Daniel Markey is the author of China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia (Oxford University Press, 2020). He is also a senior research professor in international relations and the academic director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
The Trump administration holds a decidedly critical view of China’s infrastructure initiatives in Pakistan. Although there is much to criticize in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the administration’s fixation on commercial and economic issues threatens to distract U.S. policymakers from deeper concerns.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become the organizing foreign policy concept of the Xi Jinping era.
What are the deficits in India’s military capabilities and in the ‘software’ related to hard power, and how have these shortfalls prevented the country from achieving great-power status?
President Barack Obama’s visit to India for Republic Day on January 26 carries the hope that Washington and New Delhi will establish a firm foundation for cooperation.
As the United States draws down its presence in Afghanistan, numerous questions remain about South Asia’s future and China’s role in the region.
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.
A strong U.S.-Indian partnership is in the strategic interest of both nations and President Obama’s upcoming visit to India provides an opportunity for both sides to reinvigorate a critical global collaboration.
Pakistan’s has given a lackluster performance in counterterrorism because it has been unmotivated, but also because of extraneous factors beyond the immediate control of Islamabad, said Ashley J. Tellis at an event launching his new policy brief.
On September 27, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the National Bureau of Asian Research hosted an event launching the publication of Strategic Asia 2007-2008: Domestic Political Change and Grand Strategy. Panelists discussed the meaning of Indian domestic opposition to the US-India civilian nuclear deal, as well as the future of the military regimes in Pakistan and Bangladesh.