Thomas Ruttig

Mr. Ruttig is Co-director and Senior Analyst at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think-tank based in Kabul, Afghanistan and Berlin, Germany. He has been working on Afghanistan since 1980, spending more than ten years living and working in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He speaks both main Afghan languages, Pashto and Dari. From 2000 to 2003 he was Political Affairs Officer at the UN Special and UN Assistance Missions in Afghanistan. From 2003 to 2004 he served as Deputy of the Special Representative of the European Union in Kabul. From 2004 to 2006 he was Political Councilor at the German Embassy in Kabul. From 2006 to 2009 he was Visiting Fellow at the Berlin-based think-tank Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. He has a Diploma in Asian Studies (Afghanistanics) from Humboldt University, Germany, and has recently published “The International Community’s Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2014.”