جنوبی ایشیا میں جوہری خطرے کی نوعیت کا جائزہ
کسی بھی دوسرے خطے کی طرح، جنوبی ایشیا میں بھی جوہری خطرے کی نوعیت بنیادی طور پر حریفوں کے مابین سیاسی تعلقات کی نوعیت پر […]
Looking Back at 2020: SAV’s Most Popular Reads
Globally, 2020 is likely to be remembered as the year of COVID-19. In South Asia and around the world, governments have worked to balance large-scale […]
The Subcontinental Podcast- Episode 3 – Dr. Stephen Cohen
This episode of The Subcontinental features guest Professor Stephen Cohen, a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. He joined Brookings after […]
ایس اے وی کے حنا ربانی کھر سے سوال و جواب
پاکستانی سیاست دان اور سابق وزیر خارجہ حنا ربانی کھر نے ۲۶ اکتوبر ۲۰۲۰ کو ایس اے وی کی مدیر منتظم بریگیٹا شوچرٹ اور نائب […]
Jaishankar’s New Year Visit to Colombo: An Impetus to Indo-Lankan Relations
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar recently returned from a three-day visit to Colombo between January 5-7, his first foreign official visit of 2021. […]
پاکستان ۲۰۲۰ : سال بھر کا جائزہ
کووڈ ۱۹ کی وبا کے پھیلنے نے ۲۰۲۰ کو دنیا بھر کی حکومتوں کے لیے مشکل سال بنا دیا۔ داخلی سیاسی انتشار، ابھرتی ہوئی مذہبی […]
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India 2020 Year in Review: Protests, Pandemic, and the PRC
2020 will unfortunately be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other countries, India has been grappling with the social and economic fallouts […]
Instruments of Influence? Chinese Financing in South Asia
Through efforts like the Belt and Road Initiative, China finances an increasing number of development projects in South Asia. From rebuilding and enhancing the strategic […]
بائیڈن کی جیت کا امریکہ – پاکستان تعلقات پر کیا اثر پڑے گا؟
امریکہ میں ڈیموکریٹس بائیڈن کی فتح کا جشن منا رہے ہیں، جو ٹرمپ کی برطرفی اور امریکی سیاست میں ایک طویل، تکلیف دہ باب کے […]
Developing “Southern” Balochistan
On September 12, during his brief visit to Balochistan’s provincial capital Quetta, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan hinted at a special development package said […]
Indo-Naga Political Negotiations: An Explainer
Formation of the Naga Identity “Nagas have a unique history and identity,” expressed Mr. Thuingaleng Muivah, one of the top leaders of the Naga separatist […]
Nepal 2020: Year in Review
Nepal has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. The government ordered a lockdown and shutdown, among other prohibitory orders, to control […]
How Biden’s Win is Likely to Affect U.S.-Pakistan Ties
Democrats in the United States are celebrating a Biden victory, ecstatic over the ousting of Trump and the end of what they consider a long, […]
Here’s What the Murder of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Could Mean for Iran and Pakistan
On November 27, Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in the suburbs of Tehran. While Israeli officials, the C.I.A, and the White House officially […]
Looking Back at 2020: SAV Editors’ Picks
At South Asian Voices, we pride ourselves on publishing diverse perspectives from across the subcontinent on important and often contentious issues related to the security, politics, […]
Gilgit-Baltistan Elections and Looming Challenges for the PTI
After months of fierce campaigning the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) voted on November 15th in the region’s third election since 2009, when it was given […]
سی پیک اور پاک امریکہ تعلقات
مئی ۲۰۱۳ میں جب پاک چین اقتصادی راہداری (سی پیک) کا آغاز ہوا تو پاکستان چین کے ۴.۱ بلین ڈالر کا مقروض تھا جو کہ […]
Sri Lanka 2020 Year in Review: The Impact of COVID-19
Following considerable instability during the two preceding years, highlighted by the October 2018 Constitutional Crisis and the 2019 Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, 2020 was expected […]
The Impact of COVID-19 Border Closures on Cross-Border Pashtun Communities
The Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands have long been the subject of controversy. Disagreements over the validity of the Durand Line bifurcating both countries have been a central […]
Reconfiguring a post-COVID-19 Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific region is one of the most dynamic and increasingly versatile geopolitical constructs. The region comprises some of the world’s most active economies and […]
Afghanistan 2020 Year in Review: Roadblocks to Peace Persist
The year 2020 presented a mix of hope and challenge for the Afghan people and the world. The peace agreement signed between the Taliban and […]
بائیڈن- ہیرس انتظامیہ امریکہ بھارت تعلقات میں تسلسل کا مظہر
“اب یہ سوال باقی نہیں رہا کہ مضبوط تعلقات کو آنے والی صدی کے لئے مثالی شراکت داری میں تبدیل کرنا آیا امریکہ کے مفاد […]
The Strategic Subtext of India’s RCEP Withdrawal
On November 15th, fifteen Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest trading arrangement that has been viewed as a China-led […]
Policy, Diplomacy, and Aid: Carving a Space for India in the Global Arms Market
In its first term, the Modi administration decided to turnaround India’s defense manufacturing and exports with its “Strategy for Defence Exports,” which was unveiled in […]
China’s Increasing Forays into the Bay of Bengal
For centuries, the Bay of Bengal has served as a venue both for strategic rivalries and as a point of geographical connectivity for South Asian […]
Pakistan 2020: Year in Review
The outbreak of COVID-19 made 2020 a tough year for governments around the world. Internal political strife, rising religious extremism, poor socioeconomic growth, and disordered […]
India-China Relations to Stay Contrarian in 2021
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SAV Q&A with Hina Rabbani Khar
On October 26, 2020 Pakistani politician, and former Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar spoke with SAV Managing Editor Brigitta Schuchert and SAV Deputy Editor Sunaina […]
اقتصادیات اور اثراندازی: نیپال میں چینی سرمایہ کاری
دہائیوں کے سیاسی عدم استحکام کے بعد آخرکار نیپال ۲۰۱۵ کے آئین کے تحت حال ہی میں اپنائے گئے وفاقی ڈھانچے کے ذریعے ایک مستحکم […]
CPEC and the PTI: A Complicated Relationship
On December 25, 2020, the Joint Working Group on International Cooperation on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) met for the second time in Xinjiang Province, […]
Reviewing Chinese Engagement in South Asia
The Stimson Center’s latest South Asian Voices (SAV) series, “Instruments of Influence? Chinese Financing in South Asia,” examines the geopolitical implications of Chinese economic engagement […]
China’s Territorial Ambitions in Bhutan – Why it Matters to India
The Himalayan region with its vast mountain ranges, glaciers, and disparate valleys is no stranger to border incursions and tensions relating to lines of demarcation. […]
A Look at the Indo-Pacific in 2020
On January 3, 2020, as United States’ military strikes killed Iran’s Major General Soleimani in Baghdad, the foreign policy world buzzed with speculations about its […]
امریکہ – چین – ہندوستان تعلقات: افغانستان کے لئے مضمرات
ایک مستحکم اور پرامن افغانستان چین کے لئے اہم ہے کیونکہ وہ اپنی سرزمین میں انتہا پسندی کی دراندازی کو روکنے کی کوشش میں […]
Bangladesh 2020 Year in Review: A Story of Resilience & Recovery
The pandemic has dominated the headlines in 2020, impacting all facets of the economy and society in Bangladesh. The government had a head start for […]
Evaluating the State of Nuclear Danger in Southern Asia
The state of nuclear danger in Southern Asia, as elsewhere, depends fundamentally on the state of political relations between rivals. Rivals can and do cooperate […]