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Barbara Slavin on Iran's Nuclear Program with CBC Radio
Barbara Slavin, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and member of the Iran Task Force, appeared on CBC Radio to discuss the West's response to recent announcements of Iran moving steps closer to nuclear weapon production capabilities.
Michele Dunne Testifies on Egypt’s Deteriorating Economy
On February 15, Michele Dunne testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Egypt’s deepening economic crisis and its implications for the democratic transition.
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On February 15, Michele Dunne, director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, appeared on CNN Newsroom to discuss the crisis in
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Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade
November 23, 2011Ishrat Husain, dean and director of the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, Pakistan, authored the latest South Asia Center issue brief titled "Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade."
In the face of massive economic challenges, a burgeoning population, energy and water shortages, and huge and growing numbers of unemployed workers, especially youth, Pakistan needs to look for ways to move itself out of the economic hole into which it has fallen. Greater trade with India offers an immediate and rich possibility of economic growth for both Pakistan and India. Recent meetings between the commerce ministers of both countries in New Delhi appear to have yielded some good intentions to increase trade from its current level of $2 billion a year to $6 billion, still well below what many scholars estimate to be the potential. Yet, the obstacles remain, in the form of rules and regulations that inhibit trade, and in the lack of private-sector initiatives that would surmount governmental foot dragging. In the end, it is the private sector—not offcial trade—that will boost incomes on both sides of the border. And the question remains: Will India and Pakistan see the advantage of opening borders as being mutually beneficial?
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