Akhtar with CSSPR: CSSPR in Conversation with Amb.Munir Akram, Permanent Rep of Pakistan to the UN on Kashmir Black Day

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
Akhtar with CSSPR: CSSPR in Conversation with Amb.Munir Akram, Permanent Rep of Pakistan to the UN on Kashmir Black Day

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
Akhtar with CSSPR: CSSPR in Conversation with Amb.Munir Akram, Permanent Rep of Pakistan to the UN on Kashmir Black Day

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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In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Akhtar with CSSPR: CSSPR in Conversation with Amb.Munir Akram, Permanent Rep of Pakistan to the UN on Kashmir Black Day

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights
Pakistan

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nasr quoted in The New York Times: Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True.
Afghanistan
Iran

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Sakhi with Notre Dame Events: Prioritizing Afghan Voices: How the International Community Can Assist Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
G20

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Halaimzai and Sakhi in Middle East Institute: Women in Afghanistan: No Hope for Human Rights?

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Shahid in Scroll.in: Explained: Why religious fault lines are emerging in Tripura

By Atlantic Council

India
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 26, 2021

Ahmad in The Wall Street Journal: How Pakistan won in Afghanistan

"For decades Islamabad played a double game, hosting the Taliban while posing as a US partner," writes Javid Ahmad in the Wall Street Journal.

Afghanistan
Middle East

In the News

Oct 22, 2021

Nilofar Sakhi writes for 9Dashline: Afghanistan continues to pose a traditional and non-traditional security threat

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

IranSource

Oct 22, 2021

The Hazara community in Afghanistan is stuck in the middle between Iran and the Taliban

By Saumaun Heiat

With the Taliban having come to their second iteration of power and the announcement of a newly-formed government in Afghanistan in recent weeks, several stakeholders will see a shift in their relationships, namely Iran and Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazara minority

Afghanistan
Iran

In the News

Oct 21, 2021

Sales quoted in Washington Times on the future role of the US in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

Interview

Oct 21, 2021

Interview with Barna Karimi, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada

By Fariba Pajooh

Barna Karimi, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada, joins Fariba Pajooh for an interview to discuss the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan government, the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces, and more.

Afghanistan
Corruption
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Fellow

Omer Rafiq

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Hindi

Fellow

Stanislava Mladenova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict
Jonathan Green is a nonresident senior fellow at the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Jonathan Green

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry

Fellow

Sudeep Kanungo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Africa Energy & Environment
Josh Kirshner is a nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Josh Kirshner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control Defense Policy

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Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Norms
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