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Mar 13, 2015

Atlantic Council Conference to Open in New Delhi on US-India Relations

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, in partnership with the US Embassy in New Delhi, Vivekananda International Foundation, and the Confederation of Indian Industry, will be hosting “India-US 2015: Partnering for Peace and Prosperity” from Monday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 17 at the Vivekananda International Foundation located in New Delhi, India.

India

EconoGraphics

Mar 11, 2015

The Benefits of a Strong Dollar: Where Should You Go on Your Next Vacation?

By Global Business & Economics

There’s never been a better time to be a tourist—as long as you’re paying in dollars. Major currencies worldwide have plunged in value, meaning each US dollar buys more euros and renminbi today than it did one year ago.

Americas Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 9, 2015

Rehman: Murky Waters: Naval Nuclear Dynamics in the Indian Ocean

By Iskander Rehman

South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Iskander Rehman writes for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on India and Pakistan’s naval nuclear forces: Read the full report here.

India Pakistan

In the News

Mar 8, 2015

Huntsman on Chinese President Xi’s Public Persona

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

The AP quotes Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s public persona and leadership style:

China

Defense Industrialist

Mar 5, 2015

How can small powers manage disruptive military technologies?

By James Hasik

Some thoughts at the 2015 EASO seminar in Brunei. I’m in Brunei today for the 7th annual East Asia Security Outlook (EASO) seminar, held for the Ministry of Defense by the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defense and Security Studies. To close the day, I was asked to deliver a talk applying our work at the Atlantic Council […]

Defense Industry Indo-Pacific

In the News

Mar 4, 2015

Metzl: Japan’s Sensitive Military Normalization

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for Project Syndicate on how ISIS’s brutal murder of two Japanese hostages in January has caused the country to rethink its post-World War II pacifism:

Japan

In the News

Mar 1, 2015

Manning: Sino-US Ties Can Be Reinforced From Top Down

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Global Times on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming state visit in September:

China

In the News

Feb 27, 2015

Kampani: Secrecy, Civil-Military Relations, and India’s Nuclear Weapons Program

By Gaurav Kampani

International Security has nominated South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Gaurav Kampani’s “New Delhi’s Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India’s Weaponization,” which appeared in the Spring 2014 issue for the Outstanding Article Award that is given annually by the American Political Science Association’s section on International History and Politics and the Alexander L. George Article Award given for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.  This article […]

India

In the News

Feb 27, 2015

Kampani: New Delhi’s Long Nuclear Journey

By Gaurav Kampani

International Security has nominated South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Gaurav Kampani’s “New Delhi’s Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India’s Weaponization,” which appeared in the Spring 2014 issue for the Outstanding Article Award that is given annually by the American Political Science Association’s section on International History and Politics and the Alexander L. George Article Award given for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.  This article triggered […]

India

New Atlanticist

Feb 25, 2015

Is Bangladesh on the Brink?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

A decision by a court in Bangladesh to issue an arrest warrant for Khaleda Zia on February 25 is likely to escalate tensions between the opposition leader’s supporters and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. “We don’t know how this will play out or whether it will precipitate a deeper crisis, but one thing is for […]

South Asia

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