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Jan 21, 2022

India’s Data Protection Bill–the long wait continues

By Adnan Ahmad Ansari

India, arguably the largest global market for Big Tech (and other tech companies), is moving closer to finalizing a data protection regime after a consultation process that has spanned over four years. In December 2021, a Joint Committee of Parliamentarians (JPC) in India submitted to the Parliament a report and a revised Bill that was referred to it two years ago.

India
Indo-Pacific

In the News

Jan 20, 2022

Younus in Profit by Pakistan Today: Riding disruption

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Indo-Pacific

In the News

Jan 20, 2022

Riaz joins the London School of Economics’ South Asia Centre to discuss the role of apologies in addressing humanitarian crimes

By South Asia Center

Human Rights
South Asia

SouthAsiaSource

Jan 20, 2022

Pakistan’s new National Security Policy: A step in the right direction

By Rabia Akhtar

It is heartening that the NSP has created a discourse in Pakistan where common citizens are questioning the government about their rightful place in the national security policy. Implementation of the NSP will take a whole-of-government approach, and sectoral reforms will be critical if the policy objectives set in the NSP are to be achieved. 

National Security
Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jan 20, 2022

Pakistan’s ‘Praetorian’ state is a troubling model for a Taliban-led Afghanistan

By Ben Acheson

If the Taliban emulates Pakistan’s Praetorian model, it will further erode all work done to grow a healthy Afghan civil society and develop civilian institutions.

Afghanistan
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Jan 18, 2022

Nasr writes for World Economic Forum, “How to scale public-private partnerships for global progress”

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 18, 2022

Younus writes for Profit by Pakistan Today, “Do not ban crypto”

By Atlantic Council

Digital Currencies
Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 16, 2022

Riaz quoted in The Daily Star: Leahy law poses new challenge to Dhaka

By South Asia Center

Bangladesh
Political Reform

In the News

Jan 15, 2022

Akhtar joins Al Jazeera English to discuss Pakistan’s new National Security Policy

By South Asia Center

National Security
Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Jan 15, 2022

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan: An emerging right-wing threat to Pakistan’s democracy

By Roohan Ahmed

Videos circulating on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms showed a violent mob dragging a half-dead man on the streets of Sialkot, Pakistan on December 1, 2021. As the TLP’s influence grows and its ideology spreads, the de-radicalization of Pakistani society looks like an even more distant dream.

Extremism
Pakistan
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Experts

Fellow

Ratan Shrivastava

Nonresident Fellow

South Asia Center

India International Markets
Mehul Bhagat

Fellow

Mehul Bhagat

Nonresident Fellow

South Asia Center

Entrepreneurship Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Erum Haider

Assistant Professor, Political Science and Environmental Studies, The College of Wooster

South Asia Center

Civil Society Economy & Business

Fellow

Hameed Hakimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Migration Security & Defense

Fellow

Jeff Lande

Nonresident Fellow, India

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

Fellow

Cameron Munter

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center South Asia Center

National Security Conflict
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