Robert Boggs joined the NESA Center in August 2008, after serving 32 years in the State Department as political officer and all-source intelligence analyst. During his career he become one the State Department’s most experienced specialists in South Asia, having served in India (nine years), Sri Lanka and Nepal. In New Delhi he headed the embassy’s Political Section and in Calcutta the U.S. Consulate General. In Washington he served as Pakistan desk officer and as director of the Office of South Asian Regional Affairs. His last overseas assignment was as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kathmandu, where he managed a diplomatic mission comprising 114 Americans from six U.S. agencies, over 500 foreign employees, and 103 Peace Corps volunteers. During almost four years in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, he was the State Department's political analyst for Pakistan and Bangladesh. He also has worked overseas or in Washington on Egypt, Central Africa and Haiti.

Education
• United States Air War College
• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California - Berkeley
• M.A., Sociology, University of California - Berkeley
• B.A., Sociology & Developmental Economics, University of Michigan

Areas of Interest
• Political economy of national development
• Intelligence and U.S. foreign policy
• Foreign relations and security issues
• South Asian politics

Suggested Readings
• Coll, S. (2004). Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. New York : Penguin Press
• Haqqani, H. (2005). Pakistan: Between Mosque And Military. Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Rashid, A.(2008). The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. New York : Viking.
• Siddiqe, A. (2007). Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy. London : Pluto Press.
• Thomas, R. (1996). Democracy, Security and Development in India. New York : Saint Martin's Press.