Day: February 26, 2011

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Avoiding Disaster in Kashmir

An article by Teresita C. Schaffer and Howard B. Schaffer on actions India, Pakistan, and the United States can take to quell the crisis in Kashmir.

Since mid-June, over 50 civilians, many of them teenagers, have been killed in clashes between stone-pelting protesters and police in the streets of Srinagar and other towns in Kashmir. This could pose a serious threat to peace in South Asia. India needs to address both the domestic alienation in Kashmir and its 60-year-old dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir’s future, issues it has rarely before tried to deal with at the same time. The United States can play a useful but very limited role in this dangerous drama.

Originally published August 20, 2010 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Commentary. Read the entire article.

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India: Fitting HIV/AIDS into a Public Health Strategy

A report by Teresita C. Schaffer, Pramit Mitra and Vibhuti Hate on the Task Force on HIV/AIDS, as directed by the Center for Strategic & International Studies.

India’s citizens may share one time zone, but they live in vast regions separated by immense distances and customs. They speak 22 officially recognized languages, in addition to English and Hindi, practice different religions and customs, and face diverse HIV/AIDS crises.

Originally published by CSIS on November 20, 2007. View the entire report.

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India on the Move

A review by Teresita C. Schaffer of Strategic Consequences of India’s Economic Performance, by Sanjaya Baru.

His basic argument is that economic strength is a critical element of national power and strategy, one that has made possible India’s emergence to its present position, and one that India must continue to mobilise if it is to emerge as a serious global player. Although the book is a collection of reprinted columns, a format not normally attractive, this one deserves a large readership for the importance of its guiding theme and the argument he presents.

Originally published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in the Spring 2007 issue of Survival.

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Photo Credits

All homepage photos courtesy of Flickr users.

Paharganj street scene: camer_obscura [busy]

Mehndi hands in India: The.Rohit

Farmers in Pakistan: Oxfam International

Truck in Pakistan: powerplantop

Barbed wire in Pakistan: auweia

Rickshaw, river boat in Dhaka: P. Donovan

Swayambhu Temple: Subhakar Manandhar

Children on boat in Gagribal: M. Laazik

Kathmandu street scene, temple: Simon Johnson
Other photographs licensed under Creative Commons license unless specifically noted.