Recent Events A Democratic Opening? Impressions from Post-Election Pakistan Summary of discussion session with Shahid Javed Burki,"Pakistan's Economy: Challenges and Opportunities." More Events >> Recent Publications South Asia Monitor: Elections in Nepal: Maoists Offer an Uncharted Course- May 02, 2008 South Asia Monitor: India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: Hostile Sports - April 03, 2008 More Publications >> Recent News Coverage Rick Barton, Teresita Schaffer, Gerald Hyman, and Karin Von Hippel, were quoted by the Associated Press of Pakistan, "Pakistani Leadership Can Bring Far-Reaching Reforms Through Political Will." Teresita Schaffer, director of the CSIS South Asia Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "US Works to Determine How to Deal with Maoists in Nepal." More News Coverage >> COMMENTARIES and OP-EDS Pakistan at an Uncertain Hour Teresita Schaffer Washington Post December 28, 2007 Critical Questions: The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto Teresite Schaffer January 3, 2007 Not the Same Pakistan Teresita Schaffer October 26, 2007 After Pakistan’s Elections: Dealing with a Fractured Government Teresita Schaffer August 21, 2007 Latest South Asia Monitor India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: Hostile Sports (pdf) April 03, 2008 Other South Asia Monitors

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The South Asia program at CSIS, led by Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, focuses on the region comprised of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan.  This area is currently undergoing major geopolitical changes and in recent years has become increasingly prominent in the global community.  The U.S.-India nuclear agreement of 2006 illuminates the region’s growing importance to the United States.

The South Asia program undertakes projects focusing on geopolitics, strategic affairs, and public health. In addition to a monthly newsletter, The South Asia Monitor, the program regularly holds conferences, seminars, and briefings on a variety of pertinent regional issues. The Policy Council on India, is a membership based group that provides a forum for informed, high level deliberation on the increasingly dynamic relationship between the United States and India. In 2006, the South Asia program will focus its activities on issues that affect the shape of regional relations and the region's ties with the United States over the next two decades.

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