The Obama administration has leapt energetically into the rehyphenation of South Asia policy.

Yes, Osama bin Laden is dead, though the president didn’t actually kill the terrorist leader himself. But the Obama counterterrorism tactic of blowing people up coupled with what promises to be a pell mell retreat from Afghanistan will mean that both Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan could again fall under the sway of al Qaeda.

Since September 11, South Asia is more central to United States foreign policy than ever before, and while political and economic opportunities in the region are great, challenges remain greater still. Security and development in Afghanistan, stability and democracy in Pakistan, and rising religious tensions in India are among the...

Ahead of their next debate November 22, the Republican presidential candidates are getting executive briefings on hot-button foreign policy and national security issues. But you don’t have to run for president to get a speed-read.

The Taliban and al Qaeda now constitute a parallel government in parts of Pakistan.

The work of AEI scholars shows that the Mumbai attacks are yet another front in the global war on terrorism.

Pakistan lost one of its most forceful leaders and democracy advocates when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007,at a campaign rally.

Includes Reuel Marc Gerecht, Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, and Danielle Pletka.