South Asia

President Obama's decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan this year marks a renewed commitment on the part of the United States to achieving its strategic goals in the c

Start Time: June 8, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: June 8, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Matthew Hoh
Event Fees: none

Several rounds of dialogue have happened between India and Pakistan over the past sixty years.

Start Time: June 1, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: June 1, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Mani Shankar Aiyar
Event Fees: none

Will Compromises Strengthen Obama and Karzai?

As American politicians and pundits searched for lessons to be learned from September 11, the paucity of domestic experts knowledgeable about South Asia was noted as a weakness

India, the world's largest democracy, is not only an economic powerhouse but also a vibrant pluralistic society.

Start Time: June 10, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: June 10, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): Rajmohan Gandhi
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Needed: A Coherent U.S. Strategy for India

Many foreign-policy analysts linked to former president Bush’s administration believe that the elevated and energized partnership with India (what George W. Bush’s first ambassador to India, Amb. Robert Blackwill, proclaimed was the president’s “big idea”) he and his advisors brought about may be his greatest and most enduring legacy.

Politics and the Burmese Artist

On March 4, 2010, Shaun Randol sat with Burmese political artist Chaw Ei Thein to discuss the struggles of Burmese artists inside and outside her home country, the artistic

State of Denial

Why do Pakistan's Leaders Want It to Fail? 

Burma's Neverending War

Nearly fifty years after Burma’s last democratically-elected gov­ern­ment was over­thrown by a military-led coup, the South­east Asian coun&sh

Another call to arms: Assessment of the latest audio message from Yemen

American born, Yemeni based cleric Imam Anwar al-Awlaki has released another audio tape message earlier this week.

Start Time: March 3, 2010 - 7:45pm
End Time: March 3, 2010 - 9:00pm
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Event Fees: $10 YPFP members; $12 Regular Admission

New Ethics, Same Jihad

The latest attempt at an ethical code for jihad, published by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), is unlikely to be far-reaching enough to impact the current level of

Musings on India

A combination of recent events caught my attention that led to a few brief thoughts on India I wanted to share.

Q&A on the November 2009 Political Massacre in the Philippines

A poll gauging the Philippine government's response to the November 2009 political massacre in Maguindanao. 

Afghanistan as a route to South Asian Peace

Converging Indian and Pakistani interests in Afghanistan

As the war in Afghanistan takes a turn for the worse, the burden of blame has increasingly come to rest on the state of relations between India and Pakistan and their “rivalry” in Afghanistan.

 

Start Time: February 4, 2010 - 1:00am
End Time: February 9, 2010 - 9:00am
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