Event recap: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah discusses peace talks in Afghanistan with USIP

Issue Brief Apr 1, 2025

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By Aasim M. Husain

For decades, Pakistan has struggled with a declining standard of living, skyrocketing public debt, and economic policies that have failed to address the root causes of its stagnation.
Economy & Business Middle East
Event recap: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah discusses peace talks in Afghanistan with USIP

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

By Trisha Ray

A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.
Economy & Business India
Event recap: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah discusses peace talks in Afghanistan with USIP

New Atlanticist Feb 19, 2025

Why India and Armenia are now taking their relationship to new heights

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The growing military and diplomatic cooperation between New Delhi and Yerevan benefits both beyond immediate defense concerns.
Economy & Business India

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Jun 25, 2020

Event recap: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah discusses peace talks in Afghanistan with USIP

By Atlantic Council

On June 24, 2020, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted an online conversation with former Afghan Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. His recent appointment as Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Chairman resolves a longstanding dispute over the 2019 presidential election results and paves the way for the upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations, which will be overseen by the HCNR.

Afghanistan
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Jun 22, 2020

Akhtar as a panelist with the Corporate Pakistan Group: Dialogue: China & India Standoff—What next: Implications for Pakistan, the Kashmir Movement & BRI

By Atlantic Council

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 20, 2020

Younus in his podcast “Pakistonomy,” episode 22: Innovation in Education

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus
Education

New Atlanticist

Jun 18, 2020

Will Ghani’s plan for peace in Afghanistan work?

By South Asia Center

“What has been done so far is good enough, but what matters now is to address the underlying challenges the process faces ahead," Javid Ahmad says. "This includes the continuing concerns regarding the lack of a meaningful intra-Taliban consensus to negotiate peace, one likely to upset the upcoming process should the Taliban make unreasonable demands to please their hardliners."

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Jun 18, 2020

Younus in Dawn News: Why Budget 2021 has increased the odds of a severe recession in Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2020

China and India just had their worst clash in forty-five years. What do we know?

By Shubha Kamala Prasad

On June 15, India and China faced off in a clash along the Line of Actual Control (LAC or the de-facto border in the Ladakh region), resulting in the death of at least twenty Indians and an unknown number of casualties on the Chinese side. This has been the first set of fatalities along the Sino-Indian border since the 1975 Tulung La ambush in present-day Arunachal Pradesh, the easternmost state of India, when four Indian soldiers died. While shots were apparently not fired in this recent exchange, the hand-to-hand combat was deadly. What triggered the worst clash in forty-five years? And how will India respond?

China
Conflict

Smart Partnerships Series

Jun 16, 2020

AI, an accelerator of change?

By Julian Mueller-Kaler

Two digital roundtables with India brought together high-level experts to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and geopolitics of emerging technologies in the South Asian country. While the first focused on AI and health, the second centered on Sino-Indian relations.

Americas
China

In the News

Jun 15, 2020

Akhtar in conversation with Ashley Tellis on recent Sino-Indian border confrontation

By Atlantic Council

China
Conflict

In the News

Jun 14, 2020

Younus in his podcast “Pakistonomy,” episode 21: Budget Time

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus
Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 13, 2020

Book review of Nawaz’s “The Battle for Pakistan” in the Daily Times: a study on two important nations in tumultuous times

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific
Pakistan
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Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Norms

Staff

Michael Kugelman

Resident Senior Fellow, South Asia

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Afghanistan Bangladesh

Fellow

Jongsun Kim

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Paul Amato

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Missile Defense Nuclear Deterrence

Fellow

David H. Young

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

Fellow

Laura Updegrove

Nonresident Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense
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