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May 14, 2015

iFarm Pakistan: Food security, innovation, and commercialization

By Nazia Khan

Pakistan’s agriculture sector has underachieved for the last few decades, and along with structural issues, has led to a growing food security crisis in the country. Gregory Gottlieb, USAID Mission Director for Pakistan, spoke to the Atlantic Council about the growing crisis that stems from not just “how much Pakistan grows,” but from “what it […]

Pakistan

In the News

May 14, 2015

Nordenman: Why the Chinese Navy is in the Mediterranean

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for USNI News on the Chinese-Russian naval exercises in the Mediterranean:

China Russia

In the News

May 14, 2015

Rakisits on the on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Security Pledge

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on the Afghanistan-Pakistan security pledge:

Afghanistan Pakistan

In the News

May 12, 2015

Rehman on India’s Efforts to Modernize Its Air Force

By Iskander Rehman

World Politics Review interviews South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Iskander Rehman on India’s efforts to modernize its air force through the acquisition of thirty-six Rafael fighter jets from France:

India

EconoGraphics

May 12, 2015

Two Decades of Sovereign Debt

By Global Business & Economics

Sovereign default is considered to be a rare event. But as the lessons of the past two decades show, they are far from extraordinary. According to the IMF, the main sovereign debt restructurings from the period spanning 1998 – 2010 totaled $117.6 billion. When Greece’s 2012 default is added to that sum, it means that […]

Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform

In the News

May 8, 2015

Marczak on China’s Influence in Latin America

By Jason Marczak

CNBC quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on Chinese investment in Argentina and Brazil:

Brazil China

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2015

Wanted: A Real Peace in Pakistan’s Northwest

By Nazia Khan

“Peace has been restored,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, declared on a visit to North Waziristan earlier in May. He commended the Pakistani army for reestablishing order in the tribal agency that abuts Afghanistan and has been used as a safe haven by a variety militant groups. He also called on those displaced by the […]

Pakistan

In the News

May 4, 2015

Gopalaswamy on India’s BMD System

By Bharath Gopolaswamy

The Indian Express quotes South Asia Center Acting Director Bharath Gopalaswamy on India’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system:

India

In the News

May 4, 2015

Rehman: Recasting India’s Special Forces

By Iskander Rehman

South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Iskander Rehman writes for the Center for the Advanced Study of India on the need for India to increase and further develop its Special Operations Forces:

India
Russian missile cruiser Peter the Great, June 28, 2003

NATOSource

May 1, 2015

China and Russia Announce First Joint Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean

By Jane Perlez, New York Times

The Chinese Navy will hold joint exercises with Russia in the Mediterranean in May, China’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, a further indication of the closer ties between the two countries and of the navy’s increasing ambitions.

China Russia

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