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Making Peace When Disaster Strikes: Sri Lanka, Aceh, and the 2004 Tsunami
Photo by S. Baker, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbaker/214791736/sizes/m/in/photostream/ On the day after Christmas 2004, a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean off of northern...
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Colombo, Geneva and Washington
Photo from flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikalpasl/6838061254/sizes/m/in/photostream/ At the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Sri Lankan and U.S. governments are facing off...
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Sri Lanka and the United States: Post-Geneva Repair
Photo by Nimal, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nimal/4446877029/ The meeting in Geneva is over, leaving a sour taste in everyone’s mouth. It’s time to put Sri Lanka’s political rebuilding on track, and...
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Manmohan Singh and Asif Zardari: A Hopeful Encounter
Photo by radicaleye, http://www.flickr.com/photos/moviemaverick/88581751/sizes/m/in/photostream/ April 10, 2012: Four months ago, Pakistani president Asif Zardari’s trip to Dubai for medical treatment...
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Hillary Clinton’s Whirlwind Visit to Bangladesh
US Government photo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_embassy_newzealand/5147456283/sizes/m/in/photostream/ May 11, 2012: After the tumult that surrounded her visit to Beijing, when Chinese dissident...
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Book reviews: Boo, Inskeep and Berenschot on South Asian Cities
Mumbai, from Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusbones/4392053621/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers is an unforgettable walk through the Annawadi...
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Book Reviews: Lashkar-e-Taiba; Indian Military History
Photo by Todd Huffman, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddwick/3449534019/sizes/m/in/photostream/. Two very different, but quite compelling, books on the military problems of the region: Stephen Tankel’s...
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US Voters: Foreign Concerns are Short Term, Economic
By Steve Rhodes, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/8114647325/ The October 22 debate between Romney and Obama presented a badly distorted view of U.S. foreign policy. Their discussion does offer a...
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Political Confrontations Grip Bangladesh
Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdgamer/8466028340/sizes/m/in/photostream/ A series of increasingly violent, interlocking political confrontations have gripped Bangladesh for more than a month....
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India and Pakistan: Low Expectations
Ajmer Shrine, photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmer/4478622642/sizes/m/in/photostream/ March 11, 2013: Pakistan lame-duck Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s brief private visit to India March...
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Manhattan Breakfast: Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif Meet
Photo from flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ser_is_snarkish/8337288961/sizes/m/in/photolist October 2, 2013: Few were surprised when Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif made little...
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Five books on South Asia – 2013
Photo from flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jm3/4683685/sizes/m/in/photolist Teresita Schaffer reviews five books about South Asia: Muslim Zion, by Faisal Devji, traces the ideas behind Pakistan’s...
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Afghanistan: The Negotiating Minefield
Photo from flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/34956641@N03/10287359243/in/photolist October 24, 2013: Secretary of State John Kerry’s surprise visit to Kabul wound up, 24 hours later, with two...
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Bangladesh’s Flawed Election
Parliament, by Souravdas, http://www.flickr.com/photos/souravdas/2130502968/sizes/m/in/photolist January 8, 2014: Bangladesh’s January 5 parliamentary election dealt a serious blow to the country’s...
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No Campaign Bundlers in Sight
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zieak/3285309862/sizes/m/in/photostream/ February 18, 2014. The brickbats cast at the Obama administration for appointing unqualified candidates to important ambassadorial...
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India, Pakistan and the United States
Modi greets Nawaz Sharif, https://www.flickr.com/photos/narendramodiofficial/14301631702/in/photolist-nww5h7-nMMAQW By inviting the leaders of the other South Asian countries to attend his...
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Book Reviews 2014 – Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India-US
Photo from flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/adriana-lukas/1187445826/ Five new books: Gary Bass on US diplomacy, a “forgotten genocide,” and the birth of Bangladesh; Srinath Raghavan on global...
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Sri Lanka: After the Election Upset – What Next?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115313787@N08/15616867123/in/photolist January 12, 2015: Maithripala Sirisena, sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president soon after his stunning upset victory in the January 8...
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Bangladesh: Political Confrontation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalist/4408781855/in/photolist https://www.flickr.com/photos/121483302@N02/14561525338/in/photolist March 19, 2015: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (at R)...
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Bangladesh Border Agreement: A Milestone in Modi’s Good Neighbor Policy
Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/52442953@N05/9483854217/in/photolist Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinstravels/5993619461/in/photolist May 13, 2015: Prime Minister Narendra...
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