South Asia

Event Review: Thomas Ricks on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East

Posted by Webeditor on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 00:26 in Middle East, Security Policy, South Asia

By Ellen Hamilton Baugh
Staff Writer
February 15, 2010

Thomas Ricks, a renowned journalist on military affairs and Pulitzer prize-winning author of Fiasco, and recent author of The Gamble, spoke to a crowded hall at George Washington’s E

IAR Talks To Top Clinton Official on Afghanistan and Pakistan

Posted by Editoriar2008 on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 05:54 in Interviews, Security Policy, South Asia

By Andrew Callam
Staff Writer
November 8, 2009

This week International Affairs Review staff writer Andrew Callam sat down with Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs during the

The U.S. Should Not Give Up on Afghanistan

Posted by Editoriar2008 on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 05:15 in Security Policy, South Asia

By Byron Hartman
Staff Editor
November 8, 2009

“He who forms a low friendship lights a fire on his own forehead.”
-Afghan Proverb

Interview with Sri Lanka Expert

Posted by Editoriar2008 on Sat, 02/14/2009 - 17:48 in Interviews, South Asia

By Alaphia Zoyab
Web Editor
March 17, 2009

The tiny island of Sri Lanka has been ravaged by an on-again, off-again civil war since 1983.