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Kashmir is driving Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Tehran and Riyadh

Tue, Sep 3, 2019

US-Taliban negotiations: How to avoid rushing to failure

A major troop withdrawal must be contingent on a final peace. The initial US drawdown should not go so far or so fast that the Taliban believe that they can achieve military victory. In that case, they will not make compromises for peace with other Afghan political forces.

New Atlanticist by James Dobbins, Robert P. Finn, Ronald E. Neumann, William Wood, John Negroponte, E. Anthony Wayne, Ryan Crocker, James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens

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Kashmir is driving Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Tehran and Riyadh

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Trade at a crossroads: A vision for the US-India trade relationship

Both countries should prioritize efforts to manage current tensions, reach an early agreement and build on successes to initiate a series of cooperative projects in areas such as intellectual property rights, digital trade and regulatory coherence, mirroring previous successes on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

Report by Mark Linscott, Trevor Cloen, and Nidhi Upadhyaya

India Trade
Kashmir is driving Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Tehran and Riyadh

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

Pakistan PM Khan hails new relationship after Trump meeting

Pakistan can play a role in pushing the Taliban to participate in future talks, Imran Khan argues

New Atlanticist by Kyra Kocis

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Mon, Oct 21, 2019

Kashmir is driving Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Tehran and Riyadh

From Imran Khan’s perspective, the issue of Kashmir has not attracted enough international attention. Mediating de-escalation in the Persian Gulf could strengthen his ability to bring more attention to that crisis too.

IranSource by Fatemeh Aman

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Thu, Oct 17, 2019

Afghanistan’s election a “genuine victory,” Afghan ambassador says

In Afghanistan's fourth election since the US invasion in 2001, and after eighteen years of war, nearly three million Afghan citizens took to the polls on election day despite continued attacks from the Taliban.

New Atlanticist by Jasper Gilardi

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Sun, Oct 13, 2019

Nawaz in The Indian Express on his new book, The Battle for Pakistan

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Fri, Oct 11, 2019

Nawaz in India Today on his new book, The Battle for Pakistan

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Mon, Oct 7, 2019

Ahmad in The Washington Post: The Taliban still hasn’t broken with al-Qaeda

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Mon, Oct 7, 2019

Samad joins CGTN America to discuss the results of the recent Afghan Presidential Election

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Fri, Oct 4, 2019

Linscott quoted in ThePrint on failed US-India trade negotiations

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Thu, Oct 3, 2019

Afghan Presidential Elections Debrief with Omar Samad

The Atlantic Council’s Nonresident Fellow Omar Samad shares his insights and analysis following the country’s fourth presidential election since 2001. Samad highlights the geopolitical and security implications of these elections and outlines the incoming mandate for the two frontrunners following the breakdown of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban.

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Thu, Oct 3, 2019

In search of the elusive US-India trade deal

There was no more auspicious a moment for creating an historic precedent on trade between the two countries—as limited as it was likely to be. We can only hope that the momentum for a deal has not entirely slipped away

New Atlanticist by Mark Linscott

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Wed, Oct 2, 2019

Yelena Biberman in Texas National Security Review: Policy Roundtable – The Future of South Asia

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Mon, Oct 28, 2019

“The Battle for Pakistan” with Shuja Nawaz and Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep kicks off a conversation with the South Asia Center's Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz to discuss his new book, "The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood".

5:30pm Washington District of Columbia