On Wednesday, November 18 at 11:30 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative will host a conversation with distinguished Pakistani geopolitical and security analyst Ikram Sehgal on Pakistan’s foreign policy in a rapidly changing world.

In a world marked by multiple major conflicts, intensifying great power competition, growing multipolarity, and rising discontent about the US-led global order, Pakistan has taken on a larger role, especially in the Middle East. It has inked new defense pacts, ramped up arms sales, and mediated between the US and Iran.

What accounts for this growing global profile? What must Pakistan do to sustain and consolidate this profile? How is Pakistan navigating the current global order, and what are the implications for its relations with the US and China, as well as its allies in the Middle East? What impact if any do Pakistan’s externally focused policies have on its situation back home? The discussion will tackle these questions and more.

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