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From All-Weather to All-Domain: China-Pakistan Space Cooperation and South Asian Security
The “unbreakable and rock-solid” China-Pakistan relationship appears to be extending beyond the land, sea, and air domains into orbital space, an increasingly critical arena for embedding alliances and projecting power. From the launch of Pakistan’s Badar-1 satellite in 1990, space…
Colombo Port City and the Diminishing Scope of Sri Lankan Policy Autonomy
Colombo Port City began as a promise of transformation, but it has become a measure of Sri Lanka’s constrained autonomy. Built on 269 hectares of reclaimed land beside Colombo’s central business district, the Chinese-backed project is designed as a Special…
After the Four-Day War: Defense Adaptation and Strategic Realignment Across South Asia
The May 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan lasted less than a week, but its aftershocks are still coursing through the region. The crisis saw the region's first live combat test of Chinese-manufactured J-10C fighters, PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles, and…
Maldives in 2025: Navigating Security, Governance, and Economic Pressures in a Volatile Year
Editor’s Note: This article is part of South Asian Voices’ annual Year in Review series. Browse the full series page here. The year 2025 has been transformative for the Maldives, marked by a complex interplay of domestic political turbulence, strategic foreign partnerships,…
एससीओ में मोदी: भारत की विदेश नीति में चीन की महत्ता
भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी अगस्त के अंत में तियानजिन में शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) शिखर सम्मेलन में भाग लेने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं और चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग से उनकी भेंट होने की संभावना है, जबकि, वैश्विक मंच पर…
سی پیک کے نفاذ کے دس سال: وعدے، خدشات اور امكانات
ایک زمانے میں چین-پاکستان اقتصادی راہداری (سی پیك) کو پاکستان کی غیر مستحکم معیشت كو سہارا دینےکے لیے تبدیلی کا ایک ذریعہ سمجھا جاتا تھا، تاہم اب اسے ہاتھ سے نكل جانے والے مواقع اور ادھوری امیدوں كی علامت سمجھا…