Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

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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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Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

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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

Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

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
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In the News

Jun 5, 2015

Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on Pakistan’s double digit defense budget increase:

China Defense Industry

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2015

Pakistani Taliban’s Core ‘Dismantled’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary says military campaign against terrorists in ‘critical phase’ The Pakistani military has dismantled the Taliban’s core in a successful operation that is now in a “critical phase,” Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said June 4 at the Atlantic Council. The terrorist group’s leadership “is on the run,” Chaudhry said.

Pakistan

In the News

Jun 4, 2015

Ullman: Pakistan’s Future – Bright and Sunny or a Lull in the Storm?

By Harlan Ullman

Atlantic Council Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for the Pakistani Daily Times on the various factors at play in Pakistan’s future:

Pakistan

In the News

Jun 4, 2015

Manning on Closer US India Ties

By Robert Manning

The Washington Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning on the United States and India joining forces to counter Chinese aggression in the South China Sea:

China India

Event Recap

May 27, 2015

Pakistan: The Citizens’ Fight for a Voice

By Nazia Khan

From a western perspective, Pakistan appears to be a country embroiled in numerous challenges, namely security and governance. But a growing movement comprised of Pakistan’s ordinary citizens seeks to reclaim the space taken by these challenges. Mohammed Jibran Nasir is at the heart of this movement, and visited the Atlantic Council in May to share […]

Pakistan

In the News

May 19, 2015

Rakisits on the Security Situation in Afghanistan

By Claude Rakisits

The Washington Times quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on why the Afghanistan forces are struggling against the Taliban despite years of US training:

Afghanistan

Event Recap

May 14, 2015

iFarm Pakistan: Food security, innovation, and commercialization

By Nazia Khan

Pakistan’s agriculture sector has underachieved for the last few decades, and along with structural issues, has led to a growing food security crisis in the country. Gregory Gottlieb, USAID Mission Director for Pakistan, spoke to the Atlantic Council about the growing crisis that stems from not just “how much Pakistan grows,” but from “what it […]

Pakistan

In the News

May 14, 2015

Rakisits on the on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Security Pledge

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on the Afghanistan-Pakistan security pledge:

Afghanistan Pakistan

In the News

May 12, 2015

Rehman on India’s Efforts to Modernize Its Air Force

By Iskander Rehman

World Politics Review interviews South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Iskander Rehman on India’s efforts to modernize its air force through the acquisition of thirty-six Rafael fighter jets from France:

India

EconoGraphics

May 12, 2015

Two Decades of Sovereign Debt

By Global Business & Economics

Sovereign default is considered to be a rare event. But as the lessons of the past two decades show, they are far from extraordinary. According to the IMF, the main sovereign debt restructurings from the period spanning 1998 – 2010 totaled $117.6 billion. When Greece’s 2012 default is added to that sum, it means that […]

Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform
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