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on August 1, 2022, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in brown) and Pakistani Rangers take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar.

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

India’s Cultural and Historical Legacies on Modern Democratic Institutions

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Aparna Pande

Mar 22, 2023

In the Media

Activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party shout slogans against the state government for the recent alleged rapes and murders around the state in Kolkata on April 12, 2022. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

India’s BJP Is the World’s Most Important Party

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 21, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. Once airborne, aircrew assigned to the U-28A Draco provided surveillance and reconnaissance of the ground situation at the airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Scott Hardman)

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)

In the Media

The Afghanistan Failure Started Long before August 2021

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 14, 2023

In the Media

President Joe Biden greets India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience Sunday, October 21, 2021, at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Joe Biden greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Summit on Supply Chain Resilience on October 21, 2021, in Rome, Italy. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Commentary

The US Raises Its Bet on India

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Husain Haqqani & Aparna Pande

Mar 14, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A U.S. Air Force security forces raven, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, maintains security aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

A US Air Force security forces raven maintains security aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on August 24, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Donald R. Allen)

Commentary

How the US Lost the Plot in Afghanistan

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 10, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Pakistani solider involved in an ongoing operation against Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan on May 22, 2009. (Al Jazeera English via Flickr)

Podcast

Origins of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and the Fragile Shariff Government

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 7, 2023

Podcast

US Army's 11th Airborne Division Soldiers and Indian Army's 71st Mountain Brigade Soldiers stand at parade rest during a rehearsal prior to the closing ceremony for bilateral training exercise Yudh Abhyas 2022 in Auli, India, on December 2, 2022. (US Army Photo by Christopher Dennis)

Members of the US Army's 11th Airborne Division and the Indian Army's 71st Mountain Brigade stand at parade rest during a rehearsal prior to the closing ceremony for bilateral training exercise Yudh Abhyas 2022 in Auli, India, on December 2, 2022. (US Army Photo by Christopher Dennis)

Commentary

How Can the World Prevent China from Taking Over Taiwan? Look to India

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Mar 6, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

Policemen stand guard along a street in Peshawar, Pakistan, on February 1, 2023. (Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Deep Roots of Pakistan’s Terrorism Crisis

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 3, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

The Commonwealth Observer Group, chaired by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, witnessed the general elections in Nigeria.

Ballot boxes for the 2019 Nigerian general elections. (Commonwealth Secretariat via Flickr)

Commentary

A Lack of Security Could Undermine Elections in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf praying at Karachi International Airport, in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 24, 2013. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Pervez Musharraf Tried to Fix Pakistan. His Failures Have Consequences.