South Asia
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Snapshot,
May 9, 2012
If the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago is to be more than an exchange of lofty speeches and question-riddled commitments about the future of Afghanistan, it is time to take a hard look at the promises the United States and others are making -- and whether they are too big to keep.
Snapshot,
April 30, 2012
Compared to the political drama surrounding "Memogate" a few months ago, politics in Pakistan have become almost mundane. If things continue at this rate, the current administration could be the first ever to complete a full term -- a major victory for democracy.
Response,
May/June
2012
The United States has tried cracking down on Pakistan before. It did not work then, and it will not work now, writes Alexander Evans. The difference, counters Stephen Krasner, is that this time the United States has real leverage.
Indian elites are cheering their country’s newfound status and influence. But two recent books reveal the ugly underbelly of India’s success story. A vast gulf has opened up between the rich and the poor, corruption suffuses every aspect of life, and the country’s political leaders lack the vision needed to turn this would-be world power into an actual one.
Snapshot,
March 28, 2012
Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 polio-endemic countries; now, with India having eradicated the bug, only three remain.
Snapshot,
March 28, 2012
The discovery in Delhi of a particularly nasty form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, against which even last-resort drugs are ineffective, could bring about an era of unstoppable infections.
Video,
March 9, 2012
Editor Gideon Rose sits down the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan to discuss what will happen after 10 years of American involvement in the country.
Snapshot,
March 7, 2012
Bartering girls into marriage to pay off opium debts has become more prevalent in recent years in Afghanistan. Farmers, middlemen in the drug trade, drug couriers, and even some drug lords themselves sell their daughters to more powerful traffickers and smugglers -- and very little is being done to combat the injustice.
Snapshot,
February 29, 2012
Until recently, serious talk about an Afghan economy based on natural resources seemed premature. But as Kabul has just inked two major deals and NATO continues its drawdown, the risk is rising that Afghanistan will squander its most promising prospect for development.
Snapshot,
February 13, 2012
The international community has hung virtually all its hopes for development in postwar Afghanistan on the National Solidarity Program, which tasks citizens with carrying out rural projects. But by depending on unskilled populations, the program dooms itself to inefficiency. And its short project timelines mean that there is hardly any time to transfer know-how to locals.
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