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New York Times: Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could.

“Modi is one of the world’s most skilled and experienced politicians,” said Daniel Markey, a senior adviser in the South Asia program at the United States Institute of Peace. “He would not have made these comments unless he believed he could get away with it.”

Mr. Modi may have been trying to demonstrate this impunity, Mr. Markey said, “to intimidate the B.J.P.’s political opponents and to show them — and their supporters — just how little they can do in response.”

Mr. Markey, the Washington-based analyst, said the U.S. government was holding back from voicing concerns publicly for several reasons beyond its national interest in having India serve as an economic and geopolitical counterweight to China.

The United States, he said, realizes the growing limits of its public criticism in changing partner nations’ behavior. That was demonstrated most recently by the repeated instances in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel ignored President Biden’s demands that the Israeli military change its conduct within the war in Gaza.

Criticism of Mr. Modi, Mr. Markey added, could also backfire for U.S. politicians who “do not want to get crosswise with Indian diaspora groups.”

But Mr. Modi may not remain immune as he pursues closer partnerships with the United States in areas like joint weapons manufacturing, transfer of high technology and sharing of intelligence.

“My sense is that Washington’s increasing discomfort with Modi’s domestic politics is gradually lowering the ceiling of potential U.S. cooperation with India,” Mr. Markey said. “The question is just how far Washington is willing to trust India. Will India be treated as an ally in everything but name, or as a partner more like Vietnam or Saudi Arabia?”

April 23, 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.

Japan Times: For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much

“Although Indians only vote for local representatives, not the prime minister, the BJP has made every effort to ‘presidentialize’ the contest, with Modi’s image being plastered across the country,” said Daniel Markey, a senior South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace, while pointing to a set of additional tools at the party’s disposal.

“Historically, the BJP appealed mainly to upper-caste Hindus, which limited its political appeal.” Markey said.

But the party’s electoral breakthrough over the past couple of decades has come from its newfound ability to appeal to a wider swath of Hindu voters, including lower castes, who account for a much larger share of the overall population.

This has also helped the BJP’s political machine, which now benefits from informal ties to millions of Hindu nationalist volunteers who help turn out the vote in close contests, Markey added.

More crucially, the party’s nearly unfettered control over national institutions, including tax authorities and law enforcement, as well as its influence over mainstream and social media “further enhances its ability to harass or drown out opposition voices,” he said.

Another advantage is the very structure of India’s “first past the post” electoral system in which multiparty contests in parliamentary districts can be won with only a plurality (not a majority) of votes.

For context, in the 2019 national election, the BJP won a sweeping majority of seats in parliament even though fewer than 40% of India’s voters actually cast ballots for its candidates. Overall, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won 353 seats.

This means that the BJP can win by simply mobilizing its base of core supporters rather than appealing to a wider segment of society, Markey said.

Opposition parties understand the need to pool their votes if they are to have any chance to win the election.

However, alliances among weak and fractious partners — many of whom have nothing in common but a desire to unseat the BJP — have been difficult to manage, according to Markey, who noted that some critically important regional politicians have already defected from the new alliance.

April 15, 2024

SCMP: South China Sea: as India backs Philippines against Beijing, a different border issue looms large

Daniel Markey, a senior South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace, said India was concerned about stability in the South China Sea as like most other regional economies, it relies on the unhindered movement of goods through the disputed waterway.

“However, India also sees this dispute through the lens of its bilateral competition with China. India perceives that if China can coerce less powerful regional actors to concede on maritime claims, Beijing will only be more aggressive in its territorial disputes with India,” Markey said.

Despite 22 rounds of negotiations on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – the de facto boundary between India and China – the two nations have failed to resolve their differences on the border issue, Markey said.

April 7, 2024

The Guardian: Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim

Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on south Asia at the United States Institute of Peace, said: “In terms of India’s involvement, it all kind of adds up. It’s utterly consistent with this framing of India having arrived on the world stage. Being willing to take this kind of action against perceived threats has been interpreted, at least by some Indians, as a marker of great power status.”

April 4, 2024

A map of Pakistan with important data points such as population (248 million)

Pakistan Is on Edge Ahead of 2024 Elections

“The army is the country’s most popular institution, consistently polling far above politicians, courts, and the electoral commission. Khan has sought to change this balance of power, including by stirring protests against the military’s influence in politics. If Khan succeeds in challenging the military, there is a possibility that “the whole system comes tumbling down, and it becomes a revolutionary moment,” Markey says.”

January 31, 2024

Background Briefing with Ian Masters · Missile Strikes From Iran Into Pakistan and Pakistan Into Iran

Missile Strikes From Iran Into Pakistan and Pakistan Into Iran

Then we focus on the Baluchistan region of Pakistan and its border with Iran which has seen missile and drone strikes first by Iran into Pakistan, then retaliation from Pakistan with strikes into Iran. Joining us is Dr. Daniel Markey, a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Foreign Policy Institute.

January 18, 2024

Khalistan flags at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, the site of the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia.

CNN: FBI chief in India following explosive US assassination plot indictment

“However, if the alleged ties to the Indian government are proven, Markey said, the country’s professional intelligence officers will “pay a reputational cost. India’s diplomats, especially in Washington and Ottawa, will be left to clean up that mess,” he said.”

December 12, 2023

SCMP: India’s aim to surpass China as Global South leader unaffected by its support for Israel

Daniel Markey, senior South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), said India would clearly “not score diplomatic points with the Global South by pursuing closer ties with Israel at the expense of the Palestinians. However, India’s Global South leadership has never been the result of its stance on that one issue,” he said. “New Delhi – correctly, in my view – appreciates that the Global South is an extremely diverse set of nations and that there will be other issues on which to demonstrate India’s leadership.”

December 7, 2023

Rediff: ‘US-India initiatives will face new scrutiny’

“US prosecutors are aware of the sensitive nature of this case, and might be willing to avoid a major escalation if they believe that the Indian government is quietly forthcoming in its own investigation,” Daniel S Markey, Senior Advisor, South Asia, United States Institute of Peace, tells Nikhil Lakshman in an e-mail interview.”

December 5, 2023

Karan Thapar Live With Daniel Markey: Has US Revealed a Smoking Gun That’s Pointing at Modi Govt?

“Join us live at 6.30 p.m. (8.00 a.m. in Washington DC) to hear Daniel Markey, Senior Advisor in the South Asia Programme at the United States Institute of Peace, analyze and discuss the recently released Superseding Indictment which reveals ‘evidence’ to back up the allegation India attempted to assassinate a US citizen on US soil.”

December 1, 2023

Background Briefing with Ian Masters · Why Did Modi’s Government Take Such a Brazen Risk to Conduct a Hit on a US Citizen on US Soil?

Background Briefing: Why Did Modi’s Government Take Such a Brazen Risk to Conduct a Hit on a US Citizen on US Soil?

“We get an assessment of why Modi’s government in India took such a risk to plan to conduct a brazen act of terrorism on US soil, and speak with Dr. Daniel Markey, a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Foreign Policy Institute.”

November 30, 2023

USIP: India’s Foreign Policy Toward Its Crisis-Stricken Neighborhood

Join USIP for a public conversation with Dr. Avinash Paliwal on how India seeks to manage its crisis-stricken neighborhood. The discussion, moderated by Daniel Markey, will focus on India’s relations with Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan, exploring the impact of domestic crises and the geopolitical competition with China on Indian foreign policy.

November 30, 2023

Washington Post: U.S. prosecutors allege assassination plot of Sikh separatist directed by Indian government employee

“There’s little to be gained diplomatically from attempting to shame this Indian government and lots to lose,” said Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. The relationship is fundamentally one of shared interests — such as countering China — not shared values, he said. Emphasizing the latter “forces the administration to answer questions that are increasingly uncomfortable.”

November 29, 2023

The San Francisco Experience: India as it is: Talking with author Daniel Markey, Senior Advisor on South Asia, at the United States Institute of Peace

Dan Markey discusses his Foreign Affairs article about the growing strategic relationship between India and the US.

November 23, 2023

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (from left), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh ahead of their bilateral meetings in New Delhi on Friday.

Japan Times: U.S. pulling India closer to West as strategic interests converge

“India’s ability to compete — militarily and commercially — will be significantly improved by access to American technologies in close cooperation with U.S. academic and research institutions, industry and government,” said Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace.

“India wants access to the best, most capable U.S.-built arms as well as to underlying technologies that will be at the heart of future generations of locally built platforms,” said Markey, noting that these efforts are partially driven by New Delhi’s desire to diversify its military supply sources away from Russia.

November 11, 2023

SCMP: India-Canada row challenges US resolve in keeping ‘united front’ in region, analysts say

Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia at the US Institute of Peace, said the US would like to see India and Canada settle the dispute quietly. Even if Canada’s claims were supported by intelligence-backed evidence, Markey said that by encouraging India to cooperate with the investigation, Washington was giving Ottawa and Delhi a “face-saving way” out that would show both sides were “willing to adhere to a rules-based order”.

Markey noted that the row should be viewed by Washington and its allies as “a warning”, especially about how India and its leaders interpret international rules and norms. “India’s leaders do not accept precisely the same rules and may not always see eye to eye when it comes to ‘shared values’ as defined by the US and its allies,” he said.

October 6, 2023

Indo-US Strategic Partnership during Great Power Politics ft. Daniel Markey

Dr. Daniel Markey is a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. He is also a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute. In this video, he talks about PM Modi’s state visit to the US, diversifying its defence needs by partnering with France and if India can be the strategic counterweight to China.

August 3, 2023

The Hill: Modi visit fuels concerns Biden putting human rights on back burner

“I think that President Biden is eager not to cede any of the, kind of, Indian-American community vote to the Republican Party,” said Daniel Markey, senior adviser on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).

June 25, 2023

Hindustan Times: What’s The India-U.S. Relationship Based On – Interests Or Values?

Watch, as United States Institute of Peace senior advisor Dr. Daniel Markey who focuses on US policy in South Asia speaks to Abhishek Singh about the significance of PM Modi’s state visit, the transition in the U.S.-India relationship over the years, and why the U.S. and India should focus more on shared interests than on values.

June 26, 2023

India Today: NewsTrack With Rahul Kanwal: PM Modi’s US Visit

June 23, 2023

PBS NewsHour: Biden welcomes Modi for state visit amid concerns over India’s human rights record

June 22, 2023

Times Now: There is no question that Beijing would be looking at this State visit with some kind of discomfort. From Washington perspective, that’s not a bad thing: @MarkeyDaniel

June 22, 2023

Globe and Mail: Biden, Modi announce trade, military deals in bid to contain China’s power

Daniel Markey, an expert on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, said the U.S. relationship with India is an alliance of convenience.

India can help Washington in its economic competition with China while also providing intelligence on Beijing’s military activities in the region. Increasing Indian anxiety about its disputed border with China, meanwhile, gives Mr. Modi added incentive to work with Mr. Biden, he said. More narrowly, Indian-American voters are a growing demographic that both major political parties would like to court.

“India’s attractiveness to the U.S. is on multiple counts. What does China have? An enormous population, which means a lot in terms of skilled engineers and scientists in the coming decades. Working with India, a massive market with massive numbers of young people, balances that,” Mr. Markey said.

Still, he said, Mr. Biden may have gone too far in his praise of Mr. Modi.

“I would have liked to see the balance in that news conference struck a little differently,” he said. “Obviously, the decision has been made to play up the positive and I can certainly understand why. But Biden could have avoided being quite so effusive.”

June 22, 2023

NPR: Interview w. Michel Martin Prior to Prime Minister Modi’s visit to DC

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Daniel Markey of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the prime minister’s visit. Ties are strained by India’s position on the war in Ukraine and human rights concerns.

June 21, 2023

The Wire: Karan Thapar Live with Daniel Markey

‘This is an important visit as the political timeline of both leaders are aligned as they both would come up for elections in subsequent year.’

June 21, 2023

CNN News18: “U.S. or us”: Is China giving India an ultimatum?

June 21, 2023

India Today: India-US Relations All About Business Or There’s Something More We Can Expect? Daniel Markey Answers

June 20, 2023

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with US President Joe Biden as they arrive for the first working session of the G20 leaders summit in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022.

CNN: How Modi went from being banned to embraced by the United States

Daniel S. Markey, senior adviser, South Asia, for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), said Washington sees India as “a strategic swing state in a world order increasingly defined by competition between the US and China,” adding that human rights concerns have “generally taken a back seat” to geopolitics.

“But I believe they are still relevant, or should be,” Markey said. “If only because India’s deteriorating democracy will on balance make it a more challenging and less effective US partner.”

“The visit is a test because Biden should not look to be embracing Modi’s authoritarian policies,” he added.

“The goal for the White House, in my view, should be to embrace relations with India without personalizing the relationship or endorsing Modi’s politics. That is a tough needle to thread.”

June 20, 2023

India Today: Interview w. Geeta Mohan Prior to Prime Minister Modi’s visit to DC

‘This is an important visit as the political timeline of both leaders are aligned as they both would come up for elections in subsequent year.’

June 19, 2023

India-US partnership may result in cooperative ventures but not alliance: Daniel Markey

‘US national security officials would like to see India assume a far greater role in efforts to deter Chinese aggression and limit Chinese influence across the India-Pacific region.’

June 18, 2023

Expanding the neighborhood: China’s widening and deepening involvement in South Asia and the Gulf states

MEI cordially invites you to an expert panel that will examine the growing multifaceted impact of Beijing’s outreach to the wider Middle East — namely the countries of the Gulf and South Asia.

May 22, 2023

An Indian soldier stands guard at a checkpoint along the disputed Sino-India border. Photo: EPA-EFE

SCMP: US sharing of intelligence with India in border clash with China seen as pivotal in partnership

“Daniel Markey, senior adviser on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace, described the reported real-time exchange between Washington and New Delhi in December as “a significant new step” since the US supplied India with actionable intelligence.
“The US will have demonstrated the significant strategic utility of closer ties on an issue of intense national interest to New Delhi,” he said, adding that the Biden administration has repeatedly voiced its desire to “peel India away from dependence on Russia, especially with respect to defence trade”.”

April 11, 2023

The Indian army’s BrahMos weapon systems is displayed during a Republic Day parade in January 2015. Photo: Reuters

SCMP: India courts Southeast Asia with affordable missiles amid South China Sea rows, Russia-Ukraine war

“Daniel Markey, senior South Asia adviser at the US Institute of Peace, said India-manufactured BrahMos systems were especially attractive to Southeast Asian countries not just for their capabilities but also their “reasonable price”. “I cannot immediately think of another major system made in India with the same appeal,” Markey said, adding that Indian officials have indicated they want to become net exporters of arms and improve the country’s ability to innovate without foreign involvement. “But progress is slow and success will be years away, India cannot flip a switch and fill gaps left by Russia, but in theory, at least, it is well-placed to try, in part because it could hit lower cost points than US or European manufacturers,” Markey said.”

April 4, 2023

CNN: Grand test for Indian diplomacy as American, Chinese and Russian ministers meet in Delhi

“Daniel Markey, senior adviser, South Asia, for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), said while India’s leaders “would like to facilitate an end to this conflict that preserves New Delhi’s relations with both Washington and Moscow and ends the disruption of the global economy,” India did not have “any particular leverage” with Russia or Ukraine that would make a settlement likely.

“I believe that other world leaders are equally interested in playing a peace-making diplomatic role. So when and if Putin wishes to come to the table to negotiate, he will have no shortage of diplomats hoping to help,” he said.”

March 2, 2023

SCMP: Why is India’s status among Asean nations rising?

“Daniel Markey, senior South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), said the findings would be more meaningful if support for India continued to rise in subsequent findings. However, he acknowledged that both prime minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar had been “active and vocal” on the global stage last year, and noted that India will play a prominent diplomatic role this year through hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the G20 summit.”

February 27, 2023

SCMP: US State Department avoids commenting on India’s ban of documentary critical of Modi

“The Biden administration “struggles with how it characterises India”, said Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. He said that the US often identifies India as a struggling democracy, similar to the ways the US and other democracies have also struggled. “Their main approach has been to downplay … the differences between India and other democracies and accentuate the positive similarities,” he added. Markey noted that the US sees China as a rival, but doesn’t regard India in the same way: “The United States simply can’t see India as terribly threatening and it’s done almost nothing that would be considered threatening to the United States.”

January 26, 2023

Moscow and China-India Relations: Understanding the Complexities beyond Eurasia

The trilateral grouping of Russia, India and China (RIC) has for long been one of the most significant frameworks bringing together three of Eurasia’s biggest economies. Owing to its traditional partnership with India and the ideological partnership/friendship with China, Moscow has maneuvered RIC in order to ensure hope of Eurasian unity against the West. Such a role has served Moscow well. Russia has always sought to ensure that India and China remain engaged in the RIC dialogue, even as calls of the mechanism becoming outdated have emerged. A webinar in cooperation with the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).

January 24, 2023

Foreign Policy: Modi’s China Policy Is a Failure

“Daniel Markey, a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace, told Foreign Policy that the United States could help India considerably more than it has Ukraine in the case of a war with China—but only if India asked. “India does not have the confidence that it can count on the U.S. It puzzles us, but we try to explain it to ourselves as a historical hangover of Indian perceptions over our partners in the past,” he said, referring to Washington’s traditional ties with India’s archenemy, Pakistan.

“In the near term, the principal question is whether India has sufficient surveillance capabilities to anticipate Chinese movements. My concern is the answer is no, and I think the U.S. could be more helpful in this area. Of course, it should all be done quietly,” Markey added.”

January 18, 2023

A tank farm for oil products in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 11, 2018. Xi Jinping’s December 2022 trip to Saudi Arabia showcases Beijing’s growing ties with the kingdom.

USIP: After Xi’s Visit, Are the Saudis Moving on from the United States?

USIP’s Daniel Markey, the author of a 2020 book on China’s evolving relations with its western neighbors who also participated in the briefing, noted that U.S. cooperation with China via regional economic integration in underdeveloped parts of the Gulf “is not necessarily a bad thing.” “These certain Chinese aims, like hard infrastructure (roads, train lines, ports), are not in themselves a problem, but actually things that the U.S. and others like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have championed in the past.”

But, the United States has issues with China’s initiatives in the region in two ways. “First, how China does these projects is often different from how we would do them (i.e., labor, environmental, and other standards, financing concerns, plus of course Chinese companies get priority),” Markey said. “Second, sometimes they do have a potential strategic risk, like how some ports could be dual use, or roads/rails that run east-west across Eurasia and into China have potential implications for military power projection over time.” Markey also noted that China’s digital infrastructure initiatives can be particularly problematic, creating problems related to security, human rights and privacy and thus, “should be perceived very differently from hard infrastructure projects.”

December 15, 2022

Our ‘permacrisis of polycrisis,’ The News, Mosharraf Zaidi

“What is less clear to many is that, in the words of Daniel Markey, there is, “no exit from Pakistan” for Pakistan.”

December 6, 2022

China’s message to US: Ties with Pakistan ‘none of your business’

“Dan, is it none of our business?” Moderator Shamila Chaudhary asked another panelist, Daniel Markey of the US Institute of Peace (USIP).

“At some level, of course, it is our business… We look at its debt burden… have concerns about the growth of its economy. We see Pakistan going to the IMF and other lenders. So, of course, it’s right that the US asks questions about the other forms of debts that Pakistan holds, including from China,” he said. “Gap in transparency is also a cause of concern for us.”

November 4, 2022

The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship – Day 1

This panel will discuss near-term strategic challenges facing both countries, including the war in Ukraine and its impact on developing countries in general and Pak-US relations in particular; the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis in Afghanistan; and the future of peace in South Asia.

Moderator: Shamila Chaudhary, Former President, American Pakistan Foundation & Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center

Panelists: Adm. Tahir Afzal, Former Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy, Rabia Akhtar, Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore & Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, Yun Sun, Director, China Program, Stimson Center, Daniel Markey, Senior Advisor, South Asia, United States Institute of Peace

October 31, 2022

Afghanistan Under the Taliban and its Regional Impact

A discussion on today’s Afghanistan and the role of key regional stakeholders, including China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States. Informed by recent trips to the region and stakeholder interviews, Stimson’s Yun Sun, Elizabeth Threlkeld, and Barnett Rubin will present from-the-ground insights on the current situation in Afghanistan and its impact on broader regional dynamics. Moderated by Dan Markey.

October 13, 2022

$450m package to maintain Pakistan’s F-16s

Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia to the Washington-based US Institute of Peace (USIP), described the sale as “a very basic decision, which is more driven by technical necessity to keep the planes flying”. Mr Markey, however, acknowledged that “at another level” it was a significant decision because the Biden administration “has been so dismissive of Pakistan that it does suggest an opening of relations”. By agreeing to go ahead with this sale, the administration “did indicate, may be narrow, willingness to work with Pakistan on issues of common interest”.

September 9, 2022

China, India and Pakistan: Standing at the Brink of Crisis

Launch of USIP report of “Enhancing Strategic Stability in Southern Asia”

May 17, 2022

On Peace: Daniel Markey on Strategic Stability in Southern Asia

Security, territorial and political tensions between Southern Asia’s three nuclear states — Pakistan, India and China — “have gotten worse over the past few years,” says USIP’s Daniel Markey. “These are countries that have been at war a number of times… that [makes] these hostilities difficult to manage.”

May 19, 2022

USIP Briefly: Enhancing Strategic Stability in Southern Asia

Southern Asia is the only region of the world where three nuclear-armed states – China, India and Pakistan – share contested borders. In this edition of “Briefly,” USIP’s Daniel Markey looks at how Washington should respond to these regional tensions.

May 12, 2022

SCMP: Russia’s Lavrov visits India amid US criticism, flurry of Western diplomacy over New Delhi’s Ukraine stance

“Daniel Markey, senior South Asia adviser at the United States Institute of Peace said that during Lavrov’s visit, Russia will “have plenty to offer India”, such as more discounted oil and promises of new weapon systems, likely at reduced prices.”

March 31, 2022

Wall Street Journal: India Has a Lot to Lose in Ukraine

In an essay last week for Asia Policy, Daniel Markey of the U.S. Institute for Peace argues that “U.S. policymakers should not assume U.S.-India convergence on liberal aims, including India’s commitment to the defense of the liberal international order.”

February 3, 2022

Conflict and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Another Year of Sino-Indian Tensions?

Speakers: Dan Markey, Senior Advisor, South Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace; Carla Freeman, Senior Expert, China, U.S. Institute of Peace; Andrew Scobell, Distinguished Fellow, China, U.S. Institute of Peace; Vikram Singh, moderator, Senior Advisor, Asia Center, U.S. Institute of Peace

February 10, 2022

New York Times: Militants Kill 2 Policemen in Kashmir as Violence Escalates

““I think the question has been since August 2019 when things would go bad again,” said Daniel Markey, a South Asia expert at the United States Institute of Peace, a group funded by the U.S. Congress. “There has been an assumption that the Indian government would have a perpetual capacity to maintain a security crackdown such that you wouldn’t see this kind of violence happen again, but that is a challenging and very costly thing to do,” he added. “You let up a little bit, that creates openings. That’s why critics thought it was ill-advised to begin with.””

December 13, 2021

RFE/RL: How China Became A Force In The Former Soviet Space After The Fall Of The U.S.S.R.

“Throughout the 2000s, Chinese strategists focused their attention toward Eurasia, which became a hub for new policies from an increasingly confident Beijing. But as Daniel Markey, the author of China’s Western Horizon notes, it wasn’t immediately clear at the time that Beijing would rise to its current status across the former Soviet Union.”

December 12, 2021

Rimlands versus Heartland in the Opium Wars.

Bloomberg: China’s Rise Is a Threat the U.S. Has Faced for a Century

“Access to Eurasia’s resources, markets and ports,” writes my former Johns Hopkins colleague Daniel Markey, “could transform China from an East Asian power to a global superpower.” These projects could be mutually reinforcing: If China eliminates threats on one periphery, whether maritime or territorial, it can then devote greater attention to the other.”

October 24, 2021

RFE/RL: From A Secret Base in Tajikistan, China’s War On Terror Adjusts To A New Reality

“The overall numbers of Uyghur fighters [are] small, and China has exaggerated them, [but] Afghanistan now has the potential to become a magnet and safe haven for jihadi groups of all stripes,” Daniel Markey, a former State Department official and expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace, told RFE/RL. “China has legitimate reasons to want to better seal up its land border.”

October 14, 2021

Pakistan: Where Does It Stand in US Foreign Policy?

Dr. Markey discusses U.S. policy on Pakistan with the Foreign Policy Group of the Chappaqua Library.

October 13, 2021

History As It Happens: The Quad

The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Daniel Markey and Andrew Scobell, experts on U.S.-China relations, discuss why the U.S. cannot escape the past when it comes to Taiwan.

October 12, 2021

Central Asia: Emerging Power Vacuums

Newlines Institute Power Vacuums Program webinar on the transforming geopolitical significance of Central Asia and the US’ policy pathway in the region. A discussion with experts on the region to contemplate the future of Central Asia and the US strategy there amidst instability in post-withdrawal Afghanistan and amplified interest from regional powers.

October 7, 2021

Dan Markey on the Quad Leaders’ Summit

“USIP’s Dan Markey says the growth of the Quad — a partnership between the United States, Australia, India and Japan — can be seen as a counter to China, but “instead of being principally a military organization, the Quad … will focus on more positive ventures” such as vaccine diplomacy, climate change and technology”

September 30, 2021

Politico: National Security Daily

September 9, 2021

Politico: U.S. presses Pakistan as Afghan crisis spirals, leaked docs show

“It’s clear that the Biden administration from the top levels seems to have pretty deep reservations about Pakistan, born of years of experience, and is not willing to either give Pakistan a pass or kudos for anything that Pakistan might like,” said Daniel Markey, a South Asia specialist who served at the State Department from 2003 to 2007.

September 2, 2021

Hidden Forces Podcast: China’s Western Horizon

In Episode 207 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Daniel Markey, Senior Expert on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace who recently served as senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and as the academic director of the school’s Global Policy Program. He is also the author of “China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia,” which provides the roadmap for this conversation.

August 30, 2021

Trouble in Afghanistan: U.S.-China Influence in the Heart of Asia

In an interview conducted on August 19, 2021, Mr. Derek Grossman and Ms. Niva Yau discuss the implications of the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan for U.S.-China relations in conversation with Dr. Daniel Markey.

August 19, 2021

VOA Russian: China and Afghanistan

In an interview conducted on August 19, 2021, Dr. Markey discusses the implications for China of events in Afghanistan.

August 19, 2021

Intelligence Squared: Agree to Disagree on Leaving Afghanistan

A competition of ideas: Arguing in favor of leaving Afghanistan is Daniel Markey, Senior Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Arguing against leaving is Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan is the moderator.

August 21, 2021

Business Insider: As the US scrambles out of Afghanistan, warnings grow about what China plans to do there

“Despite its rhetoric, Beijing has plenty worry about. China’s interests in Afghanistan “are dominated by security considerations” in the near- to medium-term, Daniel Markey, a professor in international relations at Johns Hopkins University, told Insider in July.”

August 20, 2021

Al Jazeera: China seeks stability in Afghanistan before economic dialogue

“There is a kind of a triumphalism about what’s happened, and an expectation that China could perhaps, in a way, swoop in and pick up the pieces,” Markey said based on commentary he’s been observing from some Chinese experts. “If they actually believe that, they’re going to be in for a rude shock, if not immediately, then over time.”

August 18, 2021

Johns Hopkins’ Markey: Afghanistan Could Become a New Friction Point Between U.S. and China

Daniel Markey, Senior Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies says Afghanistan could become a new point of friction between the U.S. and China. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn in “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia”.

August 17, 2021

Washington Post: Afghanistan’s neighbors watch warily as Taliban completes its dramatic takeover

For China, “it’s a security-first concern in Afghanistan. Everything else follows far behind,” said Dan Markey, a senior research professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. “The threat of the movement of people, ideology, trained fighters — that is what is top of mind.”.

August 16, 2021

Pakistan’s Pyrrhic Victory in Afghanistan

This week we continue our look at how regional actors are responding to America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The country today is Pakistan. Joining us to help explain the perspective of Afghanistan’s most influential neighbor is Dr. Daniel Markey.

August 6, 2021

Pushing Boundaries: China’s Aggressive New Tactics in South Asia

Professor Markey joins Dhruva Jaishankar, Darshana Baruah, and Jeff Smith for a panel discussion of China’s activities in South Asia.

August 2, 2021

Markey on VOA Pashto

Professor Markey appears on Voice of America to discuss security conditions in Afghanistan, including Taliban advances and the Turkish announcement of plans to secure Kabul airport.

July 27, 2021

Pakistani Prime Minister Defends China’s Political Model And ‘All-Weather Friendship’ With Beijing

“Daniel Markey, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former State Department official for South Asia, told RFE/RL that Khan’s recent comments, which were delivered in English, were designed for an international, primarily Chinese audience, and not a domestic one.

“Pakistani leaders have long counted on the fact that they can effectively control messaging to the vast majority of their people even in the [online] media era,” Markey said.”

July 13, 2021

New York Times Magazine: The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice

“In his early career, Zhao — who did not respond to interview requests for this article — gave few hints at his future emergence as China’s “wolf warrior” diplomat. Daniel Markey, the former South Asia head of the State Department’s policy-planning staff, first met him in 2011. In that initial interaction, Zhao was tagging along with a more senior Chinese embassy official. While Markey and the senior official discussed Pakistan and India, Zhao spoke very little, if at all. “I didn’t think much of him,” said Markey, who is now a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University. “He was just kind of there.””

July 7, 2021

India China tensions rise as 50,000 troops rush to protect border

““That accord reduced the immediate risk of an armed confrontation, but tensions remain high, and warning indicators for conflict continue to blink red,” Professor Daniel Markey of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Relations said. “Both sides remain fully committed to military strategies and tactics that will bring heavily armed forces into closer and deadlier contact.””

June 30, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What is China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned?

“I would prefer the U.S. and its friends not to try to compete with China on its own terms,” Markey said. “It would be much better if the U.S. tries to compete with China in areas where it enjoys greater advantages. Vaccine diplomacy is much more important at the moment. Or educational exchanges, or support to overseas journalists. These are areas where the U.S. has ‘overcapacity’ to export in the same way as China has overcapacity in steel or concrete or railway cars. We’re unlikely to win a competition if China’s setting the terms.”

June 16, 2021

Biden walks fine line with probe into coronavirus origins, The Hill

“In a way you could say it’s going from bad to worse,” Daniel Markey, senior research professor in international relations with the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, said of the latest point of contention between Washington and Beijing.

He added that Biden has so far maintained a hawkish stance on China, blending his policy goals with fending off political attacks from Republicans.

“His interest and capacity for playing the foreign policy issues through the domestic political issues and vice versa, I don’t know if it’s unmatched but it’s unusual,” Markey said.

May 30, 2021

Preparing for Heightened Tensions Between China and India, CFR Contingency Planning Roundtable Series

With Lisa Curtis and Paul Stares.

May 12, 2021

CSR Blog: China’s Western Horizon: Interview with Professor Daniel Markey

An interview between Dr. Markey and Jacob Larsen of the SAIS China Studies Review. Dr. Markey discusses the origins of the book, how its findings relate to the Biden administration, and how competition on China’s Western Horizon has been impacted by COVID-19.

April 29, 2021

US Policy in Afghanistan

Interview with Breshna Omarkhel, Voice of America.

April 26, 2021

Biden’s Asia Policy

Interview with Hamsini Hariharan’s States of Anarchy podcast #79.

April 19, 2021

China’s Evolving Strategy

Interview with John Glaser’s Power Problems podcast.

April 12, 2021

The Shape and Obstacle of Biden’s Foreign Policy

Interview with Noto Suoneto on Foreign Policy Talks podcast #46.

March 30, 2021

World Power Bickering: Eurasia Hoping To Steer Clear Of U.S.-China Rivalry

““Eurasia is not at the center of the U.S.-China competition,” Daniel Markey, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former State Department official focused on South Asia, told RFE/RL. “That doesn’t mean it won’t be an important region to watch, but the sharpest competition is playing out closer to China’s eastern shores, not its western backyard.””

March 23, 2021

China, Afghan conflict to shape Pak-US ties

“Daniel Markey, a professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said global competition with China was the organising principle of Biden administration’s foreign policy.

“Washington, now very clearly perceives China as the global competitor to the United States and this (thinking) is likely to remain for a long period of time to come and, therefore, all of what the United States does internationally will be structured with China in mind,” he maintained.”

March 17, 2021

‘Pakistan should strike balance in its ties with US, China’

“Daniel Markey, a professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), while speaking at a webinar hosted by Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on ‘South Asia and Biden Administration: Engagement and Challenges’, said: “A better scenario is that Pakistan should maintain some balance in its relations with China and the United States.””

March 17, 2021

Different Stars, Different Stripes: The US in South Asia

“A Roundtable on the changing dynamics in US interests in South Asia with President Biden and Vice President Harris in the White House.

Panelists: Husain Haqqani, Daniel Markey, Rani D. Mullen
Moderator: Rahul Roy-Chaudhury
Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar

This event is in collaboration with LSE IDEAS, and The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London.”

February 16, 2021

In Asia, Biden opts for strategic path blazed by Trump: Washington Times

“Mr. Markey said this week that the real-world impact and future of the Quad alliance is a work in progress.

“As ambitious as everybody might be for the Quad, there’s still not much there there,” he said. “The challenge for the Biden administration is to try and fill it out. If the Trump administration convinced everyone, including the Indians, that this is something worth building on, what is now going to be built? That’s the hard part, and that’s where we are now.”

February 12, 2021

America’s Tortured Relationship w/Pakistan.

The host for this episode is Lily Ong. The guest for this episode is Daniel Markey.

February 9, 2021

China’s Western Horizons with Daniel Markey from the Chappaqua Library Foreign Policy Discussion Group.

February 8, 2021

News Nation: Family of journalist Pearl to appeal against freeing of men convicted of his murder

Johns Hopkins professor Daniel Markey interviewed on WGN America’s News Nation on the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and US relations with Pakistan.

January 30, 2021

Forbes India: Can Narendra Modi’s vaccine diplomacy help India win some lost ground in South Asia?

““India’s vaccine diplomacy is an important way for New Delhi to show regional and global leadership,” Daniel Markey, the academic director of the global policy program and senior research professor in international relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies told Forbes India. “It shows that India has resources and capabilities of critical importance to the world, which is an important message for New Delhi to send to often-sceptical audiences.””

January 29, 2021

Experts hope for a reset in US-Pakistan ties

“Speaking from Washington D.C., Daniel Markey, a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University said: “President Biden is familiar with Pakistan and the region.” Markey, who is the author of ‘No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad’ said: “Biden appreciates Pakistan’s scale and its significance on its own terms.” Echoing the views of other speakers, the Johns Hopkins professor said: “Seeing Pakistan through the old lens will be difficult.””

January 13, 2021

WGCU – PBS and NPR for Southwest Florida: Naples Council on World Affairs Lecture Series

Daniel S. Markey – China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia

December 6, 2020

Johns Hopkins prof. says United States must combat China’s influence in Eurasia at PWH event

“If our global competition with China frames in large ways what we are doing in this region, we should see that in localized terms, we should compete for closer relations with states in the region, understanding what their interests are.”

November 25, 2020

TabadLab Live: With Mosharraf Zaidi

“Renowned scholar of international relations, Daniel S. Markey, speaks to Tabadlab about China’s rising global influence, the perception of Chinese leadership across Eurasia, and his extensive research in Pakistan and other Eurasian countries.”

November 23, 2020

“China’s Western Horizon,” A Conversation at Perry World House and Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania

“Join Perry World House and Penn’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China for this virtual event to hear answers to these and other questions with Daniel Markey, a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), former South Asia expert for the State Department’s Policy Planning staff, and author of China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia, in conversation with Neysun A. Mahboubi, Research Scholar of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China.”

November 19, 2020

“What Happens Next, in Six Minutes”

“How does the Belt and Road Initiative Change China’s Relationships with the other States in Asia?”

November 15, 2020

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“Should Pakistan celebrate Biden presidency?”

“The toxic relationship between a super power and a strategically located south Asian state has been aptly described by an American scholar on South Asia Daniel S. Markey, as a “tortured relationship”, amid lack of durability and credibility in the Islamabad-Washington connection.”

November 11, 2020

The Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs: “China’s Belt and Road Initiative with Dr. Daniel Markey”

On this episode, we discuss China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the signature foreign policy project of Chinese President Xi Jinping. What are the objectives of the BRI, is debt-trap diplomacy a real threat, and what are the global implications of the initiative? To help us answer these questions, today on the podcast we are joined by Dr. Daniel Markey.

November 9, 2020

China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia

A book discussion at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, hosted by Nargis Kassenova and joined by Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund.

October 28, 2020

Central Asia Can Help The Next U.S. President Balance Both Russia And China

“Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel Markey to discuss his new book China’s Western Horizon: Beijing & the New Geopolitics of Eurasia, which discusses Beijing policies on its western frontier. Markey makes the important point that the Chinese face significant barriers to consolidating their power in western Asia. As the United States is crafting a new system for managing security in neighboring Afghanistan, the timing could not be better to design a policy aimed at security and stability in Central Asia.”

October 14, 2020

‘US elections present a choice between competence and incompetence’

“Dr Daniel Markey, Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, has said that the upcoming elections in the US present a choice between basic competence and incompetence. Markey was speaking at a webinar on “Upcoming US elections, possible outcomes and prospects of relations with Pakistan” organised here by Centre for Strategic Perspectives, Institute of Strategic Studies. Dr Markey said it t is a choice between two candidates — Joe Biden who adheres to basic norms and rules, traditions and principles, and President Donald Trump who rejects many of these.”

October 17, 2020

China’s Western Horizon

“The discussion focused on China’s rise as a power in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East and was based on the speaker’s new book “China’s Western Horizon.” The speaker/author premised his discussions on the three questions that he asks throughout the book: what is China up to, how is Eurasia responding, and how should the United States (and its allies and partners) respond?.”

October 1, 2020

China’s military might, aggressive policies spur talks of creating ‘Asian NATO’

“Daniel S. Markey, a former State Department official now at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, said in an interview that while India may be “eager to work to push back against China,” it seeks to do so “only on its own terms.”

“U.S. policymakers are now well-aware that the ‘ally’ language doesn’t get a good reception in New Delhi, so turning the Quad into a new NATO-like institution is, at least for the near future, a nonstarter,” said Mr. Markey, although he acknowledged that recent Chinese actions internationally could create an opening for Washington.”

September 27, 2020

CSSPR in Conversation with Daniel Markey, author of ‘China’s Western Horizon

September 29, 2020

World War 3: Bob Woodward reveals US and North Korea came close to nuclear war

“According to Daniel Markey of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, the upcoming spring could prove to be tense especially as both countries keep nuclear arsenals.”

September 21, 2020

India-Pakistan war threat exposed: Real reason behind terrifying border conflict

“Markey added: “It was a very strategic move and that India was willing to pay short term costs in dealing with Pakistan and raise the risks and even to accept that other countries – including China and western countries – would be critical of India’s more aggressive approach.”

September 20, 2020

Online seminar on future of South Asia held

“Daniel Markey said that we are now in the post-9/11 world and into the era of China-US rivalry. US has invested heavily in counterterrorism capacity and the threat from Al Qaeda and ISIS is diminished. Also, US will reduce its presence in Afghanistan. Pakistan must re-calibrate its relations with US based on these new realities. US-China competition is playing out in South Asia in “potentially dangerous ways”. So, whereas US and China were previously unified in managing Pakistan-India crisis, their rivalry has made this harder. He did not see a total breakdown in relations with China. The two economies are deeply entangled in the global economy and a complete decoupling could mean disaster for the world economy. US will balance economic considerations against its strategic aims.”

September 17, 2020

China’s Eurasian Misadventures

“In this conversation with Robert Amsterdam about his book, Markey explains that China has become more and more aggressive in its campaign for influence in this part of the world, while Washington has yet to adapt to the new reality.”

September 14, 2020

How China is traversing along Middle East’s ‘volatile’ fault lines

“Daniel S. Markey, author of a recent book on China’s Western Horizon, cautions that “we should not underestimate the extent to which…China remains relatively conflict-averse and conservative, reluctant to throw itself into potentially costly situations…”

At the rate at which Middle Eastern and South Asian sands are shifting, that could prove to be increasingly difficult.”

September 9, 2020

Beyond Modi-Xi summits: To avoid military escalation, what are India’s options?

“Informal summits came and went, happily insulated from bureaucratic or military negotiations. “I think both sides have tried to play that distinction to their advantage, along with the related issue of how much to draw the territorial dispute into the public eye,” points out Daniel Markey, author of China’s Western Horizon (2020) and professor at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.”

September 5, 2020

How U.S. Drove Iran and China Into Tighter Embrace

“China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia” by Professor Daniel S. Markey charts the factors behind China’s new foreign policies and assesses the implications for the world.”

August 28, 2020

Competing Along China’s Western Horizon

“Tensions between the United States and China are on the rise, and it seems the world is entering what some experts have described as a “new type of Cold War.” How should Washington respond to the geopolitical challenges posed by Beijing’s rising power and influence?”

July 28, 2020

Conversation with The Global Cable, hosted by John Gans

“This summer, we’ve launched a special edition of The Global Cable – our ‘Summer Reading List.’ Every other week, we’ll release a new conversation with an author, discussing their latest book and the inspiration behind it. This week’s guest is Daniel Markey, a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the academic director of SAIS’s Global Policy Program. From 2003 to 2007, Markey held the South Asia portfolio on the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff at the US Department of State. Markey talks to our host John Gans about his book China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia. He explains China’s landmark Belt and Road Initiative; why China’s rise won’t necessarily be on its own terms; why he’d like to meet China’s President Xi Jinping; and what he learned on a research trip to Kazahkstan.”

July 20, 2020

Taliban Make Big Changes Ahead of Expected Talks With Kabul

“I can see a lot of reasons for the Taliban to be pushing the envelope — perhaps as a negotiation tactic, but equally likely as a means to test U.S limits,” said Daniel Markey, a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. “So far, the Trump administration looks like it is heading for the exit, no matter what. Why not ratchet up the violence to see what greater victories can be won?”

July 17, 2020

US rejects China’s ‘nine-dash line’ in South China Sea

“Daniel Markey, senior research professor in international relations at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, said the statement likely came in response to “fairly aggressive Chinese actions throughout Asia, including in the South China Sea, Hong Kong, and along the contested border with India. The aim is mainly “to show the region — including Beijing — that the U.S. is not so distracted or hobbled by the pandemic that it cannot recognize and respond to Chinese nibbling,” he said.”

July 14, 2020

The conflict between China and India continues

“Markey believes that, broadly speaking, China is actually worried about the stability of Xinjiang and Tibet. He pointed out that the Tibet issue is one of the core concerns of China in Sino-Indian relations.”

July 7, 2020

Understanding China’s 2025 Ambitions

“The decoupling trend started before the pandemic and is rooted in strategic concerns about competition, unfair trade practices, protection of IP, standard-setting, espionage, etc.”

June 23, 2020

PTV World: China-India Standoff and Its Implications

PTV report on June 21 Webinar panels re: China-India standoff and its implications for BRI and regional politics.

June 21, 2020

CPG Panel on China-India Relations

Daniel Markey joined a panel discussion of China-India relations, hosted by Mosharraf Zaidi.

June 21, 2020

China’s global power “rising tide”: Markey

Author of China’s Western Horizon, Daniel Markey, joins Mercedes Stephenson to talk about China’s increasing global footprint and what nations should do to counter this rising power.

June 21, 2020

Sino-Indian Border Clash Unlikely to Escalate Further: Analysts

“Markey, currently a senior professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, said the U.S. support for India is necessary to signal to China’s neighbors that Washington won’t tolerate further Chinese expansionism.

“U.S.-China relations are about as bad as they can get over Hong Kong, so they don’t need another incident over the India border dispute,” Markey said, in comments translated into Mandarin by RFA.

“The United States must make it clear that there is a price to pay for any further aggressive action by China,” he said.”

June 17, 2020

Will there be a full-scale military conflict between China and India after the stick and stone war?

“Daniel Markey… just published a new book: China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia, explores the geopolitical developments in Beijing and Eurasia. In an interview with Radio Free Asia, he said that the border conflict between India and China was noisy and lively, and the two sides even killed their lives, but the two countries now seem to be trying to exercise restraint and do not want the situation to get out of control.

“I don’t think that this incident will lead to a real war between China and India… Although this is indeed the first tension in 45 years, this and the artillery airstrikes of India and Pakistan have long been Armed attacks are different.” Markey said.

The border and territorial disputes between India and Pakistan have never ceased. In February last year, the two sides dispatched military aircraft to engage in air strikes. On the other hand, Pakistan has long been in good relations with China, which has made India hostile to the border issue.”

June 17, 2020

‘Chinese bullying’: Australia pays price for coronavirus questions, ‘pandering’ to U.S.

““The crucial point is to appreciate that only over the past few years was Canberra so vocal in its concerns about China, knowing that it would be economically costly,” said Mr. Markey, who teaches at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.”

May 25, 2020

Beyond Covid-19

“American author Daniel Markey, in his paper published on April 8, ‘How the United States Should Deal with China in Pakistan’, says Washington should focus on three aspects of China’s relationship with Pakistan.”

May 21, 2020

Interview with Daniel Markey

“In China’s Western Horizon, Professor Daniel S. Markey provides a comprehensive review of China’s western neighbors and the strategic challenges facing Beijing. He sheds much-needed light on a region of the world that is often forgotten and is rarely a priority of today’s leading powers.”

May 20, 2020

Inflection point: China threatens to seize upper hand in global influence fight

“The stakes are particularly high over who recovers first — China, or the U.S. and its European partners — from the economic crisis tied to coronavirus, said Mr. Markey, whose new book, “China’s Western Horizon,” examines how Washington might manage Beijing’s rising global influence more effectively.”

May 3, 2020

US advised to focus on regional stability while responding to CPEC

“The United States needs to focus on regional stability, especially in the context of deepening hostility between India and Pakistan, while formulating its response to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), says a new US report.”

April 26, 2020

Cover to Cover, Featuring Daniel Markey

Dr. Markey speaks about his new book, China’s Western Horizon, with Bill Clifford, President and CEO of the World Affairs Councils of America.

April 9, 2020

China’s ‘misplaced pandemic propaganda’ machine let loose on coronavirus

Dr. Markey’s his new book, China’s Western Horizon, is spotlighted in a feature on how “China has shifted its propaganda machine into high gear, in an effort to change the narrative about the virus’s origins and the Chinese response.”

March 26, 2020

‘By Trump’s standards, it was an enormous success’

“India-US ties will suffer politically if the two sides no longer believe they share core values, and while this may not be an issue for President Trump, there is obvious discomfort in the US Congress over the direction that PM Modi is taking India,” Professor Markey tells Nikhil Lakshman/Rediff.com about the impact of President Donald J Trump’s 36 hour visit to India.

February 27, 2020

China’s Western Horizon: Geopolitical Consequences and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

“One of the areas that I think gets the least amount of attention what I call China’s western horizon, that is, China’s role in places like South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. My book is partly meant as a corrective to get us to begin to think about China’s role in those three places in ways that I think many Americans just aren’t used to doing.”

February 18, 2020

Will ‘Howdy, Modi!’ rub off on Trump?

“This is not as much about the India-U.S. bilateral relationship as it is about domestic politics,” says Daniel Markey, Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

September 22, 2019

‘Risk of India-Pak military confrontation has increased’

Dr. Markey, in conversation with rediff.com, analyzes the domestic and international impact of India’s actions in Kashmir, while raising concerns regarding India’s democracy, relations between India and the United States, and the escalating risk of conflict between India and Pakistan..

August 19, 2019

BBC World News: Kashmir’s Change of Status

Dr. Markey joins BBC World News to discuss the international and domestic political situation surrounding India’s move to change Kashmir’s status with the abrogation of Article 370.

August 15, 2019

Imran Khan Visits US and Donald Trump’s Return to Pakistan

Dr. Daniel Markey’s analysis on Khan’s July visit to the US cited in BBC.

August 2, 2019

Imran Khan’s Visit to the United States: Don’t Expect a Miracle

Dr. Daniel Markey speaks with the Independent Urdu on Imran Khan’s visit to the United States.

July 21, 2019

Will South Asia Ever See Peace?

Dr. Daniel Markey hosts a Council on Foreign Relations panel on India-Pakistan relations.

March 25, 2019

India and Pakistan in ‘Uncharted Waters’

Dr. Daniel Markey discusses the threat of nuclear escalation between India and Pakistan.

February 27, 2019

Auge in Auge mit dem Erzfeind

Dr. Daniel Markey analyzes the Afghanistan peace process and recent U.S.-Taliban negotiations.

January 25, 2019

Contested Spaces, Tangled Webs: Indian Geopolitics Today

Dr. Daniel Markey delivers remarks and answers questions on the India-China-United States triangle and China’s role in South Asia.

November 14, 2018

CQ Press: India Today: Can It Maintain Strong Economic Growth?

October 5, 2018

Associated Press: New U.S. Adviser to Afghanistan Raises Hackles in Region

September 5, 2018

Pakistan Elections: What Now?

Dr. Daniel Markey discusses the domestic and foreign policy implications of Pakistan’s recent elections on a USIP panel. Topics include civil-military relations, U.S. policy toward Pakistan, and China’s role in the region.

August 8, 2018

BBC World News: Imran Khan and Pakistan’s Elections

Dr. Markey joins BBC News to discuss how Imran Khan’s relationship with the military will impact his ability to govern, and U.S.-Pakistan relations moving forward.

July 26, 2018

BBC Newsnight: Pakistan Elections

July 25, 2018

Cipher Brief: Pakistan Reflects on Nuclear Achievement in Run Up to Election

June 4, 2018

WOTR Podcast: Pakistan Beyond 70 – Rivalries, Its Neighbors, and The Great Powers

Dr. Markey joins a War On The Rocks panel to discuss the triangle of China-Pakistan-United States relations, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

May 21, 2018

Cipher Brief: Threat Report 2018 – The Afghan Taliban’s Lethal Insurgency

May 6, 2018

Associated Press: Pashtun rights group accuses Pakistan army of abuses

April 28, 2018

Associated Press: Analysis: Why is Russia warming up to Pakistan?

February 27, 2018

The New York Times: President or Luxury Towers: Either Way, Trump Is the Rage in India

February 17, 2018

Cipher Brief: Afghanistan Quagmire Leaves U.S. With No Good Options

February 1, 2018

The Wall Street Journal: When Trump Tweets, Pakistan’s Generals May Listen

January 11, 2018

Trump and Pakistan: Why the US is taking aim at an ally

Dr. Markey analyzes recent comments by administration officials and discusses the changing nature of the United States’ and China’s involvement in Pakistan.

January 3, 2018

Cipher Brief: Will Trump’s Tough Talk on Pakistan Yield Results?

January 3, 2018

Interview with BBC World News

Dr. Daniel Markey joins BBC World News to discuss President Trump’s recent comments on Pakistan and how U.S. strategy in South Asia – including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India – may evolve.

January 2, 2018

In Brief: Daniel S. Markey on American Hostage Released

Dr. Markey discusses the context behind the Haqqani network’s release of an American family and the implications for U.S.-Pakistani relations.

October 12, 2017

President Trump’s Reworked Afghanistan Strategy

Dr. Markey dissects Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy and discusses regional dynamics with Ian Lustick of University of Pennsylvania and Knowledge@Wharton host Dan Loney.

Audio courtesy of SiriusXM Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School and Knowledge@Wharton.

August 29, 2017