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American interests in South Asia : building a grand strategy in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India / foreword by Joseph S. Nye & Brent Scowcroft ; edited by Nicholas Burns & Jonathon Price.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.A3 A447 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Aspen policy books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--South Asia.
- South Asia.
- South Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Aspen Institute, 2011.
- Summary:
- Aspen Policy Books is a series devoted to identifying and circulating critical new thinking on national security challenges. This book is a collection of papers commissioned for the 2010 Aspen Strategy Group workshop. This biPartisan, high-level examination of American interests in the region outlines geopolitical realities that challenge stability in the region and identifies policy strategies to confront them. The papers enclosed address such topics as the balance of power in South Asia, the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, an evaluation of American foreign aid, relations between India and Pakistan, and en analysis of the future in ;his incredibly important region.
- Contributors include: Samina Ahmed (International Crisis Group), Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development), Robert D. Blackwitt (Council on Foreign Relations). James Bobbins (The RAND Corporation), John Dowdy (McKinsey and Company), Wren Elhai (Center for Global Development), Andrew Erdmann (McKinsey and Company), Nathaniel Fick (Center for a New American Security), Molly Kinder (Center for Global Development), Clare Lockhart (Institute for State Effectiveness), Anja Manuel (The Rice Hadley Group), Michael O'Hanlon (The Brookings institution), and Meghan O Sullivan (Harvard University), Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The regional Balance Of Power In South Asia
- The Second Annual Ernest May Memorial Lecture Afghanistan and the Uses of History: Insights from Ernest May / Robert D. Blackwill Blackwill, Robert D. 19
- Chapter 1 Where East Meets West / James Dobbins Dobbins, James 35
- Part 2 The Mission In Afganistan: Is The Strategy Working?
- Chapter 2 Defining Victory: Assessing Military Efforts and Measuring Outcomes in Afghanistan / Nathaniel Fick Fick, Nathaniel 49
- Chapter 3 A War we Might Still Win! Why our Odds are Still Good in Afghanistan / Wchael O'Hanlon O'Hanlon, Wchael 63
- Chapter 4 Afghanistan: Framing the Context and OptionsFor the Way Forward are / Lockhart 83
- Part 3 Is American Foreign Assistance Working In Afganistan And Pakistan?
- Chapter 5 Private Sector Development in Afghanistan: The Doubly Missing Middle John Dowdy & Andrew Erdmann 109
- Chapter 6 Development Aid in Pakistan: The Best Long-Term Foreign Policy Tool in the U.S. Arsenal / Nancy Birdsall Birdsall, Nancy, Wren Elhai Elhai, Wren, Molly Kinder Kinder, Molly 129
- Part 4 India, Pakistan, And Their Respective Implications For U.S. Policy
- Chapter 7 Pakistan's Relations with India: Implications for U.S. Policy / Samina Ahmed Ahmed, Samina 147
- Chapter 8 A Rising Brand: India's Emerging Power, Implications for South Asia and U.S. Policy / Anja Manuel Manuel, Anja 159
- Part 5 Concluding Observation
- Chapter 9 The Way Ahead in Afghanistan / Meghan O'Sullivan O'Sullivan, Meghan 179.
- Notes:
- "This book is a collection of papers commissioned for the 2010 Aspen Strategy Group workshop"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0898435404
- 9780898435405
- OCLC:
- 729346489
- Publisher Number:
- 99946135342
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