreign Relations experts Stephen Biddle and Daniel Markey discuss a recent week-long visit they took to Afghanistan on invitation from top U.S. military commander Gen. David McKiernan.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Defense/Homeland Security
November 24, 2008
Transcript
A Council on Foreign Relations conference call with CFR senior fellows Stephen Biddle and Daniel Markey after their recent return from a trip to Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, National Security and Defense
November 18, 2008
Expert Brief
CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey writes that the global financial downturn is exacerbating preexisting economic problems in Pakistan.
See more in Pakistan, Financial Crises
November 17, 2008
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Daniel Markey writes that "the new Obama team will need to step forward quickly to determine whether Karzai is a minimally capable partner."
See more in Afghanistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
October 30, 2008
Article
National Interest
Daniel Markey examines Pakistan in the post-Musharraf era.
See more in Pakistan
October 24, 2008
Interview
Daniel Markey, a former State Department specialist on South Asia, says Pakistan "is going through another series of really tough times" brought on by the economic downturn that has hit the country, and by the continuing problems fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
See more in Pakistan, Economics
September 24, 2008
Testimony
Daniel Markey testified in regard to Pakistan's tribal areas in the context of U.S.-Pakistan relations.
See more in Pakistan, Congress
September 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Daily News
Daniel Markey writes that "the bombers probably also had a more ambitious goal: to drive a deeper wedge between Pakistan and the United States."
See more in Pakistan, Global Governance, International Peace and Security
August 11, 2008
Op-Ed
Covert
Should another 9/11-type attack take place in the United States, it will likely have its origins in the tribal belt along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, writes Daniel Markey. The region serves as a safe haven for a core group of nationally and internationally networked terrorists, a training and recruiting ground for Afghan Taliban, and, increasingly, a hotbed of indigenous militancy.
See more in Pakistan, Havens for Terrorism
July/August 2008
Council Special Report No. 36
Council Special Report
This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.
See more in Pakistan, International Peace and Security
May 21, 2008
Interview
Daniel Markey, a former State Department specialist on South Asia, says the United States should be concerned about the truce talks between Pakistan’s army and tribal leaders.
See more in United States, Pakistan, Terrorism
May 20, 2008
Op-Ed
Foreign Policy
“Islamabad is about to cut another deal with the country’s tribal leaders. These agreements rarely last long and appear to have helped no one besides terrorists and hardened militants. But Washington should support the deal making—at least for a little longer,” writes Daniel Markey
See more in Pakistan, Terrorism
April 16, 2008
Op-Ed
Commentary
Daniel Markey responds to Sadanand Dhume's article, "Is India an Ally?" in Commentary.
See more in India
March 24, 2008
Podcast
CFR’s Daniel Markey discusses U.S. policy toward Pakistan in our continuing podcast series, “Briefing the Next President.”
See more in United States, Pakistan, Terrorism
February 26, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the Pakistani elections and prospects for the country's political situation going forward.
See more in Pakistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
Complete list of CFR Books.
This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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