Farwa Aamer is the Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) in New York where she leads the institute’s policy work and projects in South Asia. Aamer also runs ASPI’s monthly South Asia Snapshot, a roundup of key geopolitical, economic, and environmental developments in the region.
Prior to ASPI, Farwa worked at the Stimson Center where she led research on the security, political, and socio-economic dimensions of transboundary river governance in the Himalayan region. Through her work, Aamer has organized and convened high-level Track II dialogues and discussions designed to facilitate greater inter and intra-regional cooperation on issues and opportunities concerning water, energy, climate change, and sustainable development in South Asia, MENA, and Central Asia. She also worked on highlighting the disproportionate impacts of climate change and water insecurity on women. From 2017 to 2021, Aamer was with the EastWest Institute (EWI) and served as the Director of the South Asia program. At EWI, she worked on promoting non-traditional channels of diplomacy and establishing multi-stakeholder platforms for shared economic, financial, and geopolitical interests by bringing together policy shapers, media influencers, thought leaders, and business experts from within South Asia and across the globe.
Aamer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from University College London (UCL) and has a Master’s in Management with Finance from BPP Business School, London.
