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Central and South Asia

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Books and Book Chapters

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)

"Relations with South and Central Asia," Chapter 59, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 6th Edition (2005).

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Cato Studies

"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

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," by Malou Innocent, Policy Analysis no. 636, April 13, 2009

"The Benefits of Port Liberalization: A Case Study from India," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Development Policy Analysis no. 7, December 3, 2008

"Private Education is Good for the Poor: A Study of Private Schools Serving the Poor in Low-Income Countries," by James Tooley and Pauline Dixon, White Paper , December 7, 2005

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Articles and Newsletters

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

"North America Exclusive," by Malou Innocent, Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS), Vol. 2, No. 99, April 28, 2009

"An Indian Economic Miracle?," by Deepak Lal, Cato Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Winter 2008.

"Pakistan's Overbearing Army," by Malou Innocent, Harvard International Review, Vol. 30 No. 3, Fall 2008.

"Should the United States Pursue Militants Inside Pakistan?," by Malou Innocent, Congressional Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2008.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Delayed Economic Reform Killed 14.5 Million Children," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Economic Times (India), November 15, 2009

"A Real Team of Rivals," by Malou Innocent, Huffington Post, November 12, 2009

"Bhutan's Happiness Is Large Dam, Fast GDP," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Times of India, November 1, 2009

"Recognizing the Limits of American Power in Afghanistan," by Doug Bandow, Huffington Post, October 31, 2009

"America's Brother Karzai Problem," by Malou Innocent, RealClearWorld.com, October 30, 2009

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Events

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

"Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?," September 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," June 23, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Afghanistan Seven Years Later," December 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Global Terror's Central Front: Pakistan and Afghanistan," October 2, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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