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Southern Asia’s Nuclear Shift: Why New Delhi and Beijing Are Breaking Their Peacetime Taboo
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2026 recently reported that India expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2025, increasing it from 180 to 190. But the starkest revelation was that India for the first time might be actively deploying…
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…
Between Islamabad and Kabul: How Far Can Mediators Go?
When kinetic conflict once again flared up between Pakistan and Afghanistan in late February 2026, China was one of the few third parties to offer its good offices to mediate in a region caught in the fallout of the U.S.-Israel-Iran…
चागोस द्वीपसमूह एवं हिंद महासागर का सैन्यीकरण
"डिएगो गार्सिया को किसी को मत दीजिए," अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने 19 फ़रवरी को चेतावनी दी, जब यूनाइटेड किंगडम चागोस द्वीपसमूह की संप्रभुता मॉरीशस को हस्तांतरित करने की योजनाओं के साथ आगे अग्रसर हो रहा था। तथापि चागोस द्वीपसमूह…
Chagos and the Militarization of the Indian Ocean
“Do not give away Diego Garcia,” warned U.S. President Donald Trump on February 19, as the United Kingdom moved forward with plans to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. While the Chagos Archipelago has often been viewed through…
SAV Q&A with Johann Chacko: South Asian Security in Shifting Global Landscape
Over the past year, South Asian security dynamics have evolved amid persistent interstate rivalries, domestic political turbulence, and the rapidly shifting global political landscape. On January 28, South Asian Voices spoke with Johann Chacko about the most important factors shaping…