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Think Tanks and Research/Policy Institutes
The
Brookings Institute
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
• contains
extensive collection of research papers, policy briefs and op-eds
on South Asia in general and Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in specific. Search for publications
by Anatol Lieven, Joseph Cirincione, Hussain Haqqani and Daniel
Brumberg:
The
Henry L. Stimson Center
• Regional
Security in South Asia (The South Asia Project)
• Reducing
Nuclear Dangers in South Asia
• Asian
Security Luncheon Series (Details of seminar/conference proceedings)
The
Heritage Foundation
• Responding
to the Indo-Pakistan Crisis:
•
Keys
to Endgame in Afghanistan:
Center
for Strategic and International Studies
• South
Asia Program (Overview and highlights)
• South
Asia Monitor (A monthly CSIS newsletter focusing on key issues and
development sin the region)
• Two
Elections: New Hopes and Old Frustrations
RAND
• Terrorism
and Asymmetric Conflict in Southwest Asia (Conference Proceedings):
• South
Asia related Publications (On Bangladesh, Pakistan and India):
• India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture:
Centers
Focusing on South
Asia (Academic)
Columbia
University Southern Asian Institute
• The
Southern Asian Institute coordinates the many activities at Columbia
University that relate to South Asia. Its conferences, seminars,
exhibits, films, and lecture series bring together faculty and students
with widely varying interests and backgrounds. Because of its location
in New York, the Institute has lively ties with United Nations personnel,
the diplomatic community, and many international agencies.
Cornell
University South Asia Program
• The
South Asia Program at Cornell is a well-developed institution. Program
members are located in diverse Cornell colleges, many concentrating
on applied work in Agricultural fields, City & Regional Planning,
Art, Communication, and Labor Relations. The Program also attracts
students engaged in regional history and the social sciences and
the program is well known for its research on questions concerning
the environment, rural inequality and agrarian change, labor market
dynamics, economic liberalization, social movements and questions
of governance.
University
of California at Berkeley
• The
Center is committed to enhancing the knowledge of South Asia and
South Asians by working with institutions and individuals throughout
the state. The mission of CSAS is the development and advancement
of the scholarly study of the South Asia region. The research activities
encompassed include the social sciences, the humanities, and relevant
professional fields.
University
of Chicago South Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Department
page, linked to information about the faculty, staff, and programs
coordinated by the South Asia committee, the Bengal Studies Conference,
and library.
University
of Wisconsin, Madison
• Established
in 1961, the Center for South Asia supports extensive teaching,
research, and outreach relating to the countries of India, Pakistan,
Nepal, and Tibet; and to a lesser extent, the countries of Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
University
of Pennsylvania South Asia Regional Center
• The
site of a language and area studies center, also linked to the university's
Center for the Advanced Study of India at http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/csas/index.html
University
of Texas, Austin
• A
large, wide-ranging Asian Studies program includes a focus on South
Asia, too.
University
of Virginia Center for South Asian Studies
• A
national resource center for study of South Asia. Useful links to
South Asia library resources.
Syracuse
University South Asia Center
• The
Center participates in collaboration with Cornell University to
form a consortium with a focus on the research and scholarship of
the South Asia region.
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