SAV Review: How Much Does Nuclear Superiority Matter in South Asia?
The Start of a New Race for Nuclear Superiority? Over the past 72 years, India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars and had multiple […]
Economic Challenges Ahead after Pakistan Narrowly Escapes the FATF Blacklist
Last month, Pakistan narrowly escaped being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF, a global watchdog working to combat money laundering and terror […]
The Subcontinental Podcast – Episode 6 – A Conversation with Dr. Manoj Joshi
This episode of The Subcontinental podcast features guest Dr. Manoj Joshi. Joshi had a three-decade career in journalism with stints at The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, India Today, […]
What to Expect from Sri Lanka’s Upcoming Presidential Election
On November 16, around 16 million eligible Sri Lankan voters return to the polls after four years to cast their ballots to elect a new […]
The Kartarpur Corridor and Its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations
On October 24, officials from the Indian and Pakistani governments met at the zero point on the International Border to sign an agreement operationalizing the […]
جنوبی ایشیا کے تزویراتی ماحول میں نظریاتی اختلاف
بھارت اور پاکستان کے مابین بالاکوٹ تنازعے نے جنوبی ایشیاء کے تزویراتی توازن میں ایک اور ہنگامہ خیز باب کا اضافہ کیا ہے۔ فروری ۲۰۱۹ […]
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بی آرآئی کو متوازن بنانے کا کھیل، جنوبی ایشیا کیسے کھیل رہا ہے؟
بیلٹ اینڈ روڈ انیشی ایٹو ( بی آر آئی) نے چین کے تیزرفتارعروج سے خطے کو درپیش خطرات اور امیدوں کے بارے میں جنوبی ایشیا […]
Afghan Peace Talks: Weighing Flaws and Projecting Forward
International actors—most recently the United States and its partners in NATO—have devoted significant resources to increasing stability and state capacity in Afghanistan over the past […]
Lex Talionis: Is India’s Foreign Policy Acquiring a New Dimension with Turkey’s Censure?
Just a few days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his plans to withdraw troops from northeastern Syria, Turkish President Erdogan ordered his forces to […]
Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: A Civilian’s Perspective on Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
On August 5, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of Article 370 of the Indian constitution from Jammu & Kashmir, which revoked the […]
Beyond Strategic Ties and Economic Assistance: A Call to Rethink Pakistan’s Middle East Policy
Only a month after assuming office, Imran Khan made his first overseas trip as Pakistan’s prime minister to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates […]
Climate Change in India and South Asia: Intensifying Local Grievances
One of the most critical global challenges in the coming years is the existential threat humans face from climate change. While climate change is a […]
Convene a Joint Commission on the Consequences of a Nuclear War in South Asia
The nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan is intensifying, and with it, the possibility of a nuclear war. Both nuclear-armed states are developing new […]
بھارتی جوہری پالیسی پر بحث ایک بار پھر گرم
جوہری پالیسی پر مچی ہلچل تانوی کلکرنی جوہری ہتھیار کے استعمال میں پہل نہ کرنے کی بھارتی پالیسی ”نوفرسٹ یوز“ (این ایف یو) عوام میں […]
چینی وزارت دفاع کا وائٹ پیپر، بھارت کیلئے اہم مضمرات
چینی وزارت برائے قومی دفاع کا جولائی کے اختتام پر شائع کردہ نیشنل ڈیفنس وائٹ پیپر (این ڈی ڈبلیو پی) چینی کمیونسٹ پارٹی کی ۱۹ویں […]
Launching an Expanded Missile Flight-Test Notification Regime
China, India, and Pakistan are engaged in a nuclear competition of growing intensity. The increased range and destructive capacity of regional ballistic-missile-delivery vehicles means that […]
India-GCC Relations: More Than Just Economics
Last month, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi the country’s highest civilian honor, […]
Understanding India’s National Register of Citizens
On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the northeastern state of Assam. The document aims to identify “legal” migrants […]
Modi’s U.S. Visit: Opportunity to Put Irritants Behind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s week-long visit to the United States from September 21 to September 27 is a good opportunity for New Delhi to not […]
The Intractable Rohingya Crisis
In August 2017, over 745,000 Rohingya began fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Bangladesh. Now, more than two years later, Cox’s Bazar is the largest refugee […]
Can Federalism Diffuse Ethnic Tensions? The Case of Pakistan’s South Punjab Province
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ’s eleven-point election manifesto in 2018 included establishing a southern Punjab province as an administrative […]
Russia-Pakistan Relations and Afghanistan: Broadening Strategic Convergence
On the sidelines of last month’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, Russian and Pakistani foreign ministers hinted at transforming their burgeoning cooperation into a […]
Russia-Taliban Bonhomie: An Opportunity for India?
While the United States and Taliban have failed to negotiate a peace deal, Russia is rapidly gaining leverage in Afghanistan. Moscow, increasingly wary of U.S. […]
Post Article 370 Withdrawal, What Lies Ahead for Kashmir?
India’s withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), stripping it of its semi-autonomous status and turning it into a Union Territory, marks a […]
Rebuilding the Wuhan Spirit in India-China Relations
In the aftermath of the Doklam standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries in the summer of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi […]
SAV Review: The People behind the Guns: The Relationship Between Cutting-edge Technology and Escalation
Since each country’s nuclear tests in 1998, India and Pakistan have witnessed multiple crises and near-misses, including escalating to the point of kinetic actions and […]
India’s Quandary over Huawei
5G has been one of the biggest buzzwords of 2019. This revolutionary technology, officially called fifth generation cellular technology (5G for short), will make internet […]
In Pakistan, Climate Change is the Primary Threat to National Security
Between July and September this year, 235 Pakistanis lost their lives and another 169 suffered injuries due to the current monsoon spell. On the other […]
INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In 2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the […]