Islamic Fundamentalism in South Asia
Abstract
This is the last of a three-part article. Jere Van Dyk is currently a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and a consultant on South Asia and al-Qaeda to CBS News. Mr. Van Dyk grew up in Washington State and attended the University of Oregon. He served in the U.S. Army 1970 to 1971. He later attended the Sorbonne and l'Institut d'Etudes Politics, Paris. From 1973 to 1977 he was a staff assistant to Senator Henry M. Jackson in the U.S. Senate. In the early 1980s, he covered the Afghan-Soviet war for The New York Times, for which he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of In Afghanistan. He helped start, with Zalmay Khalilzad, Friends of Afghanistan, which was overseen by the National Security Council and the State Department. He has taught the politics of Islam at New York University. Mr. Van Dyk has worked either for National Geographic Magazine or The New York Times in South Asia, East Africa, South America, Tibet, the former Soviet Union, Japan, and North America.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 20, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA472452
Entities
People
- Jere Van Dyk
Organizations
- United States Army War College