Reflections on Pulwama-Balakot at Five Years

Reflections on Pulwama-Balakot at Five Years

Pakistan is almost entirely absent from India’s strategic discourse in the contemporary moment. Indian interlocutors mention this absence occasionally—either with modest lament or more often with some pride, depending on their strategic worldview. Virtually no Indian strategic analyst believes Pakistan…

What’s In A Name? The Etymology of South Asia’s Missiles

What’s In A Name? The Etymology of South Asia’s Missiles

Language not only serves as a means of communication but also exerts a significant psycholinguistic impact on listeners. Specific choices of words can intensify or diminish the importance of any issue and shape perspectives passively. The nomenclature of South Asia's…

Pakistan’s Post-Election Environment: Experts React

Pakistan’s Post-Election Environment: Experts React

Pakistan held general elections on February 8, almost two years after Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was ousted in a no-confidence vote. Since then, PTI politicians and supporters have experienced a crackdown from police and the military…

Hurdles and Opportunities for the India-U.S. Defense Partnership

Hurdles and Opportunities for the India-U.S. Defense Partnership

During the Cold War, divergences in geopolitical outlooks meant that India-U.S. ties were estranged, with non-existent defense cooperation. Today, the convergence of interests between India and the United States, coupled with the challenge of a rising China’s military adventurism, has…

Striking Back: Is Pakistan Putting Military Strikes on the Table?

Striking Back: Is Pakistan Putting Military Strikes on the Table?

The recent tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Pakistan indicate a consolidation of Pakistan’s crisis response policy. In recent years, the 2019 Pulwama-Balakot crisis was the first time that Pakistan resorted to the use of force in response to India’s attack…

Navigating the India-Maldives Diplomatic Spat

Navigating the India-Maldives Diplomatic Spat

The Maldives, often depicted in the news as a tropical paradise, recently had a less idyllic appearance in the headlines. President Mohamed Muizzu's government ruffled feathers in New Delhi by asking India to withdraw its military personnel by March 15,…

The Quad Must Tackle Nuclear Threats in the Indo-Pacific

The Quad Must Tackle Nuclear Threats in the Indo-Pacific

The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, have consistently reaffirmed their commitment to “the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” first through a statement issued in Hiroshima, then at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2023, where…

Why India is Key to the New Trilateral Tech Alliance on the Bloc

Why India is Key to the New Trilateral Tech Alliance on the Bloc

On December 8, 2023, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) issued a joint statement declaring a Trilateral Technology Dialogue with India focusing on critical and emerging technologies that will be held in the first quarter of 2024.…

SAV Collection: Emerging Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific

As middle powers in the Indo-Pacific seek to balance their relationships with the United States and China, they have increasingly looked toward alternative forums for regional cooperation to advance their interests. SAV has published a collection of South Asian perspectives on how middle powers in the Indo-Pacific, having gained more economic and strategic leverage in recent years, can forge new bilateral and trilateral partnerships outside of U.S. or China-led groupings. This emerging trend has the potential to restructure and disperse the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region.

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