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Articles by Howard Schaffer
India at the Global High Table
Attend the launch event on India at the Global High Table on April 20. An integrated picture of India's global vision, its foreign policy, and the negotiating practices that link the two. In recent decades, India has taken on a growing global presence. India at the Global High Table is an insightful and integrated analysis of how India is managing its evolving role.
Islamists on Islamism Today
Why does the Muslim Brotherhood engage in social service provision?: A conversation Amr Darrag, Muslim Brotherhood leader and former minister of planning and international cooperation, argues that the Brotherhood's provision of social services is motivated by more than politics. Darrag maintains that faith matters too and that analysts overlook its importance at their own peril. Now, with the Brotherhood outlawed under Sissi, the organization is undertaking an internal review of its strategy.
U.S. Sale of F-16 Jets to Pakistan Riles India
February 20, 2016: U.S. provision of sophisticated Lockheed-Martin F-16 fighter jets to the Pakistan Air Force has been a particular sore point for the Indian government for decades, since the Reagan administration made them available to Islamabad following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Siachen Back in the News - but Don’t Look for Peace Yet
February 17, 2016: A deadly avalanche that killed ten Indian soldiers earlier this month on the disputed 20,000 foot high Siachen glacier in Kashmir received extensive coverage in the Indian and Pakistani media. The avalanche prompted some commentators in both countries to call for an early settlement of what seemed to them and to many others (including ourselves) a senseless dispute.
Obama and India's Republic Day Parade
This is a huge deal. Obama will be part of what may be the most theatrical parade in the world. The Chief Guest slot is by far the most prestigious invitation India can extend to a foreign leader. Japanese Prime Minister Abe was last year’s honoree. Obama is the first U.S. president to be honored in this way, and the first to visit India twice during his time in office. What does this mean? The Times of India called the invitation a “diplomatic coup” for Modi. What a change.
How Pakistan Negotiates With the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster
This book, one in a U.S. Institute of Peace series on cross-cultural negotiations, sets out how Pakistan’s distinctive history, geography, and political culture have shaped its approach to negotiating with the United States.
The Limits of Influence: America’s Role in Kashmir
In lives lost, wars spawned, and reputations ruined, the territorial dispute over Kashmir surely ranks near the top of all the world’s intractable conflicts. Schaffer, a retired U.S. ambassador with decades of experience in South Asia, has written an exemplary account of the United States’ efforts over 60 years to settle, or at least manage, this problem. From 1948 to 1989, U.S. diplomacy fluctuated between engagement and quiescence.
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