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

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

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

New Atlanticist Feb 19, 2025

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

By Tatevik Khachatryan and 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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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.

Afghanistan Conflict

Report

Dec 7, 2021

An Alliance of Democracies: From concept to reality in an era of strategic competition

By Ash Jain, Matthew Kroenig, and Jonas Parello-Plesner

With the rules-based democratic order under threat, the United States and its allies need new entities that facilitate cooperation not just across the transatlantic, but among larger groups of democracies worldwide.

Australia Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 3, 2021

Nooruddin contributes to an opinion in Foreign Affairs: The Hidden Threat to Globalization – Why the Developing World Is Turning Against Free Trade

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Econographics

Dec 3, 2021

The RCEP ratification and its implications

By Niels Graham

On January 1, 2022 the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement will go into effect. When it enters into force, the partnership will be doubly historic: it will be both China’s first multilateral trade agreement and the world’s largest free trade agreement.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Dec 1, 2021

The world must carefully engage with Afghanistan. Here’s how.

By Harris A. Samad

Ignoring Afghanistan would be a catastrophic mistake for the international community—as would be a rush to recognize the Taliban.

Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Dec 1, 2021

Nawaz’s “The Battle for Pakistan” reviewed by Marvin G. Weinbaum

By Atlantic Council

"Among the large number of fine books on Pakistan in recent years by academics, think-tank scholars, and practitioners, Shuja Nawaz's The Battle for Pakistan stands apart."

Pakistan Politics & Diplomacy
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