Program: South Asia Center

Financial Inclusion to Financial Sustainability – Empowering women in South Asia and Across the World

By Global Business & Economics

On April 11th, the Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics Program and South Asia Center partnered with the Grameen Foundation India and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development to host a panel discussion titled Financial Inclusion to Financial Sustainability – Empowering women in South Asia and Across the World as part of the World Bank’s Civil Society Policy Forum Spring 2019.

Biberman in Foreign Policy: China and Pakistan have struck a devil’s bargain with militants

By Atlantic Council

Biberman in East Asia Forum: Pakistan is ready for stability in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Nawaz quoted in NPR on deadly attack in Kashmir region

By Shuja Nawaz

Listen to the full discussion here.

Reforming US’ high-skilled guestworker program

By Ron Hira and Bharath Gopalaswamy

The H-1B visa program is one of more than twenty US guest worker programs, but it has arguably been in the spotlight more than any other. While the H1-B was originally intended to attract foreign workers to satisfy unmet demand for skilled labor, the current system undercuts opportunities for US workers and enables the exploitation […]

Review of President Trump’s South Asia strategy

By Bharath Gopalaswamy, Amb James B. Cunningham, et al

Over one year after the announcement of the Trump administration’s strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia, significant opportunity remains to improve efforts to achieve peace. In the Atlantic Council South Asia Center’s new report, Review of President Trump’s South Asia Strategy: The Way Ahead, One Year In, authors Dr. Bharath Gopalaswamy, Director, South Asia Center, Atlantic […]

Biberman in Journal of Strategic Studies: Self-Defense Militias, Death Squads, and State Outsourcing of Violence in India and Turkey

By Atlantic Council

Biberman in Political Science Quarterly: When Militias Provide Welfare: Lessons from Pakistan and Nigeria

By Atlantic Council