South Asian Voices (SAV)-Analysis from the Subcontinent

A Publication of the Stimson Center.

Modi at SCO: The Significance of China in India’s Foreign Policy

With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi preparing to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin at the end of August and expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, the global stage is increasingly defined by deepening geopolitical fragmentation.…

Written by Jagannath Panda

Not a Reset, But a Pragmatic Refashioning of U.S.-Pakistan Ties

On July 25, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. A day later, U.S. CENTCOM Chief General Michael Kurilla was in Pakistan for a conference of regional chiefs…

Written by Ali Mustafa

The Limits of an India-China Détente

A flurry of high-profile diplomatic exchanges between India and China in recent months, especially since the October 2024 boundary agreement, appears to signal a warming of India-China ties. Most recently, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Beijing, his first…

Written by Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury

Can India and Bangladesh Clear the Slate a Year after Hasina?

August 5 marked one year since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League (AL) government in Dhaka. In the twelve months since, under an interim government (IG) with Muhammad Yunus as Chief Advisor, Bangladesh’s legacy political parties including the…

Written by Bashir Ali Abbas

To celebrate the release of Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region, a new online course from the Stimson Center South Asia program’s Strategic Learning initiative, the South Asian Voices (SAV) editorial team collaborated with the Strategic Learning team on a wide-ranging Q&A that explores the importance of naval competition in the region, recent and ongoing developments in the naval domain, and opportunities for future cooperation.

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