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April 2013
Drift and Confusion Reign in Indian Politics
by Eswaran Sridharan
“[T]he prospect of India without a stable governing coalition—whether established by the Congress Party, by the BJP, or by regional parties supported by either the Congress or the BJP—is not beyond the realm of possibility.”
April 2013
Pakistan on the Brink of a Democratic Transition?
by C. Christine Fair
“Whoever wins in the upcoming elections, the loser will most certainly be the Pakistani voter, who can expect little improvement in governance or accountability."
April 2013
India’s Inequality: An Uneasy Reconciliation With Economic Growth
by Roberto Zagha
“Inequality in India could be much more efficiently reduced through reforms that shrink the costly system of transfers, increase the role of markets in resource allocation, expand infrastructure investments, and improve the delivery of education and health care.”
April 2013
Nepal’s Constitutional Crisis
by Aditya Adhikari
“[T]he struggle for power between the Maoists and the traditional political parties has dominated much of Nepal’s politics for the past seven years.”
April 2013
Perspective: In Pakistan, a New Focus for Counterterrorism
by Shamila Chaudhary
A spike in Sunni-Shiite violence, increasing collaboration between sectarian and insurgent groups, and US forces’ drawdown in neighboring Afghanistan warrant a fresh review of counterterrorism strategy in Pakistan.
April 2013
Books: Afghanistan’s Unpromising Endgame
by William W. Finan Jr.
Three new books examine how it happened that, 12 years after going to war in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are preparing to withdraw from a nation still largely ungovernable and pervaded by corruption, warlordism, and insecurity.
April 2013
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in February 2013, country by country, day by day.
April 2013
Map of South Asia
by the editors of Current History
Map
April 2012
Afghans Look at 2014
by Thomas Barfield
“While many Afghans are highly ambivalent about the presence of foreign forces in their country, they fear a return to civil war even more.”
April 2012
The Fate of India’s Strategic Restraint
by Sunil Dasgupta
“Managing New Delhi’s participation in the Afghan endgame will be critical, and it will require a review of US-India policy in Washington.”
April 2012
The Enduring Madrasa Myth
by C. Christine Fair
“[W]idespread acceptance of the purported ties between Islamic schools and militancy in Pakistan relies on a number of empirically flawed assumptions and assertions….”
April 2012
The Broken US-Pakistan Partnership
by Shashank Joshi
“Pakistani leverage over the United States is shrinking as fast as Washington’s patience, and America is now traveling down a road toward containment….”
April 2012
How India Can Fill Its Bandwagon
by Eswaran Sridharan
"If India can create a vibrant regional economic community around itself, the gains will be not just economic but geopolitical in both the Asian and global contexts.”
April 2012
Perspective: India Flexes Its Foreign Aid Muscle
by Rani D. Mullen
Seeking global recognition, as well as access to resources and markets, one of the world’s largest recipients of foreign assistance is boosting the aid that it distributes.
April 2012
Books: Coming to Grips with Gandhi
by Sumit Ganguly
A book by an American journalist takes into account the Indian nationalist’s foibles and flaws as well as his historic contributions to political theory.
April 2012
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in February,
country by country, day by day
April 2012
Map of South Asia
by the editors of Current History
Map
April 2011
A Tale of Two Manmohan Singhs
by Indrani Bagchi
“Through the longest-running administration of any prime minister since Nehru, India’s economist-politician has failed to reform either the economy or the government.”
April 2011
Pakistan’s Security-Governance Challenge
by C. Christine Fair
“The military will never stay in the barracks until other institutions have developed enough credibility to counter the army’s.”
April 2011
India’s Baby Boomers: Dividend or Disaster?
by David E. Bloom
“Indian policy makers have a decisive role to play in capturing the beneficial potential implicit in their country’s demographic trajectory.”