This piece was originally posted on The Century Foundation’s Blog of the Century, and is cross-posted here by permission.

From the New York Times:

The chapter of daily drone attacks should stop,” Mr. Sharif told the packed lower…

“Document: Pakistan’s Bin Laden Dossier” (Al Jazeera)

Kate Clark, “Winding Down or in for the Long Haul?: The emergence of a new US counter-terrorism strategy?” (AAN)

Colin Cookman, “Pakistan’s political picture” (Pragati)

Farahnaz Ispahani, “Pakistan’s number one threat” (AfPak Channel)

Joshua Keating, “The Raghuram Rajan FP Reading List” (Foreign Policy)

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Keary Iarussi, “The Changing Taliban” (Nukes of Hazard)

Jahanzaib Haque, “Hate-Speech and Social Media in Pakistan” (Jinnah Institute)

Anonymous, “On Modi the Prime Minister” (Retributions)

Sudha Ramchandran, “The Indian Foreign Service: Worthy of an Emerging Power?” (The Diplomat)

Ross Colvin and Sruthi Gottipati, “Interview with BJP leader Narendra Modi” (Reuters)

Ashley Ziegler, “India’s Assam Shows Second Order, Dangerous Effects of Climate Change in South Asia” (NewSecurityBeat) — Assam state, located in northeast India, bordering Bangladesh, demonstrates the “threat multiplier” effect of climate change, as refugees stream in from Bangladesh…

Daniel Altman, “If India’s Really Booming, Why is the Rupee Crashing?” (Foreign Policy): A more optimistic take on India’s currency woes, arguing that it still has positive growth prospects. Altman warns Raghuram Rajan against taking precipitate action as he believes the currency…