Nadia Naviwala @NadiaNavi

Nadia Naviwala is a nonresident fellow with the Wilson Center based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Nadia moved to Islamabad in 2012 as Pakistan country representative for the United States Institute of Peace. Prior, she served as a Pakistan desk officer at USAID and a national security aide in the U.S. Senate. She taught American foreign policy at the National Defense University in Islamabad in 2014. Nadia holds a master's in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Latest Articles

Pakistan uses regulations to tighten grip on INGOs

about 8 years ago // Civil space in peril

Byzantine and ambiguous legal processes, unclear regulations, and ad hoc security requirements hinder the work of international NGOs in a country where distrust of foreign funded entities runs deep.

Pakistan's $100B deal with China: What does it amount to?

over 8 years ago // The Rise of Chinese Aid

Billions of dollars in Chinese financing are coming to a country that is starved of cash, fatigued with western donors, and led by a political party that believes infrastructure is key to re-election.

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