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Nawaz on Modi’s Visit to Washington

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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.

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Nawaz on Modi’s Visit to Washington

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Sep 29, 2014

Nawaz on Modi’s Visit to Washington

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins Amity University’s Newshour Debate to discuss Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first official visit to Washington: 

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In the News

Sep 28, 2014

Burns: Obama’s Opportunity with India and Its New Leader

By Nicholas Burns

Atlantic Council Board Member Nicholas Burns writes for the Washington Post on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington this week:

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In the News

Sep 27, 2014

Nawaz on Pakistan’s Intelligence Director

By Shuja Nawaz

NBC quotes South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz on Pakistan’s new intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar:

Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 26, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 20-26

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanAfter extensive campaigning, two rounds of voting, and an internationally-supervised recount, Afghanistan’s protracted presidential election finally ended on Saturday in an anticlimactic fifteen-minute ceremony.  Both candidates, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, met […]

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In the News

Sep 26, 2014

Gopalaswamy: Cooperation, the Final Frontier

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy writes for US News and World Report on cooperation between the United States and India regarding major space projects:

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 18, 2009

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Sep 23, 2014

NATO’s outgoing chief: ‘We cut fat, built muscle’

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

When Anders Fogh Rasmussen took over at NATO, the alliance was struggling to contain a growing insurgency in Afghanistan, and some predicted it would soon follow its Cold War foe, the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, into the dustbin of history.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 22, 2014

Afghanistan Creates Its Own Best Chance

By Shuja Nawaz

Afghanistan may have reached a critical turning point this weekend with the announcement of Dr. Ashraf Ghani as the country’s next president under a power-sharing agreement with his rival, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. But it may be a long, slow turn, unless the candidates’ followers also support the idea that a mixed government can dovetail the […]

Afghanistan

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 19, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 13-19

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.IndiaChinese President Xi Jinping began his three day trip to India in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi’s home city. The fact that Xi Jinping decided to begin his India trip in Ahmedabad and not Delhi (protocol dictates […]

Afghanistan India

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 12, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 6 – 12

By Elijah Logsdon

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanAfghanistan’s election crisis deepened when representatives of Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani confirmed negotiations over forming a national unity government had collapsed. This setback came as the country’s Independent Election Commission announced that it would […]

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In the News

Sep 8, 2014

Humayun: Imran Khan’s Misstep

By Ahmed Humayun

South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Ahmed Humayun writes for 3 Quarks Daily on protests in Pakistan led by the leader of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, Imran Khan:

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