India

Gopalaswamy on the India-China Space Race

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Foreign Policy quotes South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy on India’s space program:

This Week in South Asia: October 18-24

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.   Iran Pakistani and Iranian border forces exchanged mortar fire this week. The incident occurred a day after officials from each side met to discuss tensions along the border, resulting in an agreement to […]

Menon: The India Myth

By Rajan Menon

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rajan Menon writes for the National Interest on why reports of India’s emergence as a great power are incorrect:

This Week in South Asia: October 11-17

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.   Nepal In one of the deadliest spells of weather ever seen in the region, scores of Nepalese and foreign trekkers were killed this week when a freak storm hit the popular Annapurna Circuit […]

This Week in South Asia: October 4-10

By Elijah Logsdon

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. India The disputed region of Kashmir witnessed its worst fighting since the India-Pakistan truce was settled in 2003. This week, at least nineteen people have been killed — eleven on the Pakistani side and […]

Rakisits on Tensions between India and Pakistan

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on the recent meeting of the National Security Committee in Pakistan to discuss increasing tensions with India: 

This Week in South Asia: September 27 – October 3

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanThis week newly sworn-in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed the long-delayed Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) agreement with the United States, along with the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). By choosing to sign these […]

A second chance with India

By Nicholas Burns

Obama’s opportunity with India and its new leader When the new Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visits the White House this week, President Obama should seize the opportunity to revive and rebuild an important relationship with a key Asian partner that has fallen on hard times in recent years. In strategic terms, there are few […]