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Central and South Asia

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Books and Book Chapters

Economic Freedom in the States of India, by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity; Bibek Debroy, Professor, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi; Laveesh Bhandari, Founder/Director, Indicus Analytics (2011).

The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves, by James Tooley (April, 2009).

"U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan," Chapter 51, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Relations with China, India, and Russia," Chapter 53, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America by Ted Galen Carpenter (June 2008)

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Cato Studies

"Beyond Symbolism? The U.S. Nuclear Disarmament Agenda and Its Implications for Chinese and Indian Nuclear Policy," by Lavina Lee, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 91, February 8, 2011

"Socialism Kills: The Human Cost of Delayed Economic Reform in India," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Development Briefing Paper no. 4, October 21, 2009

"Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, White Paper no. 28, September 14, 2009

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," by Malou Innocent, Policy Analysis no. 636, April 13, 2009

"The Benefits of Port Liberalization: A Case Study from India," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Development Policy Analysis no. 7, December 3, 2008

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Articles and Newsletters

"Pakistan: Washington's Blind Spot in Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent, Foreign Service Journal, Vol. 87, No. 9, September 2010

"Dealing with Burma, a Potential Nuclear Power?," by Doug Bandow, Nuclear Proliferation Update, April 2010.

"Afghanistan: Lost Opportunity for the GOP?," by Edward H. Crane, Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.

"Should the President Announce an Afghanistan Exit Strategy?," by Malou Innocent, CQ Researcher, Vol. 19, No. 28, August 7, 2009

"North America Exclusive," by Malou Innocent, Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS), Vol. 2, No. 99, April 28, 2009

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Opinion and Commentary

"Afghanistan: A Nation-Building Mission on Crack," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), March 14, 2011

"Book Review: American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Pacific Affairs, March 8, 2011

"Is India an Economic Superpower in the Making?," by Doug Bandow, Forbes, March 7, 2011

"Dienbienphu, Afghanistan," by Stanley Kober, Huffington Post, February 8, 2011

"Will Egypt Follow Pakistan's Troubled Path?," by Malou Innocent, AOL News, February 7, 2011

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Events

"Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan," March 18, 2010 [Conference]

"The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan," September 25, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?," September 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," June 23, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Afghanistan Seven Years Later," December 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]

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Multimedia

Media Highlights - TV Doug Bandow on U.S. policy in Afghanistan on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story (April 4, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 24:04]

Media Highlights - Radio Ted Galen Carpenter discusses General Petraeus's testimony to Congress and troop levels in Afghanistan on KTRH's KTRH Morning News (March 17, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 00:31]

Daily Podcast Haley Barbour, Afghanistan and Fiscal Restraint featuring Christopher A. Preble (March 16, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 07:10]

Media Highlights - TV Malou Innocent discusses Pakistan and U.S. foreign policy on VOA Urdu's The Platform (March 8, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 45:16]

Media Highlights - TV Malou Innocent discusses U.S. foreign policy towards Asia on CNBC Asia's Squawk Box (November 8, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:28]

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