Washington, D.C. - Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will make a historic address to a joint-session of Congress on the status of Indo-U.S. relations this week as part of a special tour of the U.S. What are the challenges in developing a sound U.S. foreign policy toward South Asia? Can the nuclear genie in South Asia be put back in the bottle? What can be done to keep conflict in Kashmir from consuming South Asia? South Asia specialists John Crist, Patrick Cronin, and Deepa Ollapally are available for questions, commentary, and analysis in examining the implications of Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit on Indo-U.S. relations and assessing stability in South Asia.

• John Crist
  
• Patrick Cronin
  
• Deepa Ollapally

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