An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia

New Atlanticist
May 12, 2025

The India-Pakistan crisis shows Washington that it must stop Iran’s nuclear rise

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Alex Plitsas

The fighting in South Asia reminded Washington of the global stakes of nuclear crises. Those stakes are why the United States must prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Crisis Management
Iran

An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia

New Atlanticist
May 10, 2025

Experts react: India and Pakistan have agreed to a shaky cease-fire. Where does the region go from here? 

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Atlantic Council experts

With the fog of war still hovering over South Asia, Atlantic Council experts explore what’s to come.

Conflict
Extremism

An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia

New Atlanticist
May 6, 2025

Experts react: India just launched airstrikes against Pakistan. What’s next? 

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Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts share insights on India’s missile strikes on Pakistan, which came two weeks after a terrorist attack targeting Indians in Pahalgam.

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Extremism


World Leaders at the G20 Summit in India pay homage to Gandhi, led by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 7, 2017

An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia

By Yelena Biberman

US President Donald Trump’s likely hands-off policy toward South Asia may provide an opportunity for Pakistan and India to address longstanding disputes and reap the long-awaited benefits of cooperation. While there is significant uncertainty about the next four years of US diplomacy, it is unlikely that Trump will succeed where so many before him failed. […]

India Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2017

India Warily Watches Trump

By Maya Mirchandani

Americans may still be coming to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, but more than 7,000 miles away, the wheels of India’s diplomatic machinery began turning soon after the November results. Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval both visited the United States within a month of the elections with the […]

India

New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2017

What Can India Expect from the New Abnormal in US Foreign Policy?

By Gaurav Kampani

Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States not only poses a threat to the American liberal-constitutional democratic order at home, but it also threatens to end the international liberal economic and democratic order that successive US administrations have built and promoted during and in the aftermath of the Cold War. The […]

India

In the News

Jan 14, 2017

Gopalaswamy and Handjani in the National Interest: Can Iran and India Turn the Page?

By Bharath Gopalaswamy and Amir Handjani

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India Iran

Report

Jan 6, 2017

India’s energy needs and the Arab/Persian Gulf

By Jean-François Seznec

India has tried to diversify its sources of crude oil, but due to its proximity to the Gulf, it still relies a great deal on Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq as its major suppliers, while Qatar provides most of its natural gas needs. What is the present crude oil and natural gas situation in India and the role played by the Gulf producers, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia?

Energy & Environment India

In the News

Dec 7, 2016

Gopalaswamy Quoted by CNN on US-India Defense Retlaionship

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India

New Atlanticist

Nov 2, 2016

India Makes a Smart Move

By Nidhi Upadhyaya

By 2050, 843 million people will be living in urban areas of India. They will migrate from rural regions for better job opportunities, better health care, and a better life. How will cities sustain this huge influx of people? The government of India is already addressing this question. With the Smart Cities Mission, it is […]

India

In the News

Sep 21, 2016

Kampani Quoted by The National Interest in India’s Military Equipment Purchases

By Guarav Kampani

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India

New Atlanticist

Sep 13, 2016

White House Hopeful India Will Ratify Paris Climate Deal This Year

By Rachel Ansley

The White House is optimistic that India, a major polluter, will this year ratify the Paris climate agreement, increasing the likelihood that the deal that is intended to cut greenhouse gas emissions will come into effect before US President Barack Obama leaves office in January of 2017. “We are very, very committed to seeing this […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Defense Industrialist

Aug 11, 2016

A modest arms sale of obsolete aircraft to India?

By Danny Lam

There may be more to Lockheed’s made-in-India deal than first meets the eye. The US Air Force and those of other NATO countries are phasing out F-16s much sooner than anticipated. This implies that performance of F-35s has met expectations, and that there are no obvious show-stoppers to ramping up production as fast as budgets […]

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Peter Arvo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

China Human Rights

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Ratan Shrivastava

Nonresident Fellow

South Asia Center

India International Markets

Fellow

Ridhika Batra

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

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Jochai Ben-Avie

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Americas Digital Policy

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Arjun Bisen

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Australia Digital Policy

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Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky

Vice Chair, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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