U.S. Retreat Provides India an Opportunity for Humanitarian Leadership in South Asia
Since the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president for the second time, Washington has suspended key foreign aid programs around the globe, impacting many developing countries, including in South Asia. This development has consequently created an opportunity for Beijing…
نیپال میں چین کے بڑھتے ہوئے رسوخ کا جائزہ
دسمبر 2024 کے اوائل میں نیپالی وزیر اعظم کے پی شرما اولی نے چین کا سرکاری دورہ کیا (جو) چوتھی بار وزیر اعظم بننے کے بعد ان کا پہلا دو طرفہ بیرونِ ملک دورہ (تھا)۔ بنیادی طور پر دو وجوہات…
How the Maldives Can Navigate Successfully Between India and China
In January 2025, the Maldivian foreign and defense ministers made high-profile visits to New Delhi. Occurring against the backdrop of an administration that initially rose to power on an anti-India platform, these visits signal a striking recalibration of Maldivian foreign…
Assessing China’s Growing Footprint in Nepal
In early December 2024, Nepali Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli paid an official visit to China — his first bilateral visit abroad after becoming prime minister for the fourth time. Oli’s visit to Beijing was keenly watched by political…
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: New Frontier for India-China Contestation?
Earlier this year, India launched ‘Operation Karuna’ to assist cyclone-hit Myanmar, where Indian naval ships carried emergency relief materials to Yangon. This humanitarian effort came close on the heels of India becoming one of the first countries to assist the…
India’s Public Health and Foreign Policy
India witnessed a massive rise in COVID-19 cases due to the advent of the Delta-variant in April 2021, with the country recording 1,876,792 cases in a day at the height of the pandemic. The public healthcare infrastructure collapsed because of…