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Nepal in 2025: A New Dawn?
The political unrest of 2025 marks yet another milestone along the wending path of democracy within Nepal’s recent history.
Water as a Multilateral Issue? The Case of Bangladesh and Implications for Indian Diplomacy
Even as India-Bangladesh ties have seen signs of economic and political stress in recent days and weeks, one recent development with bilateral implications went largely unnoticed. On June 20, Bangladesh became the first South Asian country to accede to the…
Can the Indus Waters Treaty Be Held in Abeyance? What the Law Allows
Two days after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi declared that its participation in the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) would be “held in abeyance” until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably abjures ” with cross-border terrorism.…
The Water Variable in South Asia’s Security Calculus
At the two-day international environmental conference hosted by Islamabad called “Breathe Pakistan" last month, former minister Sherry Rehman remarked that "climate change knows no borders." Her comments suggested that just as the challenge of changing environmental patterns is transboundary, the…
सिंधु जल संधि को प्रासंगिक बनाए रखने हेतु अद्यतन की अनिवार्यता
30 अगस्त, 2024 को, भारत ने सिंधु जल संधि (आईडब्ल्यूटी) की समीक्षा और संशोधन की मांग पाकिस्तान को औपचारिक रूप से एक सूचना पत्र देकर की| भारत ने यह सूचना पत्र परिवर्तित हो रही जनसंख्या जनसांख्यिकी, कृषि मांगों की पूर्ति और स्वच्छ ऊर्जा विकास में…
A Test of Governance: India’s Struggle Against Environmental Upheaval
India finds itself facing relentless natural calamities as a result of environmental change, set against a backdrop of a governance system that is woefully unprepared for the escalating crisis. The country is frequently battered by floods, droughts, landslides, and heatwaves,…