Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Arun Shourie, former editor of the Indian Express on Tibet and India's responses to Chinese ambitions.
Uday Bhaksar on the legacy of India's nuclear tests.
William Maley speaks about the security stalemate in Afghanistan.
The Burmese junta’s refusal of international assistance after a devastating cyclone hit the country makes sense for its military leadership. The process of recovery from natural disasters often creates openings for political reform and change. Foreign relief workers represent information and contact with the outside world, which can threaten the very survival of the Burmese regime.
The political tragedy--in addition to the human tragedy--of the disaster in Burma
The Carnegie Endowment is proud to announce its third annual Carnegie Junior Fellows Conference, the premier event for young professionals in the field of foreign policy: "A New Authoritarian Moment? Emerging Alternatives to Liberal Democracy," April 29, 2008.
Mariam Abou Zahab described the social and political factors behind the electoral defeat of the Islamist parties in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
By November of last year, Pakistan, a nation hardly known for its stability, seemed primed to explode. After months of street protests against General Pervez Musharraf's increasingly authoritarian rule, the Pakistani dictator had declared de facto martial law, allowing him to arrest thousands of political activists and sparking even greater unrest.
Ali A. Jalali, distinguished professor from the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, spoke about NATO's record in Afghanistan just ahead of the NATO summit in Bucharest.