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Sep 22, 2021

Experts react: 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tajikistan

By South Asia Center

On September 17, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held a heads-of-state summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in a hybrid virtual and in-person setting. Consisting of China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and most recently Iran, the SCO meeting primarily discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan and its ramifications for member states as well as the international community more broadly.

Afghanistan Central Asia

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Sep 22, 2021

Experts react: The September 2021 White House QUAD meeting

By Atlantic Council

US President Joe Biden is set to host a first in-person Quad meeting on September 24, 2021, with Australia, India, and Japan present. South Asia Center experts react to the meeting and offer insight into what to expect. 

Australia Indo-Pacific

In the News

Sep 21, 2021

Trivedi spoke to WION’s Palki Sharma on US-India relationship

By Atlantic Council

India National Security

In the News

Sep 21, 2021

Sakhi joined Tufts University Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies to discuss Afghanistan: The End of a Forever War.

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 21, 2021

A reinvigorated Quad is becoming a key element of the new US administration’s Asia policy—just not in the way you expected.

By Atman Trivedi

A reinvigorated Quad is becoming a key element of the new US administration’s Asia policy. Its members—Australia, India, Japan, and the US—convened virtually in March at the leader level. Amid multiple global crises, they wisely opted to focus on concrete ways to deliver for their people and the region. The grouping sought to prove that democracy still works, as President Biden likes to say. The Quad Leaders’ communique set the bar high: cooperation on “the defining challenges of our time.”

Indo-Pacific Japan

Timely Commentary & Analysis

Sep 17, 2021

Nawaz joins DW News to discuss the latest development in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Sakhi was quoted in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Iran Looks for Stable Relations With Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam was quoted in the Eurasia Review and the article from Arab News on “Warming Iran-Taliban Ties To Have Consequences For Region”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam was quoted in Business Insider article: Afghan resistance leader hires DC lobbyist in bid for continued US financial and military support

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam wrote a piece for The Japan Times: Afghan resistance in desperate need of world’s support

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

Experts