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Nawaz Offers Views on Changing Pakistani Perceptions of U.S.
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on The Takeaway morning radio news program on the Pakistan flood situation. The discussion focused on the U.S. being the single largest donor of aid, and the potential for Pakistanis to shift their perceptions of America. However, Nawaz warns of the long-term effects of America's goodwill, stating that "changing image takes a long time."
South Asia Center's Shikha Bhatnagar Spotlighted
Shikha Bhatnagar's recent appointment as Associate Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, is yet another manifestation of a growing trend of second generation Indian Americans' advent into leading Washington, DC think tanks as senior policy analysts and associates.
Chuck Hagel Discusses START Ratification on RussiaToday
Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel was interviewed for RussiaToday on delays in ratification of the START treaty in both the U.S. and Russia.
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Kerry and Hagel Unveil Atlantic Council's Pakistan Report
February 25, 2009
On Wednesday, February 25, Senator John Kerry and former Senator and Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel unveiled Needed: A Comprehensive U.S. Policy Towards Pakistan, the report of the Atlantic Council's Pakistan Task Force, at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room. Kerry and Hagel both served as co-chairs of the Task Force. Media coverage of the report and its presentation to Congress is compiled below.
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Newswires:
- Experts say Pakistan is on trajectory to failure – AP, Barry Schweid
- Afghanistan, Pakistan declare new trust in U.S. talks – Reuters, Paul Eckert
- Pakistan Needs Billions in Security Aid, U.S. Policy Leaders Say – Global Security Newswire, Diane Barnes
Articles:
- Fighting the Taliban by Creating Jobs – The Washington Note, Caroline Esser
- Chaos Theory: How Pakistan was cast as a failed state – Columbia Journalism Review, Madiha R. Tahir
- Islamist terrorists pushing Pakistan towards collapse – National Post, Peter Goodspeed
- Pakistan's extremists: The slide downhill – The Economist
- Time Is Short as U.S. Presses a Reluctant Pakistan – New York Times, Jane Perlez
- Pakistan's Fragile Foundations – CFR, Jayshree Bajoria
- Pakistan Forbids Protests in Crackdown on Opposition – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum and Khaleeq Ahmed
- Outside View: A strategy for AFPAK – UPI, Harlan Ullman
- Has Pakistan become the central front? – Reuters Blogs, Myra MacDonald
- Playing With Fire in Pakistan – New York Times, Editorial
- Pakistan needs 'urgent' help – Asia Times Online, Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib
- Pakistan’s donors urged to boost aid – Financial Times, Farhan Bokhari
- Pakistani Police Clash With Pro-Sharif Protesters – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum
- Global Financial Crisis Fuels Pakistan Instability – Voice of America News, Gary Thomas
- Pakistan’s Sharif Vows Protest After Court Bars Him From Office – Bloomberg, Khalid Qayum and James Rupert
- West urged to give Pakistan $5bn – Al Jazeera
- Ruling plunges nuclear-armed Pakistan deeper into chaos – McClatchy, Saeed Shah
Audio:
- Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, on CBC Radio's As It Happens (2-26-09)
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Video:
- Shuja Nawaz on Worldfocus
Related Publications:
- Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the Future
- Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
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