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Sep 7, 2012

India and the Economics of Coal

By Jason Harmala

On September 7, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center held a public discussion titled “India and the Economics of Coal” with Bruce Buckheit, Charles K. Ebinger, and via video-teleconference from India, Krishna Kumar Sharma.

Energy & Environment India

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2012

The Rise of Afghan Fratricide

By Joshua Foust

The number of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) soldiers killed by their Afghan counterparts has risen precipitously this year. So-called “green on blue” attacks have killed 42 soldiers, more than the 35 killed last year and twice as many as were killed in 2010. Officials are scrambling to figure out why.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 31, 2012

Afghanistan: An Allotment in a Jungle

By Julian Lindley-French

Nothing makes my blood boil more than recently retired senior government officials suddenly changing their story once retired. Earlier this year I was excoriated for suggesting that our troops were dying in Afghanistan for want of a meaningful political strategy and to avoid the political embarrassment of leaders. Yesterday, Ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles, London’s former ‘man […]

Afghanistan Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2012

Pakistan’s Unfinished Challenges

By Shuja Nawaz

As it completes its 65th year as an independent state, Pakistan faces a host of challenges that only it can resolve, if its people and leaders have the will to do so.

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Aug 10, 2012

India’s Economy: Unusual Past and Uncertain Future

On August 10, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center held a public discussion entitled, “India’s Economy: Unusual Past and Uncertain Future” with Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow jointly at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and the Center for Global Development (CGD). South Asia Center director Shuja Nawaz moderated the discussion. TRANSCRIPT VIDEO (C-SPAN) Subramanian […]

Economy & Business India

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Aug 10, 2012

India’s Economy: 8/10/12 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

India’s Economy: Unusual Past and Uncertain Future Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow jointly at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and the Center for Global Development (CGD) Shuja Nawaz, director, South Asia Center, Atlantic Council August 10, 2012 Shuja Nawaz: Good morning, everyone. I’m Shuja Nawaz. I’m the Director of the South Asia Center at […]

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Aug 2, 2012

Transition in Afghanistan: The View from Central Asia

On August 2, 2012 the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and South Asia Center hosted a private, off-the-record discussion on Afghanistan and Central Asia with Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Ambassador Miroslav Jenča.

Afghanistan Central Asia

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2012

Limits of Military Power

By Derek Reveron

In its recent report titled “A Decade at War.” the Pentagon’s Directorate for Joint Force Development (J-7) observed that  the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan “were often marked by numerous missteps and challenges as the US government and military applied a strategy and force suited for a different threat and environment.”

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New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2012

Five Lessons We Should Have Learned in Afghanistan

By Joshua Foust

As the war in Afghanistan reaches its 2014 transition, when the major combat mission ends and U.S. troops take on a more sedate training role, we should take the chance to look back on what lessons we’ve learned there. With the war shifting from outright combat to maintaining the Afghan government and security forces; can […]

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Jul 18, 2012

Can Pakistan Grow Again?

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center on July 18 held a public discussion entitled, “Can Pakistan Grow Again?” with deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan Nadeem Ul Haque.

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