Content

Event Recap

Mar 13, 2014

Briefing with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson

On Thursday, March 13, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a discussion with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson. Ambassador Olson discussed the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, and elaborated on various security, economic, developmental and political dynamics between the two countries. This conversation is particularly important, looking at the year ahead, as Pakistan pieces together […]

Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Mar 7, 2014

This Week in South Asia: March 1 – 7

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.IndiaAs the current Lok Sabah, India’s lower house of parliament, approaches it end on May 31, The Election Commission of India announced the dates on which the nation’s 814 million voters will go to the […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 28, 2014

This Week in South Asia: February 22-28

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. PakistanAmidst targeted army strikes on militants’ hideouts in Waziristan, Pakistan’s released its first-ever internal security strategy primarily focused at eliminating the terrorist insurgency. The long awaited strategy takes a strong handed approach, stating “any […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 21, 2014

This Week in South Asia: February 15-21

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaThe controversial ‘Telangana Bill’ was passed by both houses of India’s Parliament this week, thereby carving out India’s 29th state, Telangana, from an inland section of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. As […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 14, 2014

This Week in South Asia: February 8-14

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaThe Aam Aadmi Party’s experiment with governance ends as Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, resigns from the post less than 2 months after he was sworn in. Keeping his word, Mr. Kejriwal carried out […]

Afghanistan India

In the News

Feb 12, 2014

Nawaz on Afghan Taliban Talks

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz is quoted by The Daily Beast on Pakistan’s role in the Afghan reconciliation process:

Afghanistan Pakistan

Transcript

Feb 10, 2014

Transcript: Will a Counterterrorism Operation in Pakistan Succeed Under Current Conditions?

Imitaz Gul, executive director of the Center for Research and Security Studies joined the South Asia Center for a discussion of counterterrorism operations in Pakistan.

Pakistan

Event Recap

Feb 10, 2014

Will a Counterterrorism Operation in Pakistan Succeed Under Current Conditions?

While Pakistan’s government and its Taliban movement formally have started peace talks, events there suggest that the coming months may as likely bring a Pakistani military offensive, long sought by the United States, against the country’s biggest territorial stronghold of the Taliban and other militant groups. In latter January, the Pakistani military and the Taliban […]

Pakistan

Event Recap

Feb 8, 2014

ELP Fellows Convene in Islamabad

Pakistan is a young and increasingly urban society, which lends tremendous opportunity for progress through its demographic dividend. The youth, who account for nearly 60 percent of Pakistan’s population, will ultimately determine Pakistan’s future course. To help empower these young people in Pakistan, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center launched the Emerging Leaders of Pakistan […]

Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 7, 2014

This Week in South Asia: February 1-7

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaEleven regional parties formally united to form a block in Parliament in the clearest indication of an emergence of a “Third Front” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, due to be held by the […]

Afghanistan India

Experts