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Nawaz on India-Pakistan Relationship

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins NPR’s Weekend Edition to discuss a potential thawing in the historically cold relationship between India and Pakistan:

India’s Watershed Moment: Reflections from the Ground

By South Asia Center

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi ushers in a new era in India, The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress and Mr. Prodyut Bora of the Bharatiya Janata Party to reflect on the sea change occurring across the spectrum in Indian politics.

This Week in South Asia: May 24 – 30

By Aman Ghose and Fayyaz Yaseen

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. India Narendra Modi was officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of India with the leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in attendance. Most notable of the guests in attendance was […]

Webcast: India’s Watershed Moment: Reflections from the Ground

Join us on Friday, May 30, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a discussion via Google Hangout of the recent Indian elections with Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Indian National Congress Party, Minister and Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram and Prodyut Bora, National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Can Modi boost complex India-US ties?

By Robert A. Manning

Narendra Modi’s historic, landslide victory has raised hopes that the man himself and his BJP can, in power, revive India’s sputtering economy and rejuvenate a disillusioned and rudderless US-India relationship.  It seems ages ago now, but only a few years ago India and China were spoken of in the same breath as the dynamic, rising […]

Manning: Can Modi Boost Complex India-US Ties?

By Robert Manning

Robert Manning, senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, writes an op-ed for the Global Times on the future of US-Indian relations under Prime Minister Modi’s new leadership:

This Week in South Asia: May 17 – 23

By Aman Ghose and Fayyaz Yaseen

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaAfter a resounding win in the general elections, Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi declared, “India has won. The good days are coming.” For the first time in history, all South Asian heads of state […]

Menon: Indian Foreign Policy Under Modi

By Rajan Menon

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Rajan Menon writes for Inter Press Service and LobeLog on what to expect from newly elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy:

Nawaz on Modi’s Foreign Policy

By Shuja Nawaz

VOA Access Point interviews South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz on what to expect from India’s incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi: See the interview here.

Enter a Pragmatist: Indian Foreign Policy Under Modi

By Rajan Menon

The Congress Party took a beating in India’s recent parliamentary election and has been now sidelined by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party, or BJP). The spotlight is on Narendra Modi, the BJP’s leader who will be the next prime minister. A former tea vendor, Modi’s humble origins place him in a […]