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Books and Book Chapters

Economic Freedom in the States of India, by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity; Bibek Debroy, Professor, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi; Laveesh Bhandari, Founder/Director, Indicus Analytics (2011).

The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey Into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves, by James Tooley (April, 2009).

"U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan," Chapter 51, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Relations with China, India, and Russia," Chapter 53, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America by Ted Galen Carpenter (June 2008)

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Cato Studies

"The Elephant That Became a Tiger: 20 Years of Economic Reform in India," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Development Policy Analysis no. 13, July 20, 2011

"Dominoes on the Durand Line? Overcoming Strategic Myths in Afghanistan and Pakistan," by Joshua Rovner and Austin Long, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 92, June 14, 2011

"Beyond Symbolism? The U.S. Nuclear Disarmament Agenda and Its Implications for Chinese and Indian Nuclear Policy," by Lavina Lee, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 91, February 8, 2011

"Socialism Kills: The Human Cost of Delayed Economic Reform in India," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Development Briefing Paper no. 4, October 21, 2009

"Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, White Paper no. 28, September 14, 2009

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Articles and Newsletters

"Should America Liberate Afghanistan's Women?," by Malou Innocent, Survival, vol. 53 no. 5, October-November 2011.

"Pakistan: Washington's Blind Spot in Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent, Foreign Service Journal, Vol. 87, No. 9, September 2010

"Dealing with Burma, a Potential Nuclear Power?," by Doug Bandow, Nuclear Proliferation Update, April 2010.

"Afghanistan: Lost Opportunity for the GOP?," by Edward H. Crane, Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.

"Should the President Announce an Afghanistan Exit Strategy?," by Malou Innocent, CQ Researcher, Vol. 19, No. 28, August 7, 2009

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Opinion and Commentary

"Afghanistan's Corruption Breeds Failure," by Malou Innocent and Danny Markus, Washington Times, May 22, 2012

"Bumps on the New Silk Road," by Malou Innocent and Tridivesh Singh Maini, Huffington Post, May 18, 2012

"Corruption And Dynasties," by Deepak Lal, Business Standard, May 12, 2012

"Why India Will Beat China," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Economic Times (India), April 10, 2012

"Leave Afghanistan to the Afghans," by Doug Bandow, US News and World Report, March 16, 2012

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Events

"U.S. Policy toward Iran: The Prospects for Success — and for Failure," March 30, 2012 [Conference]

"Turning the Page in Afghanistan," June 29, 2011 [Policy Forum]

"India Twenty Years after Reform," June 1, 2011 [Policy Forum]

"Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan," March 18, 2010 [Conference]

"The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan," September 25, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Multimedia

Malou Innocent discusses the Chicago NATO summit and Afghanistan on CTV News Weekend (May 20, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:39]

Malou Innocent discusses U.S. policy in Afghanistan on WABC's The Geraldo Rivera Show (May 3, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 07:18]

Christopher A. Preble discusses Obama's visit to Afghanistan on WOR (May 2, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 15:19]

Malou Innocent on photos of U.S. soldiers posing w/ Afghan corpses on WPBF (April 19, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:41]

GDP Growth, Poverty and Deregulation in India featuring Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (April 2, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 06:57]

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