Program: <span>South Asia Center</span>

Program: South Asia Center

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SouthAsiaSource

Dec 16, 2021

US sanctions on Bangladesh’s RAB: What happened? What’s next?

By Ali Riaz

On December 10, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Bangladesh’s elite paramilitary force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), as well as seven of its current and former officers due to serious human rights violations. This has created a stir in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Human Rights

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Amb. Omar Samad with Sputnik International, Former Afghan Ambassador Reveals What Has to be Done by Taliban to Gain International Recognition

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz with Tritiyo Matra: Summit for democracy and Bangladesh

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz joins BBC News, পুলিশ প্রধান বেনজির ও র‍্যাব কর্মকর্তাদের বিরুদ্ধে মার্কিন নিষেধাজ্ঞার অর্থ কী

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific South Asia

Insights & Impact

Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz joins SAMAKAL, প্রমাণহীন বলছে সরকার, ভুল দেখছে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের

By Atlantic Council

South Asia

SouthAsiaSource

Dec 14, 2021

Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

By Javid Ahmad

With no regional consensus on the way forward, the mixed dangers of Afghanistan morphing into another Somalia, or breaking into a loose confederacy of statelets like the former Yugoslavia, or becoming the next drug-replete Medellin is not a distant possibility.  

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 13, 2021

Chhibber with the Centre for Social and Economic Progress: Flagship Seminar & Book launch | Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival

By Atlantic Council

India Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2021

Afghanistan is about to collapse. Here’s what the US must do about it.

By John F. Campbell, Ryan Crocker, James Cunningham, James Dobbins, Hugo Llorens, P. Michael McKinley, John Nicholson, Ronald E. Neumann, Richard Olson, David Petraeus, and Earl Anthony Wayne

Eleven former US ambassadors and commanders issue an urgent warning to Washington and its allies.

Afghanistan Civil Society

Insights & Impact

Dec 10, 2021

Riaz writes for Carnegie: How Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act Is Creating a Culture of Fear

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Digital Policy

Insights & Impact

Dec 9, 2021

Lakhani in Bloomberg: Startup Fever Is Gripping the World’s Last Big Untapped Nation

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific
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Experts

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

Fellow

Roya Rahmani

Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Afghanistan Dari
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