The Atlantic Council's South Asia Center on July 18 held a public discussion entitled, "Can Pakistan Grow Again?" with deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan Nadeem Ul Haque.

On July 18th, Al-Monitor published an interview between Barbara Slavin, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and Stephen Rapp, head of the State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice.

Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council senior fellow with the South Asia Center, co-authored a piece with Laura Rozen in Al-Monitor which features an interview with Iran's Ambassador to the UN.

With the word "sorry," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently opened the door for the United States to continue to supply its forces in Afghanistan through Pakistan.  Getting to this word took months of effort on both sides but "sorry" may not be enough to keep the relationship on an even keel for too long. It will need a sustained effort on both sides. The auguries are not good.

Pakistan’s decision to reopen NATO supply lines after eight months of rancorous exchanges over the killing of 24 of its soldiers by American forces at a border post is a belated exercise in damage control. Precious time has been lost; the few shreds of trust remaining between the two countries have been stretched to the breaking point.

Barbara Slavin, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, wrote a piece on Al-Monitor analyzing the recent document explaining Iran's point of view regarding the P5+1 talks and their nuclear program. An excerpt of the article is below.

Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on NPR about the recent US apology to Pakistan over the 2011 NATO incident in Salala and the subsequent re-opening of supply lines into Afghanistan. 

Iraq’s once-battered oil sector is further eclipsing production in Iran, relieving pressure on world oil markets and facilitating the imposition of draconian new sanctions on Iran.

Former Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis, one of Turkey’s longest-serving diplomats, said the situation between Turkey and Syria might actually get worse if President Bashar al-Assad leaves or is overthrown because chaos will hurt Syria first and Turkey second.

Iran came to talks in Moscow last week (June 18-19) prepared to discuss stopping enriching uranium to 20% but refused two other conditions that could have led to a partial agreement in the nuclear standoff.