SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
In 2018, Sufian Ullah analyzed the role of expanding counterforce technologies in South Asia in light of Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press’s International Security journal […]
Year in Review: Pakistan in 2019
2019 has proven to be an eventful year for Pakistan, from the February Pulwama/Balakot crisis with India to diplomatic battles to avoid blacklisting by the […]
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 […]
Year in Review: Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery in 2019
For Sri Lanka in 2019, repercussions from the 2018 constitutional crisis after the President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to replace Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe, framed the […]
How the Kuala Lumpur Summit Complicates India’s Gulf Relations
In the last weeks of December 2019, leaders from five key Muslims nations—Malaysia, Turkey, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia—met in Kuala Lumpur in a bid to […]
جنوبی ایشیاء میں نیوکلیئر تنصیبات پر عدم حملوں کے معاہدے کو جدید تقاضوں کے مطابق ڈھالنا
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Ignoring Balochistan Amidst Fears of a CPEC Slowdown
On November 5, Balochistan’s Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan attended the 9th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting in Islamabad, in which the Gwadar Master Plan […]
Sharing Nuclear Information
Voluntary information-sharing declarations can be a communication tool for nuclear-armed states with the potential to strengthen global security and stability. Declarations can help states send […]
Year in Review: Nepal in 2019
Since its landmark national elections in 2017—the first in two decades—the past two years in Nepal have been a time of newfound stability. In 2018 […]
India-Pakistan Relations under Imran Khan and Modi 2.0: The Lowest Point in a Decade
India-Pakistan relations, under the Imran Khan government in Pakistan and the Modi 2.0 government in India, are arguably at the lowest point in their bilateral […]
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گزشتہ پانچ دہائیوں سے کچھ زیادہ عرصے سےچین ایٹمی ہتھیاروں سے لیس ایک ریاست ہے۔ بیجنگ نے جوہری تسدید کے لئے ایک کم سے کم […]
Pakistan’s Highest Court Suspends the Army Chief’s Term Extension. What Now?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended a government-issued directive that approved a three-year term extension for the current chief of army staff. It’s […]
Looking Back at 2019: 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, […]
Primed for Confrontation: Examining India-Pakistan Relations under New Governments
India-Pakistan relations have experienced a souring over the past several years, and 2019 has been no exception. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election victory in […]
Year in Review: Multialignment and Indian Foreign Policy in 2019
While delivering the 4th Ramnath Goenka Lecture recently, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar contended that “India needs to follow an approach of working with […]
جنوبی ایشیاء کے جوہری مواد کے معما کا حل
جنوبی ایشیاء میں روایتی اور جوہری صلاحیتوں کا ایک بڑھتا ہوا مقابلہ وقوع پزیر ہو رہا ہے۔ پچھلی دو دہائیوں کے دوران ہندوستان اور پاکستان […]
Geopolitics of Indian Ocean Islands in 2019: Takeaways for Traditional Powers
China’s rapidly expanding presence in the Indian Ocean in recent years underlines the emergence of Beijing as a new player in the region. Increasing Sino-Indian […]
Maintaining The Spirit In 2020? Reflecting on 2019 India-China Relations
On the sidelines of the most recent BRICS Summit in Brazil, Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit China again […]
Year in Review: Bangladesh in 2019
As Bangladesh embarks into 2020, the country stands at a critical juncture on its growth trajectory. Some of its key economic indicators went awry in […]
Understanding the Indo-Pacific: A Case of Two Rivalries
The concept of the Indo-Pacific has emerged from an evolving mental map of the increasingly contiguous Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the growing […]
Ayodhya Verdict: Is the Political Climate in India Impeding the Rights of Religious Minorities?
On November 9, India’s apex court ruled in favor of Hindu nationalist groups in a long-standing dispute over a contested holy site in Ayodhya, which […]
Pakistan and China in 2019: Straying Apart, Staying Together
2019 has been an uneasy year in Pakistan-China relations, marred by policy divergences and measured recalibration. On Pakistan’s part, the policy divergences emanate from domestic […]
Looking Back at 2019: SAV’s Most Popular Reads
2019 was an eventful year in South Asia. From countries in the region dealing with the aftermath of the United States announcing the withdrawal of […]