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Carnegie South Asia Program
The Carnegie South Asia Program offers in-depth expertise on nonproliferation, international security, and political and economic development as it relates to the region. The Program produces South Asian Perspectives, a monthly publication showcasing selected views and opinions from the South Asian media and policy circles, thus providing a forum for policy makers to hear voices from the region.
Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War
Objectives in Afghanistan must be reconciled with the resources available to pursue them. The mere presence of foreign soldiers fighting a war in Afghanistan is probably the single most i...
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Engaging Pakistan—Getting the Balance Right
Pakistan will remain a daunting challenge for the next American administration. The near-term challenge of defeating terrorism requires Washington to strengthen ties with the Pakistani mi...
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Asia—Shaping the Future
Washington has no proactive vision toward a “rising Asia”; “more of the same” will not advance U.S. interests. Decide early on clear U.S. strategic objectives in the region, and signal to...
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Reforming the Intelligence Agencies in Pakistan's Transitional Democracy
Pakistan’s new and fragile government must reform the country’s intelligence agencies to counter their influence on civil society and politics. The army remains the dominant actor in Paki...
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Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance
The United States must shift its counterterrorism policy toward Pakistan away from a reciprocal approach—requiring Islamabad to perform desirable actions to receive support—towards one en...
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India as a New Global Power: An Action Agenda for the United States
The numerous important controversies that have surrounded U.S. foreign policy over the past four years have obscured a strategic success with major implications for the future balance of ...
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Punching the U.S. Military's
Although it is often argued that China’s recent antisatellite weapon test was a protest against U.S. space policies, Beijing’s counterspace programs are actually part of a considered stra...
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Pakistan—Conflicted Ally in the War on Terror
Many Americans have blamed the resurgence of al-Qaeda and the Taliban on Pakistan’s lackluster performance in the war on terror. Islamabad has indeed been ambivalent, but the convulsive p...
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Rethinking Western Strategies Toward Pakistan: An Action Agenda for the Unite...
Without Pakistan’s active and full cooperation, the United States and the broader international community cannot reconstruct Afghanistan, defeat the Taliban, and turn the tide of internat...
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India's Trade Policy Choices: Managing Diverse Challenges
As India engages more deeply with the global economy, its policy makers face the challenge of devising trade policies that take into account the stunning diversity of its economy and peop...
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Atoms for War: U.S.-Indian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation and India’s Nuclear A...
Among the most serious criticisms leveled at the U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation initiative agreed to by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is that it would enable...
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Reconciling With the Taliban? Toward an Alternative Grand Strategy in Afghani...
Negotiating with the Taliban—who are convinced military victory is within sight—is the worst possible approach to stabilizing Afghanistan, and one that would fail. Ashley J. Tellis warns ...
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Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and...
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The Taliban’s Winning Strategy in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s clear strategy and increasingly coherent organization have put the International Coalition on the defensive, marginalized the local Afghan government, and given the Taliban ...
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Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
Husain Haqqani’s Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military analyzes the origins of the relationships between Islamist groups and Pakistan’s military, and explores Pakistan’s quest for identit...
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