Bordered by the Himalayas in the north and Afghanistan in the west, South Asia consists primarily of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. RAND research in the region is wide-ranging, focusing on security concerns and nuclear proliferation, economic development and labor market dynamics, child and family well-being, and health and education systems.
The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, multidisciplinary research center within RAND. CAPP's mission is to improve policy by providing decision-makers and the public with rigorous, objective, cutting-edge research on critical policy challenges facing Asia and U.S.-Asia relations.
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Iraq and Afghanistan have revealed serious shortfalls in the capabilities of the U.S. to counter insurgency in the Muslim world. Instead of relying predominantly on military occupation, the U.S. must become more able to bolster the ability of threatened states to win the contest for the support of their people.
Commentary
George W. Bush may leave a positive foreign policy legacy after all. A year ago this would have seemed difficult to credit... [Y]et over this period, Bush has put in place a series of more pragmatic policies from which even a Democratic successor will have a hard time moving away, writes James Dobbins.
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In testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Christine Fair discusses the future of U.S.-Pakistan relations, the likelihood that Pakistan's leadership will vigorously pursue counter-terrorism objectives, and more.
Journal Article
Assesses the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how effects vary over child subperiods and by the outcome that began the interval. Shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality.
Commentary
The tragic assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto casts a dark shadow across Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state with a long history of militarism and militancy and may auger a deeper and irreversible slide into Islamist violence, writes Christine Fair.
News Release
Unofficial diplomatic discussions can play a significant role in shaping attitudes in the Middle East and Asia, but are best used as a long-term strategy without expectations for dramatic policy shifts.
Journal Article
The proxy wealth index offers potential as a pragmatic and quick means of assessing poverty status in a busy hospital setting.
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This monograph examines unofficial cooperative-security dialogues in the Middle East and South Asia, assessing their effects and limits as well as the lessons they provide for future track two efforts.
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Investigates the design and implementation of General Pervaiz Musharraf's avowed decentralization initiative.
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Six historic counterinsurgency operations are examined to determine which tactics, techniques, and procedures led to success and which led to failure, with the hope that U.S. counterinsurgency operations in the future can learn from past lessons.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Flagging Ally: Pakistan's Lapses Are Hurting the War on Terror, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Unknown Education Revolution, in Mint.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Afghanistan's Local Insurgency, in International Herald Tribune.
News Release
January 3, 2007 News Release: RAND Evaluates Efforts to Improve Effectiveness and Human Rights Performance of Internal Security Forces in 4 Nations.
Journal Article
To estimate the effects on pregnancy outcomes of the duration of the preceding IPI and type of pregnancy outcome that began the interval.
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The Dular strategy is a unique nutrition initiative initiated by UNICEF India in collaboration with the states of Bihar and Jharkhand.
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Whether increased background mortality risks induce households to make differential health investments in their high- versus low-endowment children.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Pakistan's Tribal Deals Aren't Working, in International Herald Tribune.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: A Laid-Off Child Is a Terrible Mind to Waste, in Rediff.
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'There Is Still So Much Infosys in Me', in Rediff
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