Biberman in The Washington Post: Pakistani militants have created their own political party. Can it actually win votes?

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Rescuing Pakistan’s economy

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
Biberman in The Washington Post: Pakistani militants have created their own political party. Can it actually win votes?

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
Biberman in The Washington Post: Pakistani militants have created their own political party. Can it actually win votes?

New Atlanticist Feb 19, 2025

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

By Tatevik Khachatryan, Srujan Palkar

The growing military and diplomatic cooperation between New Delhi and Yerevan benefits both beyond immediate defense concerns.
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May 7, 2018

Biberman in The Washington Post: Pakistani militants have created their own political party. Can it actually win votes?

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New Atlanticist

Apr 20, 2018

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and The Art of Living

By Rachel Ansley

Compassion and cooperation are key to dealing with global conflict, one of India’s renowned spiritual leaders, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, said at the Atlantic Council in Washington on April 19. “The value of compassion, of cooperation…should be emphasized more than aggression,” said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation. “When we […]

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Report

Apr 6, 2018

India’s quest for fighter jets: Make in India vs. Make America Great Again

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Working in tandem with India to improve its capacity to play a stronger role in the region and uphold the existing liberal order, would be a critical stride for US grand strategy.

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In the News

Apr 3, 2018

Brandeburg in The Diplomat: India’s Growing Role in the Middle East

By Rachel Brandenburg

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Mar 26, 2018

Gopalaswamy Quoted in Newsweek on Trump Slamming Pakistan Companies With Sanctions

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2018

A Renewed Foresight in Middle Eastern Diplomacy: India’s Role at the Table

By Rachel Brandenburg and Bharath Gopalaswamy

Recent aviation agreements connecting Saudi Arabia, India, and Israel signal potential openness toward improving relations in light of growing geopolitical and security concerns. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 7 that Saudi Arabia granted permission to Air India to use Saudi airspace for direct flights from Delhi to Tel Aviv, affirming allegations leaked in Israeli […]

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In the News

Mar 2, 2018

Ahmad in The Hill: The Taliban Should Accept the Afghan Olive Branch

By Javid Ahmad

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Afghanistan

Event Recap

Mar 1, 2018

Afghanistan: Assessing progress and prospects for regional connectivity

By Nidhi Upadhyaya

Over the last three years, there has been enormous progress reached in the areas of regional connectivity in South Asia. Given Afghanistan’s geographic status as a land bridge between Central Asia and South Asia, and a catalyst for bulk energy transfers between these regions, it is possible that it can also serve a major role […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2018

Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan?

By Carmen Gentile

Amid ongoing, deadly attacks in the Afghan capital and elsewhere, the Taliban has reached out to the United States to begin peace talks aimed at ending more than seventeen years of conflict between US-led forces and the once-ruling extremist group. At least, that’s what the group’s open letter in February reads. In it, the Taliban […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2018

US Army’s ‘Teacher Corps’ Faces an Uphill Battle Providing Instruction to Foreign Troops

By Elisabeth Braw

Supply teachers are not to be envied. While they may be highly qualified in a particular subject, they re often sent in to teach classes they are not familiar with and doing so without the necessary training. Over the past several years, similar scenes have been repeating themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Western troops […]

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Stanislava Mladenova

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David H. Young

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