Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

Issue Brief Apr 1, 2025

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
Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

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
Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

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.
Economy & Business India

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Dec 14, 2021

Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

By Javid Ahmad

With no regional consensus on the way forward, the mixed dangers of Afghanistan morphing into another Somalia, or breaking into a loose confederacy of statelets like the former Yugoslavia, or becoming the next drug-replete Medellin is not a distant possibility.  

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 13, 2021

Chhibber with the Centre for Social and Economic Progress: Flagship Seminar & Book launch | Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival

By Atlantic Council

India Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2021

Afghanistan is about to collapse. Here’s what the US must do about it.

By John F. Campbell, Ryan Crocker, James Cunningham, James Dobbins, Hugo Llorens, P. Michael McKinley, John Nicholson, Ronald E. Neumann, Richard Olson, David Petraeus, and Earl Anthony Wayne

Eleven former US ambassadors and commanders issue an urgent warning to Washington and its allies.

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in TIME on the state of US alliances amid Biden’s G20 and COP26 participation

On October 28, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in TIME discussing how US withdrawal from Afghanistan affected longstanding US alliances.

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 10, 2021

Riaz writes for Carnegie: How Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act Is Creating a Culture of Fear

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Digital Policy

In the News

Dec 9, 2021

Lakhani in Bloomberg: Startup Fever Is Gripping the World’s Last Big Untapped Nation

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

In the News

Dec 9, 2021

Chhibber in The Economic Times: Why a law to perpetuate minimum support price would be a huge mistake

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business India

SouthAsiaSource

Dec 8, 2021

3 reasons why Pakistan should have attended the Democracy Summit

By Uzair Younus

On Wednesday, December 8, journalist Kamran Yousaf broke the news that Pakistan was going to “skip the US summit on democracy.” There are three key reasons for why this decision is a mistake.

Indo-Pacific Pakistan

SouthAsiaSource

Dec 7, 2021

Five ways to reset Pakistan’s narrative

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery

Pakistan’s foreign policy is a subject that has long enchanted scholars and practitioners alike, not least because of the country’s pivotal strategic location. Islamabad’s nuclear weapons, its complicated relations with New Delhi, and its growing strategic engagements with Beijing mean that it will continue to garner global attention.

Economy & Business Pakistan

In the News

Dec 7, 2021

Rothschild on vulnerable Afghans left behind following US withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On September 21, Newsweek published an op-ed by Atlantic Council nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild criticizing the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and highlighting the vulnerability of Afghans unable to evacuate.

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Stanislava Mladenova

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Sudeep Kanungo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

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Jongsun Kim

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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David H. Young

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

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Laura Updegrove

Nonresident Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

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