The South Asia Roundtable Series examines the major issues facing South Asia today. On Afghanistan, speakers and participants analyze stability, reconstruction, and counterinsurgency efforts. For sessions on Pakistan, they consider many aspects of the nature of the U.S.-Pakistan partnership, ranging from counterterrorism cooperation to issues of governance. Meetings on India look at the U.S.-India relationship and the tensions, limits, and opportunities that will define the American relationship with India moving forward. Other sessions may also examine timely issues that arise in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, or Nepal.

As part of the Rising Regionalism: Implications for International Order and U.S. Policy series, the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program sponsored a workshop on July 14, 2011, in Washington, DC to bring together experts from the U.S. government, think tanks, and academia to discuss the future of U.S. relations with Pakistan in an Asian context.

At the workshop, three panels of experts analyzed how Pakistan's neighbors perceive, seek to influence, and are influenced by the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. The panels featured a wide-range of experts, including a retired three-star U.S. general, a former U.S. ambassador, a distinguished journalist, and leading analysts from the academic and think tank communities. Panelists delivered presentations that focused on perspectives from Afghanistan, Iran, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, India, and China.

This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.