After a long stint as a teacher at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Professor Cohen is now tenured at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC.

Editor-in-Chief Nikhil Lakshman met up with Professor Cohen at his book-lined office at the Brookings Institution to discuss the situation in South Asia and the state of Indo-US relations. An interview in Real Audio, to appear over the next four days.

    What future do you see for Indo-US relations?
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    Do you believe the current euphoria about Indo-US relations is misplaced?
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    Do you think South Asia is a sufficiently large blip on US diplomacy's radar screen? There is Russia, there is China...
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    Do you think the threat of a war -- or a nuclear conflict -- is real in South Asia?
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    So you endorse the State Department's view that South Asia is the most dangerous place in the world?
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    At the current moment of time, people are deeply pessimistic about any possibility of peace between India and Pakistan. Do you share that feeling?
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Part II: 'The Pakistan army does not want to lose Pakistan for the sake of Kashmir'