Assistant Professor Center for Peace and Security Studies Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

With my canine associate, Ms. Oppenheimer in Santa Monica

C. Christine Fair is an assistant professor in the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Previously, she has served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and as a senior research associate in USIP’s Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. She is also a senior fellow with the Counter Terrorism Center at West Point.

Her research focuses upon political and military affairs in South Asia. She has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books including Treading Softly on Sacred Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations on Sacred Space (OUP, 2008); The Madrassah Challenge: Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan (USIP, 2008), Fortifying Pakistan: The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance (USIP, 2006); among others and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles covering a range of security issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the editorial board of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and is the Managing Editor of India Review.

She is a many-time survivor of the University of Chicago. She earned my B.S. in Biological Chemistry in 1991. She also completed an M.A. from the Harris School of Public Policy as well as an M.A in South Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1997. In 2004, she received my Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Civilizations.

She can cause trouble in multiple languages.

On the Hill

• On November 5, 2009, she testified before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on “The U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Impacts upon U.S. Interests in Pakistan” Statement Text
• On October 1, 2009, she testified before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on "The Afghan Elections: Who Lost What?" Statement Text
• On May 5, 2009, she testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on "From Strategy to Implementation: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship." Statement Text
• On March 11, 2009, she testified before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection on "Antecedents and Implications of the November 2008 Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) Attack Upon Several Targets in the Indian Mega-City of Mumbai." Statement Text
• On January 16, 2008, she testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on "U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy." Statement Text
• On June 30, 2005, she testified before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on "The United States and Pakistan: Navigating a Complex Relationship." Statement Text
• On May 24, 2005, she had the honor of testifying before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus on "Recent Developments in Bangladesh." Statement Text

Media Engagement

She is a frequent commentator on television and radio including the CBS, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, Voice of America, Fox, Reuters, NPR among others. She has given extensive interviews to journalists with the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Businessweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and other print media outlets.