He is the editor of the South Asia Channel and the South Asia Daily, online publications of Foreign Policy magazine.

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Yet it is hard to imagine that China can have a higher foreign-policy goal in South Asia than keeping relations with India on a fairly even keel.

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This is especially important given the findings of the UNESCO World Social Science Report 2010, revealing the marginal presence of South Asia in the domain of international social science research and its limited impact on policy making.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Another problem is the people of Afghanistan, said Frank Anderson, president of the Middle East Policy Council and former chief of the CIA's Near East and South Asia division.

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After South Korea, the president will go to Thailand for what's being billed as a major Asia policy speech.

CNN: Bush to walk diplomatic tightrope on Asia trip

After visiting Burma, Mr Obama headed to Cambodia to join a meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations, in a trip that underlines the shift in US foreign policy focus to the Asia-Pacific region.

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