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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2025

What will the prime minister’s call for a ‘self-reliant India’ mean for New Delhi’s trade and industrial policy?

By Gopal Nadadur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently spoke about a “self-reliant India,” a phrase that has taken on new context following US tariff threats.

Economy & Business India

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2025

What Bangladesh has achieved in the year since its revolution

By M. Osman Siddique and Jon Danilowicz

A year ago, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh. Amid many changes since then, the country continues to work its way forward.

Bangladesh Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2025

US-India trade relations are getting worse. Quality control orders can be part of a reset.

By Gopal Nadadur

While ostensibly targeted mainly at Chinese dumping, quality control orders often cause “collateral damage” by impacting imports from other economies.

Economy & Business India

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2025

Bangladesh’s revolution is at a crossroads. Open elections are the best way forward.

By Wahiduzzaman Noor

The promising uprising last year now risks becoming a system in which power, not principles, determines who gets to participate in democracy.

Bangladesh Elections

New Atlanticist

May 15, 2025

How South Asia’s ‘swing states’ navigate India-Pakistan tensions

By Rudabeh Shahid and Nazmus Sakib

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives are quiet strategists in South Asia—but ignoring their roles risks destabilizing the region's fragile geopolitical balance.

Bangladesh Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

May 10, 2025

By focusing on water, extremism, and trade, India and Pakistan can turn this cease-fire into an enduring peace

By Shuja Nawaz

Having raised domestic emotions to a high pitch, leaders on both sides will want to take a much-needed pause and then begin negotiations.

New Atlanticist

Apr 7, 2025

Why protectionism and market accessibility are now driving international trade

By Ridhika Batra

Preferential trade agreements are becoming the norm globally as a way to keep trade predictable and for economies to defend themselves against lawlessness.

Economy & Business India

New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2025

Why India and Armenia are now taking their relationship to new heights

By Tatevik Khachatryan, Srujan Palkar

The growing military and diplomatic cooperation between New Delhi and Yerevan benefits both beyond immediate defense concerns.

Economy & Business India

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2025

How Modi can make the most of his meeting with Trump

By Srujan Palkar

Modi’s top priorities will be avoiding US tariffs against India, setting the stage for trade and defense deals, and making progress on immigration policy.

India Migration

Inside the Taliban's gender apartheid

Nov 25, 2024

A protester’s story from inside a Taliban prison

By Narges Sadat

Narges Sadat recounts the conditions she was forced to endure in a Taliban prison for protesting Afghanistan’s gender apartheid regime.

Afghanistan Human Rights
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Experts

Fellow

Omar Samad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Democratic Transitions Conflict

Fellow

Rudabeh Shahid

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Human Rights Civil Society

Fellow

M. Osman Siddique

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bengali Crisis Management

Fellow

Atman Trivedi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Corruption

Fellow

Ashutosh Varshney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nationalism Elections

Fellow

Sofyan Yusufi

Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Financial Regulation Technology & Innovation