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Kroenig and Ashford assess China’s new hypersonic missile test

SouthAsiaSource Sep 3, 2021

Pakistan and the Taliban 2.0: The good, the bad, and the ugly

By Rabia Akhtar

The Taliban’s 11-day Blitzkrieg has left the entire world stunned. As the new government takes shape in Afghanistan, there are some good, some bad, and some ugly realities confronting the region, primarily Pakistan.
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Kroenig and Ashford assess China’s new hypersonic missile test

New Atlanticist Sep 10, 2021

Confronting the disaster left behind in Afghanistan

By Mir Sadat

The United States screwed up the endgame in Afghanistan once again, but working with allies and private rescue efforts, there’s time to make things right.
Afghanistan Conflict
Kroenig and Ashford assess China’s new hypersonic missile test

EnergySource Sep 20, 2021

India is key to US climate ambitions, and the Quad can help

By Reed Blakemore, David W. Yellen

India’s massive demand for energy is projected to grow rapidly over the next several decades, and its current coal reliance will be difficult to break. But doing so is vital, both to global decarbonization and US geopolitical interests. The Quad can help provide the requisite security, investment, and support to help India undertake this challenge.
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Experts

Millennium Leadership Fellow

Anoka Abeyrathne

Senior Regional Coordinator, Asia, Change.org

Millennium Leadership Program

Indo-Pacific Resilience & Society

Fellow

Grace Abuhamad

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Internet

Fellow

Javid Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Terrorism Security & Defense

Fellow

Rabia Akhtar

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nuclear Deterrence Security & Defense

Fellow

Kamal Alam

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Afghanistan English

Fellow

Rayhan Asat

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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In the News

Oct 22, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford assess China’s new hypersonic missile test

By Atlantic Council

On October 22, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford assessing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss China’s new FOBS delivery system amid the country’s broader nuclear buildup, debate the viability of lasting arms control, and outline implications […]

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UkraineAlert

Oct 22, 2021

US and EU must react to escalating global energy crisis

By Anders Åslund

Recent mistakes by Germany, the EU, and the United States on gas policy are potentially disastrous and will have major costs unless all three parties urgently rethink their positions and address the growing energy crisis.

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In the News

Oct 22, 2021

Nilofar Sakhi writes for 9Dashline: Afghanistan continues to pose a traditional and non-traditional security threat

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

EconoGraphics

Oct 22, 2021

Global Sanctions Dashboard: Halloween Edition

By Julia Friedlander, Michael Albanese and Castellum.AI

The Global Sanctions Dashboard aims to inform economic statecraft policies by analyzing sanctions globally and identifying trends across lists in partnership with Castellum.AI.

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In the News

Oct 22, 2021

Asat quoted in Korea Times on criticisms of human rights violations in Xinjiang

By Atlantic Council

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IranSource

Oct 22, 2021

The Hazara community in Afghanistan is stuck in the middle between Iran and the Taliban

By Saumaun Heiat

With the Taliban having come to their second iteration of power and the announcement of a newly-formed government in Afghanistan in recent weeks, several stakeholders will see a shift in their relationships, namely Iran and Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazara minority

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Interview

Oct 21, 2021

Interview with Barna Karimi, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada

By Fariba Pajooh

Barna Karimi, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada, joins Fariba Pajooh for an interview to discuss the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan government, the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces, and more.

Afghanistan Corruption

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 21, 2021

Coping and surviving: Insights about today’s Afghanistan

By Omar Samad

Ambassador Omar Samad speaks with four Afghans, two of whom are still in Afghanistan, to discuss events leading to the fall of Kabul, the transition that is underway, and how each speaker is coping with new realities as Afghans facing grave humanitarian challenges are now in survival mode. 

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

Oct 20, 2021

Roberts featured in the Wire China on Evergrande

On October 17, Dexter Tiff Roberts was featured in The Wire China on Evergrande’s Xu Jiayin, who has stepped down from his position as chairman of the company in the face of its demise. “Xu is very flashy,” Roberts stated. Noting Xu’s nickname of “Belt Brother” due to the luxurious belt Xu wore to a Chinese […]

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In the News

Oct 20, 2021

Chhibber wrote an opinion piece for The Economic Times: Litmus test passed, how the government can ‘Air India’ the rest 
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Online Event Wed, October 27, 2021 • 12:00 pm ET

Dispatch from the ground: An American in Kabul
Afghanistan Conflict Extremism Intelligence
Online Event Thu, November 4, 2021 • 9:00 am ET

Economic security screening: A discussion on geopolitics, markets and compliance
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Online Event Tue, October 26, 2021 • 12:00 pm ET

China’s surveillance colony in Xinjiang: A conversation with Darren Byler
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