U.S Bangladesh Advisory Council

William Milam, Board Member

Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Ambassador to
Bangladesh (1990-93); Former Ambassador to Pakistan (1998-2001); Author of bi-
weekly column for the Daily Times of Pakistan; Former U.S. Chief of Mission in
Liberia (1995-98); Expertise in South Asia, West Africa, including Liberia, Sierra
Leone, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire. Former U.S. Special Negotiator for Environmental and
Scientific Affairs at the Department of State (1993- 95); Led U.S. delegation and
successfully completed negotiations on the 1994 Desertification Treaty; Former
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development
( 1985-90); Representative of the United States to the Paris Club, the international
forum for debt reduction of the poorest countries; Recipient of Presidential
Meritorious Service Award (1990) and Presidential Award for Outstanding Service
(1991); Department of State’s James Clement Dunn Award for being the
outstanding Class I officer (1981); Superior Honor Award (1983). Education: A.B.,
Stanford University; M.A. Economics, University of Michigan.
Notable Publications:
"Bangladesh and the Burdens of History," Current History, April 2007, vol. 106, No.
699, pp 153-160
"Liberia," Political Finance in Post-Conflict Societies, Center for Transitional and
Post-Conflict Governance, USAID, May 2006
"The U.S.-Pakistani Relationship and the War on Terror: A Manichaen View",
Speech reprinted in Conference proceedings--U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Thwarting
Global Terrorism, Institute For The Study of Indo-Pakistan Relations, University of
Leister and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, pp 170-178
"U.S. Pakistan Cooperation: Forging a Durable Alliance," Middle East Insight, May-
June 2002, Volume XVII, No. 3, pp 25-28.

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