Ahmad in the National Interest: Afghanistan: Recovering from the Brink of Economic Collapse?

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Apr 1, 2025

Rescuing Pakistan’s economy

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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.

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Ahmad in the National Interest: Afghanistan: Recovering from the Brink of Economic Collapse?

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

Ahmad in the National Interest: Afghanistan: Recovering from the Brink of Economic Collapse?

New Atlanticist
Feb 19, 2025

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

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Tatevik Khachatryan and Srujan Palkar

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

Economy & Business
India

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In the News

Jul 31, 2018

Ahmad in the National Interest: Afghanistan: Recovering from the Brink of Economic Collapse?

By Javid Ahmad

Read the full article here.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2018

In Pakistan, It’s Imran Khan’s Turn to Bat

By James Schwemlein

The apparent victory of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in the July 25 parliamentary election marks a new inflection point in Pakistan’s politics and external policies.  This election, though marred by allegations of tampering and violence, marks Pakistan’s second consecutive transition from one civilian-led government to another through an election.  Additionally, PTI’s ascent […]

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2018

Pakistan’s Election May Further Fracture its Polity

By Shuja Nawaz

Pakistanis will elect a new parliament and prime minister on July 25 marking only the second transfer of power from one civilian government to another in the nation’s seventy-year history. Though this should be cause for celebration in a country where governments have been abruptly changed by military coups or presidential fiats, there are genuine […]

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 12, 2018

Ghani hopeful ‘real’ dialogue will bring peace to Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Ghani, speaking at the NATO Engages event co-hosted by the Atlantic Council, said US President Donald J. Trump told world leaders at the NATO Summit this week that the US strategy of a “conditions-based” commitment to Afghanistan was producing results.

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NATOSource

Jul 9, 2018

America’s NATO Allies Are Stepping Up

By Jens Stoltenberg, Wall Street Journal

NATO was created in 1949 to ensure that none of us will ever have to live through another world war.

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In the News

Jun 28, 2018

Gopalaswamy Quoted in the Times of India on the Postponement of the ‘2+2 Dialogue’

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India

In the News

Jun 24, 2018

Gopalswamy in the Hill: Friendly Fire: The Curious Case of Sanctions on India

By Bharath Gopalswamy

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India

Event Recap

Jun 14, 2018

Plight of Rohingya Worsens

By Masoud Mostajabi and Sachin Mathur

The deplorable condition of ethnic minorities in Myanmar has further deteriorated in recent years and Myanmar’s ongoing transition to democracy has been imperiled by ethnic conflict, pervasive religious discrimination, and other recurrent human rights abuses. Once a thriving hub for trade and a major agricultural producer, the State of Rakhine in western Myanmar has more recently […]

South Asia

IranSource

May 30, 2018

Great Power Competition in Iran as the US Exits the Arena

By Ali Scotten

US President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, and thus re-impose broad sanctions against the Islamic Republic, sends a clear signal that Washington has reverted to a full containment policy against Tehran. But, lacking a clear overarching Middle East strategy, US policymakers do not appear to be weighing the merits of this […]

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In the News

May 23, 2018

Nawaz Quoted in Real Clear Life on a U.S. Attaché’s Diplomatic Immunity Following a Deadly Crash in Pakistan

By Shuja Nawaz

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