The South Asia Center is the hub for the Atlantic Council’s analysis of the political, social, geographical, and cultural diversity of the region. ​At the intersection of South Asia and its geopolitics, SAC cultivates dialogue to shape policy and forge ties between the region and the global community.

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The South Asia Center serves as the Atlantic Council’s focal point for work on greater South Asia as well as its relations between these countries, the neighboring regions, Europe, and the United States.

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Aug 14, 2022

Younus in Profit By Pakistan Today: Time to think

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Conflict Democratic Transitions

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Aug 14, 2022

Ammar Habib Khan quoted in Profit By Pakistan: Rates that kill: how banks blew their capital on PIBs

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Aug 14, 2022

Shuja Nawaz in Dawn: What went wrong in 1971?

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Bangladesh Conflict

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Aug 14, 2022

Nawaz in Dawn: The forever shining idea of Pakistan

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Nationalism Pakistan

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Aug 14, 2022

Nawaz speaks with American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee: Pakistan at a crossroads: the role of diaspora in uplifting the country

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Civil Society Indo-Pacific

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Aug 12, 2022

Dr. Shahid in The Geopolitics: Revisited: Partition and the Bengali Muslims of India

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Bangladesh Civil Society

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Aug 12, 2022

Younus published in Dawn: At 75 years, Pakistan is viewed as the sick man of South Asia. Can it heal over the next 25?

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Democratic Transitions Economy & Business

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Aug 11, 2022

Shahid quoted in Foreign Policy: How China-Taiwan tensions play out in India

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China East Asia

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Aug 11, 2022

Rafiq quoted in Voice of America: Security concerns bring China closer to Taliban

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Afghanistan China

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Aug 11, 2022

Shuja Nawaz on CGTN America’s The Heat: Is Pakistan the next Sri Lanka?

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Civil Society Economy & Business

The South Asia Center is the hub for the Atlantic Council’s analysis of the political, social, geographical, and cultural diversity of the region. ​At the intersection of South Asia and its geopolitics, SAC cultivates dialogue to shape policy and forge ties between the region and the global community.