Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani
ADVISOR
Professional Experience
Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani has 38 years of bilateral and multilateral experience as a career diplomat, having served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Belgium, Luxemburg and the E.U, and Australia. Ambassador Jilani also served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, the top civil service official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A specialist in South Asian affairs, Ambassador Jilani has worked as Director General for South Asia and SAARC, Deputy/Acting High Commissioner to India and Director (India) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2018, the Government of Pakistan nominated Ambassador Jilani as member of the Experts and Eminent Persons Group (EEP) of the ASEAN Regional Forum and later in 2019, as member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. Most recently, Ambassador Jilani has served as a Senior Fellow at both the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). At present, he is a foreign policy advisor at CASS. His areas of research include: International / regional developments and their implications on Pakistan, Analysing emerging foreign policy challenges and Inputs on Pakistan’s foreign policy choices in evolving situations.
RECENT EVENTS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Need for an International Security Agreement
The theory of classical realism insists on the significance of power and security for the state in the prevalent international system. However, its precepts
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US’ National Security Strategy 2022: What Does It Imply for Pakistan?
The United States’ new National Security Strategy (NSS) was published by the White House on 12 October 2022. The document encapsulates the two-pronged global challenge for
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Dealing with the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Afghanistan: Pakistan’s Critical Role
After two decades of its military campaign in Afghanistan, the United States’ withdrawal in August 2021 was followed by an immediate collapse of the American-backed
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