South Asia Week, February 13th to 17th
The Future of Diplomacy Project, in concert with the South Asia Initiative, will be hosting a week-long discussion series on politics and diplomacy in South Asia from February 13th to 17th. Cameron Munter, current US Ambassador to Pakistan, Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary of India, Zalmay Khalilzhad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Nirupama Rao, current Indian Ambassador to the US, will each deliver public addresses.
For more details and a full list of events, please visit our events page.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Sharon Wilke
February 22, 2012
South Asia Week Brings Together Experts to Discuss Regional Affairs
From February 16th to 24th, 2012, the India and South Asia Program, in partnership with the Future of Diplomacy Project and the South Asia Initiative, hosted South Asia Week, an extended program of events focusing on international relations and domestic policymaking in South Asia, a region of rapidly expanding global importance.
Erik Kruthoff
February 20, 2012
Ambassador Nirupama Rao hails importance of human capital in Indo-American relationship
Ambassador Rao concludes the Future of Diplomacy's South Asia week, hails bilateral US-Indian cooperation on a host of economic and security concerns.
Erik Kruthoff
February 19, 2012
Former Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran Discusses Indian Foreign Policy in a Transitional Era
Fisher Family Fellow Shyam Saran spent nearly a week with the Future of Diplomacy Project as part of South Asia Week, an eight day long series of panels, discussions, and lectures about the role of the subcontinent in 21st century international affairs.
Sharon Wilke
February 14, 2012
Less Bluster, More Action
The Harvard Gazette reports on U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter's recent visit to the Harvard Kennedy School. A guest of the Future of Diplomacy Project's South Asia Week, Ambassador Munter delivered a public address detailing the challenges of what Professor Nicholas Burns described as "arguably the most challenging diplomatic mission in the world."
Sharon Wilke
February 13, 2012
The Evolution of Indian Politics
BJ Panda, a Member of the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament, remarks on the changing nature of the Indian democratic system and its impact on domestic and foreign policymaking.
February 3, 2012
India’s strategic importance to the US
Boston Globe
By R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Professor Burns discusses India's political, economic and geographic importance to the United States and why it must be included in President Obama’s recent foreign policy pivot to Asia.
Sharon Wilke
April 27, 2011
Ambassador Meera Shankar: India-US Relations in an Asian-Pacific Century
In a public address for the Belfer Center and the Future of Diplomacy Project entitled “India-US relations in a Pacific Century,” Meera Shankar, the Indian Ambassador to the United States explained that the current Indian foreign policy priority is “peace, progress, and prosperity.” As the Asia Pacific region becomes the new locus of power, Ambassador Shankar stated that India has become more aware of its “Asian Pacific identity.”
March 11, 2011
Response to Sri Lanka Nation Article on "War, Peace, and Reconciliation: The Way Forward for Sri Lanka" Seminar
By R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
The article “LTTE threat to disrupt Harvard discussion on Lanka turns into damp squib”, published on March 6, presented a severely distorted account of the March 1 seminar at the Harvard Kennedy School, “War, Peace, and Reconciliation: The Way Forward for Sri Lanka” and makes a number of inaccurate claims about individuals associated with the event.
November 15, 2010
Robert Kaplan warns of increased competition in the Indian Ocean and the “arrival of the Asian Century”
By Vilas Rao, Research Assistant, India and South Asia Program
The Indian Ocean will become a critical area of influence over the next century, according to journalist and author Robert Kaplan, reflecting on the findings of his new book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power.
October 20, 2010
Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations
By R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
The economic, political, and military rise of India is reshaping world politics and promises to make India both a true global power and one of the most important bilateral partners of the United States. This report, authored by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine – and endorsed by over 20 esteemed foreign policy experts - provides a blueprint for the path forward for this critical relationship.
October 21, 2010
No Ordinary Times Says Pakistan Foreign Minister
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke Monday night at the John F. Kennedy, Jr., Forum of the critical need to reverse the animosity Pakistanis feel toward the United States. A recent survey, he said, showed overwhelmingly that the Pakistani people don’t consider the United States a friend, but an enemy.
AP
November 23, 2009
Reassuring India: An Interview with Professor Nicholas Burns
By R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Professor Nicholas Burns speaks to the Council on Foreign Relations about Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the United States and the U.S.-India relationship.
