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This course will examine U.S. foreign policy towards South Asia from the period spanning the September 11th terror attacks to the present day. It will introduce students to the major issues in U.S. foreign relations with the South Asia during this period, with particular focus on the nations of India and Pakistan. The course will look critically at the way U.S. foreign policy towards South Asia has developed and evolved, what major influences have shaped that policy, and how past developments have impacted present issues and problems. The course will also consider how approaches that the United States has pursued toward India and Pakistan have related to broader American interests and objectives such as the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, combating terrorism, promoting democracy, stemming the growth of Islamic extremism, stabilizing Afghanistan, and managing the rise of an ascendant China.