South Asia

Current Research

• Beyond Boundaries in South Asia

  As a direct result of globalization and expanded economic opportunity, the last half century has yielded the most remarkable exodus from poverty in human history. Regrettably, not all have benefitted equally. No more complex example of this continued disparity can be found than in South Asia where despite a long period of strong economic growth, there exists the world's

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• Drug-Trafficking and Transnational Crime in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran

  May 13, 2011 — Matthieu Aikins and Umar Riaz joined us for a discussion on transnational threats and their destabilizing effect on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.  Aikins is an international freelance journalist who has reported on his personal interactions with drug-traffickers and border police along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Riaz is a visiting fellow at the Stimson

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• One of the Most Dangerous Places on Earth: Transnational Crime in the FATA

  The death of Osama bin Laden has refocused the world’s attention to the importance of building Pakistan’s capacity to prevent and combat violent extremism in that country. Yet while international attention is captivated by the high profile victory in Abbottabad, such a focus threatens to divert our focus from the underlying factors that have pushed Pakistan to the front

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• Nuclear Talks With Iran: Will New EU and US Roles Make a Difference?

  Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the country’s nuclear negotiators will return to talks with the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany). Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief, played a key role in bringing back Iran to the negotiating table. Now, the prospective September talks represent an

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