South Asia

The Carnegie South Asia Program informs policy debates relating to the region's security, economy, and political development. From the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan's internal dynamics to U.S. engagement with India, the Program's renowned team of experts offer in-depth analysis derived from their unique access to the people and places defining South Asia's most critical challenges.
 
In the spotlight
 

How Will Elections Impact Pakistan's Foreign Policy?

Upcoming Pakistani elections are unlikely to fundamentally change the country’s foreign policies, but the next civilian government could be more cooperative.

Six Reasons for India to Look East

As its economy decelerates, India has a golden opportunity to look east and sustain high growth rates for years to come.

Employing India

Eight years after its introduction, India's landmark rural employment guarantee program has made big strides in the right direction, but structural and institutional problems are keeping it from fully realizing its potential.

Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order

A close examination of Chinese and Indian perspectives reveals stark Sino-Indian differences on many of today’s most pressing international issues.

 
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    A Negotiated Future for Afghanistan
    Sarah Chayes March 28, 2013 WBEZ's Worldview

    The future of Afghanistan depends on the willingness of the U.S. and Afghan governments to incorporate constituencies besides the Taliban in peace negotiations.

     
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    Musharraf Returns to Pakistan
    Stephen Tankel March 26, 2013 CTV News Weekend

    The return of former President Musharraf to Pakistan has the potential to complicate the already fraught elections coming in May 2013.

     
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    Learning from the Cold War, Avoiding the Next One
    Ashley J. Tellis November 29, 2012 NPR's Talk of the Nation

    The global order has changed since the end of the Cold War, and with more nuclear-armed states than ever, it is time to adapt old tenets of nuclear deterrence for the 21st century.

     
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    Afghanistan After 2014
    Sarah Chayes November 28, 2012 KCRW

    Focusing on the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan masks important political realities that may prevent the United States from achieving lasting peace and security as the 2014 deadline for withdrawal approaches.

     
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    The Future of U.S.-Pakistan Relations
    Stephen Tankel July 8, 2012 Washington Journal

    Following Pakistan’s recent decision to reopen its border crossings to U.S. and NATO military transit into Afghanistan, the U.S.-Pakistani relationship has improved, but significant challenges remain.

     
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    The U.S. Bounty on Lashkar-e-Taiba
    Stephen Tankel April 3, 2012 BBC World News

    The recent U.S. decision to place a ten million dollar bounty on Lashkar-e-Taiba's founder may be designed to pressure Pakistan, but it risks leading to more tension in the U.S.-Pakistani relationship.

     
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    Afghanistan's Heart and Minds
    Stephen Tankel March 13, 2012 WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show

    The recent shooting by a rogue American soldier puts the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in danger, and has raised new questions about the pace of the American transition.

     
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    Relationship Sours After Airstrikes In Pakistan
    Stephen Tankel November 29, 2011 NPR's Talk of the Nation

    Although an investigation is underway to determine why NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan fired on two Pakistani army bases, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers, the event has already struck a blow to the struggling U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

     
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    The Haqqani Network and Pakistani Intelligence
    Stephen Tankel October 4, 2011 C-SPAN's Washington Journal

    While Pakistan may be using the Afghan insurgency in order to improve its own strategic position in Afghanistan, it remains unclear how much direct control it exerts over insurgent groups like the Haqqani network.

     
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    India and Afghanistan's Strategic Agreement
    Ashley J. Tellis October 4, 2011 Background Briefing with Ian Masters

    India and Afghanistan's new strategic security agreement may be aimed at persuading Pakistan to stop supporting forces fighting the Afghan government, but it not likely to be a precursor to Indian troops on Afghan soil.

     
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    Accidental India: How the Shadow of Crisis Has Shaped a Nation
    Shankkar Aiyar, Milan Vaishnav May 23, 2013 Washington, DC

    In just six decades, India has gone from geopolitical backwater to emerging global power.

     
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    Bangladesh and the Rise of the Asian Giants
    Farooq Sobhan, Frederic Grare May 8, 2013 Washington, DC

    The rise of India and China holds profound implications for Bangladesh’s economy, politics, and foreign policy.

     
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    Pakistan’s General Elections 2013: Stakes and Prospects
    Simbal Khan, Daniel Markey, Malik Siraj Akbar, Richard Wike, Steve Inskeep May 7, 2013 Washington, DC

    On May 11, 2013, for the first time in Pakistan’s history, the country will hold general elections after a legislature has completed its term.

     
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    Rising to the Challenge? India as an International Actor
    Krishnappa Venkatshamy, Ashley J. Tellis May 3, 2013 Washington, DC

    In the past two decades, India has witnessed momentous simultaneous transitions in the economic, societal, and political domains. The intensity and pace of the changes occurring in India is fueling expectations and is already resulting in disappointments, both in India and globally, in terms of the role India will play in the world.

     
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    The Strategic Environment in South Asia
    C. Uday Bhaskar, C. Raja Mohan, Frederic Grare May 1, 2013 Washington, DC

    Over the next decade, the United States, China, and India will form a critical strategic triangle while the individual relationships of these three nations with ASEAN, Iran, and Pakistan will have significant regional and global implications.

     
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    Cyberspace in India: Growing and Maturing
    Subimal Bhattacharjee, Ashley J. Tellis April 22, 2013 Washington, DC

    The growth of social media, e-commerce, and e-governance is making policy relating to cyberspace a critical issue in India and elsewhere.

     
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    Inside Lashkar-e-Taiba
    Don Rassler, C. Christine Fair, Frederic Grare, Anirban Ghosh, Nadia Shoeb April 22, 2013 Washington, DC

    Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistani terrorist organization best known for the high-profile November 2008 attack in Mumbai, has established itself as one of the most feared groups in the region.

     
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    The Economic Outlook in Southeast Asia
    Mario Pezzini, Uri Dadush April 12, 2013 Washington DC

    Economic disparities and a widening development gap both among and within Southeast Asian nations are among the most pressing issues facing the region.

     
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    Indian Defense Policy Faces the Future
    Manohar Thyagaraj, Amitav Acharya, Ashley J. Tellis March 27, 2013 Washington, DC

    India’s defense policies are in transition—and remain mired in controversy—as India continues its steady march toward great-power status.

     
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    Employing India’s Rural Poor
    Selim Jahan, Milan Vaishnav, Eduardo Zepeda March 18, 2013 Washington, DC

    India enacted the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2005 to implement an ambitious, demand-driven employment-creation program through projects that improve agricultural productivity and alleviate land degradation.

     

Carnegie Experts on South Asia

  • Sarah Chayes
    Senior Associate
    South Asia Program

    Chayes, formerly special adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is an expert in South Asia policy, kleptocracy and anticorruption, and civil-military relations.

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  • Gilles Dorronsoro
    Nonresident Scholar
    South Asia Program

    Dorronsoro’s research focuses on security and political development in Afghanistan. He was a professor of political science at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes.

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  • Frederic Grare
    Director and Senior Associate
    South Asia Program

    Grare is senior associate and director of Carnegie’s South Asia Program. His research focuses on security issues and democratization in India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Previously, he led the Asia bureau at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs in the French Ministry of Defense.

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  • Christophe Jaffrelot
    Nonresident Scholar
    South Asia Program

    Jaffrelot’s core research focuses on theories of nationalism and democracy, mobilization of the lower castes and untouchables in India, the Hindu nationalist movement, and ethnic conflicts in Pakistan.

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  • Douglas H. Paal
    Vice President for Studies

    Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

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  • George Perkovich
    Vice President for Studies

    Perkovich’s research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a concentration on South Asia, Iran, and the problem of justice in the international political economy.

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  • Stephen Tankel
    Nonresident Scholar
    South Asia Program

    Tankel is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, where his research focuses on insurgency, terrorism, and the evolution of nonstate armed groups.

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  • Ashley J. Tellis
    Senior Associate
    South Asia Program

    Tellis is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues.

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  • Milan Vaishnav
    Associate
    South Asia Program

    Vaishnav’s primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption, ethnic politics, governance and state capacity, election finance, and distributive politics.

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  • Bernd von Muenchow-Pohl
    Nonresident Scholar
    South Asia Program

    Von Muenchow-Pohl is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s South Asia Program, where his work focuses on Indian domestic, foreign, and economic policy.

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The Carnegie South Asia Program informs policy debates relating to the region’s security, economy, and political development. From the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan’s internal dynamics to U.S. engagement with India, the Program’s renowned team of experts offer in-depth analysis derived from their unique access to the people and places defining South Asia’s most critical challenges.

 
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