RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
July 01, 2009, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
South Asia is a "theater for disaster." In the past decade alone floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts, and a devastating tsunami destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives and livelihoods and left millions more homeless. In each disaster, humanitarian responders rushed to the scene to preserve human life and reduce immediate suffering. However, many times, human rights protection has been a secondary concern. This new report, based on a regional meeting in Chennai, India, discusses the challenges in incorporating human rights into disaster response in South Asia. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Dhruva Jaishankar and Anit Mukherjee, January 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has once again received international attention following November’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and there are reports that the Obama administration plans to appoint a special envoy for the region. However, as Dhruva Jaishankar and Anit Mukherjee explain, renewed U.S. engagement on Kashmir—especially if it were led by a high-profile envoy—is likely to prove counterproductive, a setback for U.S. foreign policy, for the India-Pakistan peace process and, ironically, for Kashmir itself. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bilal Y. Saab, December 08, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Bilal Saab writes that discovering who planned and executed the Mumbai attacks is critical to any effective future counterterrorism strategy. He believes if subsequent investigations show that al Qaeda played no role, it signals the beginning of a dangerous new era in which multiple terrorist groups possess the operational capacity to mount large-scale, catastrophic attacks—previously thought to be the domain of al Qaeda alone. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On June 4, the Brookings Institution and the United States Institute of Peace hosted scholars P.R. Chari and Hasan Askari Rizvi in a discussion about their upcoming study “Making Borders Irrelevant in Kashmir.” The study examines the opportunities and obstacles for increasing trade and movement across the Line of Control, the constituencies that would favor or oppose this approach, and the steps necessary to move the process forward. Read More
BOOK
P.R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Stephen P. Cohen, November 01, 2007
India and Pakistan, nuclear neighbors and rivals, fought the last of three major wars in 1971. Far from peaceful, however, the period since then has been "one long crisis, punctuated by periods of peace." Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, January 25, 2007
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, December 18, 2006, The Brookings Institution
Opinion by Bruce Riedel (12/18/06) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Stephen P. Cohen, August 05, 2006, Tehelka
Interview with Stephen P. Cohen, Tehelka (8/5/06) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, June 12, 2006, Washingtonpost.com
Online Chat with Peter W. Singer, Washingtonpost.com (6/12/06) Read More
BOOK
Stephen P. Cohen, April 01, 2006
Probing beyond the headlines, Cohen offers a panoramic portrait of this complex country. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, February 23, 2006
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
In the first days of March, President Bush travels to India and Pakistan, which are part of a region characterized both by crisis and promise. India-Pakistan tensions have diminished, but basic differences remain over Kashmir; a war rages in Afghanistan; and Al Qaeda and other terrorists are active throughout the Subcontinent. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Stephen P. Cohen, November 16, 2005, House Committee on International Relations
Testimony by Stephen P. Cohen before the House International Relations Committee (11/16/05) Read More
BOOK
Peter W. Singer, September 01, 2004
P. W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert on twenty-first-century warfare, explores how a new strategy of war, utilized by armies and warlords alike, has targeted children, seeking to turn them into soldiers and terrorists. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Stephen P. Cohen, January 16, 2004, Financial Times
Opinion by Stephen P. Cohen, The Financial Times (1/16/04) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jeremy Goldberg and Parag Khanna, December 12, 2003, The Washington Times
Opinion by Jeremy Goldberg and Parag Khanna, The Washington Times (12/12/03) Read More