SAV Q&A with Pallavi Aiyar: Modi-Xi’s BRICS Meeting and India-China Relations

SAV Q&A with Pallavi Aiyar: Modi-Xi’s BRICS Meeting and India-China Relations

On September 12, 2026, China’s President Xi Jinping came to India for the first time in seven years to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi. The India-China relationship has changed quite dramatically since Xi’s last visit in 2019: the…

Sensors, Shooters, and Sea Power: Naval Kill Chains of India and Pakistan

Sensors, Shooters, and Sea Power: Naval Kill Chains of India and Pakistan

The northern Indian Ocean is an operating environment characterized by vast space, asymmetric threats, uncertainty about adversary intentions, and the proliferation of advanced military technologies. In this environment, the development of India’s and Pakistan’s respective maritime forces reflects their efforts…

India’s Youth Revolt Is Structural, Not Partisan

India’s Youth Revolt Is Structural, Not Partisan

On July 25, protests in Delhi led by the satirically named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) forced the resignation of India’s federal cabinet minister for education, Dharmendra Pradhan, after weeks of demonstrations over a leaked national medical college entrance examination (known as NEET). The protest…

SAV Collection: South and West Asia

SAV Collection: South and West Asia

To provide readers with perspective on the implications of the ongoing conflict for South Asian states, SAV editors have collected recent pieces exploring the nexus between South and West Asia.

Check out our series on the cybersecurity threats, laws, and norms in South Asia.

In our latest series, SAV experts grapple with the recent political upheaval in Nepal, which raised a number of critical questions: what drove the outpouring of mass frustration that toppled the government? How can the interim government—and the country as a whole—navigate the fraught political moment to hold legitimate, inclusive elections? Most importantly, what is required to address the concerns of Nepalis, implement lasting reforms, and deliver enduring stability and prosperity to the Himalayan nation? Explores answers to these questions below!

Read our series on Nepal's crisis