South Asia may be halfway around the globe from the United States, but what happens there as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda tragically underscored can affect all Americans. After the terrorist attacks and the massing of one million troops on the borders of nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in 2001, the critical importance of South Asia to global and U.S. national security is clear. Securing a moderate Muslim state in Pakistan, consolidating and deepening...
More DescriptionSouth Asia may be halfway around the globe from the United States, but what happens there as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda tragically underscored can affect all Americans. After the terrorist attacks and the massing of one million troops on the borders of nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in 2001, the critical importance of South Asia to global and U.S. national security is clear. Securing a moderate Muslim state in Pakistan, consolidating and deepening increasingly important U.S.-India ties, actively encouraging peaceful relations between India and Pakistan, and ensuring an Afghanistan in which terrorists can never again find shelter must be foreign policy priorities for the United States."