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South Asia and the Obama Doctrine

April 30, 2013

There has been much talk about the “pivot to Asia” as if it is something novel or new. In truth, however, U.S. foreign policy has been engaged in a pivot to Asia ever since Commodore Perry sailed under orders given to him by President Millard Fillmore in 1853 to open up Japan. Missing in the current approach, however, has been discussion about South Asia, except when South Asian states (namely Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh) intersect with issues related to Central Asia and the war in Afghanistan.

Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1829

April 30, 2013

The "

laughably bogus"

trial of Aleksei Navalny;

The Kremlin threatens another adoption ban

China Reform Monitor: No.1029

April 30, 2013 Joshua Eisenman

Taiwan, Japan reach accord on fishing rights;

Nepal caving to Chinese pressure on Tibetan refugees

South Asia’s changing security environment

April 30, 2013 Lamont Colucci Issue 7

The Transformation In U.S.-India Defense Ties

A New Arena For Cooperation

South Asia And The Obama Doctrine

South Asia's Growing Water Insecurity

Redrawing Syria’s Red Line

April 30, 2013 Ilan I. Berman USA Today

For better or worse, governments tend to be defined by their handling of foreign crises. Weather one well, and you project an image of strong, principled leadership, much like the way Margaret Thatcher's government managed its dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Dither or delay, and you telegraph an air of provocative weakness. (Think Jimmy Carter and Iran.)