2017: Year in Review
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پاکستان: سال ۲۰۱۷ کا طائرانہ جائزہ
سال ۲۰۱۷ پاکستان کےلئے اندرونی و علاقائی طور پر افراتفری سے بھرپور رہا ہے۔ ملک کی داخلی صورتحال سپریم کورٹ کی طرف سے نواز شریف کو نا اہل قرار دئے جانے اور پھر اسلام آباد میں بریلوی فرقے کی مذہبی…
2017 in Review: Nepal
The year 2017 has been momentous in terms of Nepal’s internal politics. For the first time since the end of Nepal’s civil war, local elections took place followed by federal and provincial elections. The latter set of elections, which began…
2017 in Review: Sri Lanka
The current coalition government of Sri Lanka was elected in 2015 with a mandate to implement broad political and economic reforms. Unfortunately the young government struggled to provide a uniting vision of reform to its coalition partners, which slowed the…
2017 in Review: India
From enhancing capabilities for connectivity and security in the region to staring down the neighborhood bully to clearing out outdated ideological policy formulations, 2017 saw India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi take on a more self-assured and assertive approach--at home…
2017 in Review: Pakistan
2017 has been a tumultuous year for Pakistan, marked by domestic and regional instability. The country’s domestic politics were marred by Nawaz Sharif’s dismissal by the Supreme Court followed by Barelvi activism and religious-political mobilization in Islamabad. On the foreign…
2017 in Review: Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the world’s eighth most populous country with a population of almost 160 million. Termed a “tiger” economy by The Economist last year, Bangladesh’s consistent GDP growth since the early 2000s signals the country has the potential to attain…