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The Fragility of Stability: India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs in the Shadow of Pahalgam
The ensuing India-Pakistan crisis in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack has once again put the fragile architecture of regional stability under stress. The sweeping retaliatory measures by both India and Pakistan have resulted in an unprecedented suspension of the…
The Bangladesh-Pakistan-China Triangle and India’s Strategic Dilemma
After former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s deposition last summer, the country has been revamping its connections with many partners; the most intriguing of these interactions are with Pakistan and China. The recent warming of Pakistan-Bangladesh relations and Bangladesh Chief…
Nepal’s Royalist Revival? Democracy’s Crisis of Confidence
Every year, on Nepal’s Democracy Day, Gyanendra Shah, the country’s former monarch, addresses his former subjects via video. Shah generally bemoans the state of the country, offers platitudes, and ends with the customary royal invocation of Pashupatinath as Nepal’s protector…
Why the Kashmir Attack Could Start Another India-Pakistan Crisis
On Tuesday, April 22, terrorists attacked a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people and injuring several more. It appears to be the worst massacre of Indian civilians in the insurgency-afflicted state of Kashmir in at least 20 years. India has long blamed Pakistan…
بدلتےاتحاد :طالبان کے بھارت اور پاکستان کےساتھ ارتقائی تعلقات
طالبان کی جانب سے 15 اگست2021 کو اشرف غنی کی حکومت کا کامیاب تختہ اُلٹنے نے علاقائی جغرافیائی سیاسی جِہت میں ایک بڑی تبدیلی کی نشاندہی کی۔اسلام آباد کے لیے طالبان کی واپسی کو ابتدائی طور پر ایک تزویراتی فتح…
What Evolving Pak-Bangla Relations Mean for Southern Asia
South Asia seems to be witnessing a paradigm shift as Bangladesh and Pakistan—nations once torn apart by a violent separation and decades of hostility—begin a journey toward strategic realignment. Sparked by major political changes in Bangladesh and shifting regional geopolitics,…