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-- NEW BEGINNING IN SOUTH ASIA. by Stephen P. Cohen Brookings Institution, Policy Brief No. 55, January 2000, 7 p. http://www.brook.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb055/pb55.htm http://www.brook.edu/comm/PolicyBriefs/pb055/pb55.pdf 'Since the end of the Cold War American policy towards South Asia has been overshadowed by more troublesome or more economically significant regions. The dominant American objective in South Asia has been to prevent India and Pakistan from acquiring nuclear weapons, although this policy wasdramatically defeated in May 1998, when each exploded a number of nuclear devices. A U.S. policy that responds only to the region's development of nuclear weapons and the risk of nuclear war will fail, and forfeit other important American interests in the process. A heightened engagement with India and Pakistan, dealing with the causes of regional conflict and not only its symptoms, might not only reduce the risk of war but also could promote important American economic, strategic, and humanitarian interests. Such a fresh start in South Asia would accord India a more important place in America's world-view, but would not ignore Pakistan. It could begin with a high profile visit by the U.S. president to the region, an institutionalization of the strategic dialogues between Washington and New Delhi, and the strengthening of economic and strategic ties between the two democracies. As for Pakistan, which faces the prospect of instability to the point of chaos, the United States should take the lead in helping develop its civilian institutions by responding positively to the new Pakistani government's efforts to eradicate corruption, reform its economy, and over time restore democracy.' -- REGIONAL SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA. Hearing, October 20, 1999. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. http://www.house.gov/international_relations/ap/aphear.htm Assistant Secretary of State Inderfurth: 'We have a number of immediate challenges facing United States policy in South Asia, and this afternoon I would like to address three in particular: the political crisis in Pakistan, where the Army has taken the reins of power; the recent elections in India and the formation of a new government; and the situation in Afghanistan and our steps to combat international terrorists who take shelter there... Mr. Chairman, before I conclude, I would like to note that our ability to pursue our agenda in South Asia - - and indeed throughout the world - -depends in large part on adequate funding for our foreign affairs budget, a point that Secretary Albright makes repeatedly. If the proposed cuts are enacted, the Administration will be forced to reduce our efforts to: counter terrorism, prevent and reduce conflict, stem the spread of deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS, and fight drugs- - all of which are clearly in the interests of the American people and key to our agenda in South Asia. In fact, our programs to support regional democracy, to eradicate illegal poppy cultivation, and to address trafficking in women and children - - will be sorely under-funded.'

INDIA-PAKISTAN The India-Pakistan Summit. A Brookings Press Briefing, Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 14 p. http://www.brook.edu/comm/transcripts/20010711.htm India-Pakistan Summit: Kashmir Tensions: The first Indo-Pakistani summit since 1999 took place on July 14-16. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee hosted Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf in the Indian city of Agra. Kashmir was the major issue on the agenda as well as discussions on expanding economic ties. -- Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: U.S. Policy Challenges, 4 p. By Samina Ahmed http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol6/v6n28nuclear.html http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/pdf/vol6/28ifnuclear.pdf -- Kashmir at the Summit, 2 p. By Ninan Koshy http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/commentary/0107kashmir.html http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/pdf/gac/0107kashmir.pdf http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/ India and Pakistan: Realism in the Subcontinent. by Matt Lewis Center for Defense Information, 5 p. http://www.cdi.org/asia/btn071101.html Moving Forward in South Asia. Cohen, Stephen. Brookings Institution, Brookings Policy Brief No. 81, May 2001., 7 p. http://www.brook.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb081/pb81.htm http://www.brook.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb081/pb81.pdf 'The key to an effective American policy in South Asia is the deepening of Washington's engagement with India and Pakistan. India is an emerging major power and Pakistan, despite its internal economic and political problems, is also a significant state. Besides reengaging these states in strategic terms, Washington should overhaul current regional sanctions policy, seeking in return Indian and Pakistani compliance with missile and nuclear proliferation regimes, and should assist them in reducing the risk of accidental nuclear detonation and missile launches. The crises in Afghanistan and Kashmir are unlikely to be resolved quickly, but the United States should notch up its level of engagement in these disputes. Washington should work with European and other states on the civil war raging in Afghanistan, and in Kashmir, it should expand its support for informal diplomacy and begin to explore the pros and cons of specific proposals with the concerned parties.' A Brookings Press Briefing, Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 14 p. http://www.brook.edu/comm/transcripts/20010711.htm

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Géographie & opium > Etude des territoires de l'opium dans le Triangle d'Or et dans le Croissant d'Or (Birmanie, Laos, Thaïlande, et Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan). Mémoire de DEA de Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.