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New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2015

Falling Oil Prices Hit ISIS Where it Hurts

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Terrorist group’s plans to expand to South Asia seen hamstrung by its depleted finances A sharp drop in world oil prices and the presence of other terrorist groups will make it hard for the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to establish a foothold in South Asia, said Omar Hamid, head of Asia Pacific […]

Afghanistan India

Event Recap

Apr 13, 2015

Cracking down on militancy in Pakistan

By Refayat Haque

On April 13, IHS’s Asia Pacific Country Risk Lead Omar Hamid and South Asia Center Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz discussed the evolving militancy climate in Pakistan. Hamid cited the December 2014 attack on a government school in Peshawar as a “Pearl Harbor” moment for Pakistan, and suggested it enabled the nation to act swiftly and […]

National Security Pakistan

In the News

Apr 7, 2015

Rakisits on the Pakistan Helo Deal

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on the US State Department clearing a $952 million sale to Pakistan that includes fifteen AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and 1,000 Hellfire II missiles:

Pakistan

In the News

Apr 6, 2015

Khoury on Pakistan and the Conflict in Yemen

By Nabeel Khoury

Voice of America quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Nabeel Khoury on how Pakistan’s potential involvement would impact the conflict in Yemen:

Pakistan Yemen

In the News

Mar 30, 2015

Rakisits on Pakistan Joining the Saudi Coalition in Yemen

By Claude Rakisits

DefenseNews quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on how Pakistan will contribute to the Saudi coalition in Yemen:

Pakistan

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

Event Recap

Feb 21, 2015

Pakistan’s Youth: Advocates for Change

By Huma Haque

The 2012, 2013, and 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Fellows gathered in Islamabad for a reunion over a jam packed weekend in mid-February.

Pakistan

In the News

Jan 6, 2015

Biberman in The Washington Post: In Pakistan, domestic threats begin to overshadow India

By Atlantic Council

Extremism India

In the News

Dec 22, 2014

Rakisits: Things Just Got Worse in Pakistan

By Claude Rakisits

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits writes for The Strategist on the recent Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan that killed 148 civilians:

Pakistan

In the News

Dec 21, 2014

Rakisits on Preventing Future Taliban Attacks

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on what can be done to prevent terrorist attacks, such as the recent one carried out by the Taliban against a school in Pakistan, from taking place in the future: 

Pakistan

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