We are pleased to welcome Mr. Michael Kugelman Michael Kugelman , Resident Senior Fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council , to Pakistan Summit 2026 as a Panelist.
Mr. Kugelman is one of the leading voices on South Asia, focusing on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. He writes Foreign Policy magazine’s weekly South Asia Brief. Before joining the Atlantic Council Atlantic Council , he led the Wilson Center’s research Wilson Center and programming on South Asia and was appointed founding director of its South Asia Institute in 2022. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Asia Pacific Foundation Canada (APF Canada) . His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs, and on CNN, NPR and the BBC. He holds a master’s degree in law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University The Fletcher School .
At the Summit: Mr. Kugelman will join the conversation in Theme 2: Reimagining Pakistan’s Political Economy, Track 4: Institutional Reform, Fiscal Governance & the 2047 Roadmap. The track looks at the reforms and governance Pakistan needs on the road to 2047, and his long experience analysing the region will help ground that discussion.
21–22 November 2026
The University of Chicago The University Of Chicago
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