thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 1/24/2009
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When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- flanked by President Obama -- introduced Richard Holbrooke as the formidable new U.S. envoy to South Asia at a State Department ceremony on Thursday, India was noticeably absent from his title. Holbrooke, the veteran negotiator of the Dayton accords ...
conservablogs.com - 1/30/2009
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conservablogs.com —
November 28, 2008 | Filed Under Barack Obama
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U.S. Media Ignoring Obama Mistakes With India/Pakistan ...
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 1/26/2009
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At an off-the-record Aspen Strategy Group meeting held
at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. in...
early December, a high-level delegation from India told American foreign policy experts -- including three officials who were part of the ...
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India's special envoy anxiety, part II
bloomberg.com - 1/28/2009
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Pakistan’s Partial Crackdown Lets Imams Preach Jihad (Update1)
By James Rupert Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A dozen...
Pakistani policemen stood watch last week outside a Lahore mosque known to be a stronghold of the Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrilla group -- while ...
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Holbrooke and India
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Laura Rozen reports the buzz in the foreign policy world about this shift: That it came after an intense lobbying campaign by India. She's heard, as I did, that Indian officials "freaked out" at the initial news. ...
Indian Summons
Swampland —
... Laura Rozen has an absolutely fascinating report at the Foreign Policy website about India's campaign not to be part of Richard Holbrooke's special envoy brief. Apparently, the Indians were alarmed by Barack Obama's suggestion, in a late October interview with me, that there needed to be a regional solution to the Afghan problem, including a U.S.-induced resolution of the fierce, 60-year Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. ...
Afghanistan and Beyond
Taylor Marsh —
... who once walked
across Afghanistan, Barney Rubin, who was interviewed in December 2008 on
Pakistan by Scott Horton. A part of that interview is above.
The debate about our role in Afghanistan, which must include an Af-Pak policy
taking the countries together, will begin to intensify as Obama shifts resources and priorities. The Af-Pak region will be as important to Obama as the Middle East.
Re: the Gaza tunnels.
Laura Rozen on India gone missing from Holbrooke’s brief.
Marc Lynch takes aim at HRC’s ...
THOUGHTS ON OBAMA’S FIRST WEEK: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Right Wing Nut House —
... on the Taliban and al-Qaeda who are currently crossing the border into Afghanistan almost at will it is Holbrooke. His portfolio does not include any power to negotiate with the Taliban, which is good. But neither does it include any instructions regarding India or the Kashmir, which is bad. Obviously, the Kashmir is a breeding ground for terrorists and the big bone of contention between the two countries. (Laura Rozen outlines the downside to this at the Foreign Policy magazine blog The Cable. ) President Obama also issued an ...
Obama camp denies Indian influence
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Foreign Policy's new blog, The Cable, reported recently that India lobbied to be excluded from Richard Holbrooke's portfolio, which had -- according to the initial leak -- included India and Pakistan, and is now composed of Afghanistan and Pakistan. ...
Scoring Obama’s Foreign Policy Record
Wonk Room —
... Unmet. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke did not have India included from his portfolio after Indian preemptively protested at the prospect. It remains unclear who is coordinating between U.S. policy on India and Kashmir, though Holbrooke has visited the country. There has been no visible movement on Afghan-Pakistan border resolution, though increased tactical cooperation between U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan on issues like ...
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Pakistan welcomes appointment of U.S. envoy —
Reuters: Politics 1/23/2009
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan welcomed on Friday the appointment of Richard Holbrooke as a special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan while analysts said he would have to confront Pakistan-India tension if his aim was regional peace.
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