Episode 1 of The Audit drops tomorrow!

We’re talking about dollar flows, trade, the IMF, & how US financial influence shapes Pakistan-US relations.

With Adam Weinstein, featuring Adam Tooze, Haroon Sharif, Musadiq Zulqarnain, & Kulsoom Lakhani

The Audit Episode 01 Teaser

You can't have a conversation about Pakistan-US relations without talking about money. Since the 60s, bilateral ties between the two have been dominated by flows of dollars from Washington to Islamabad. 

Adam and Maryam unpack the intricacies of these dollar flows, with help from Adam Tooze, Kulsoom Lakhani, Haroon Sharif, and Musadaq Zulqarnain.

The Audit - Season 01

Talking Money: How Dollar Flows Have Shaped the US-Pakistan Relationship

Talking Money: How Dollar Flows Have Shaped the Pakistan-US Relationship

This week marks the 21st anniversary of 9/11 – the event that precipitated the US War on Terror and continues to impact the Pakistan-US relationship today. 

Adam Weinstein unpacks the legacy of this imperfect alliance and the conflicts that have shaped it. 

Featuring: Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi, Ambassador Anne Patterson, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Congressman Howard Berman, and Jamaat-e-Islami's Asif Luqman Qazi.

An Imperfect Alliance: Diplomacy During War

Since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, shifting geopolitical realities across the world suggest a possible shift in Pakistan-US relations. 

How can Pakistan navigate rising US-China tensions? What does the US owe Pakistan as South Asia sees increasing fallout from climate change? How can the two countries move past security as a focal point to broaden bilateral ties?

Learn more in this special episode of The Audit - featuring Michael Kugelman, Director South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, and Tabadlab's Zeeshan Salahuddin.

Beyond Security: A New Lens for Pak-US Relations?

Uzair talks to Dr. Ghazala Mansuri about Pakistan’s stunting crisis and its implications for the country’s future. We focused on key causes of stunting, the linkage with Pakistan’s water supply, and what the country can learn from other nations. The conversation also focused on climate change and its impact on human development, especially stunting.

Dr. Ghazala Mansuri is a Lead Economist for the South Asia Region and a Global Lead for the Welfare Impacts of Climate Change at the World Bank. Her work, at the intersection of research and policy, has been published in leading journals in economics and development, including the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies and the Review of Economics and Statistics. Her current research focuses on the effect of public policies on human development, and the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the agri-food system and its implications for human health, poverty, and inequality. Her recent reports include When Water becomes a Hazard (2018), and the Pakistan Country Climate and Development Report (2022). She holds a PhD in economics from Boston University.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
3:05 Nature and scale of crisis
18:10 Water and stunting
25:50 Ways to solve for this
31:50 Climate change and stunting
48:50 What have other countries done?
55:30 What can the government do?
59:10 What can parents do?
1:09:00 Reading recommendations

Reading Recommendations:

-	An Agricultural Testament by Albert Howard
-	The Soil and Health by Albert Howard
-	Farmers of Forty Centuries by Franklin H. King
-	Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization by David Montgomery

Episode 195 - Pakistan's Stunting Crisis

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