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Assessing India’s SAGAR Plan: Challenges Override Prospects
In recent years, India has moved away from its history of sea-blindness, and has been revitalizing its economic and strategic interests in the neighboring maritime domain for regional peace, prosperity, and progress. This commitment to “collective concerns for the global…
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-Pakistan Cooperation and Prospects for Regional Stability in South Asia
The arms race between India and Pakistan presents a critical challenge in South Asia. Their contentious rivalry fuels the existing security dilemma, propelling both nations into a continuous cycle of conventional and nuclear arms acquisition. China’s ascent in the region…
Beyond Borders: Cultivating Optimism in India-Pakistan Ties through Trade
The recent warming in ties between India and Pakistan has renewed hope for bilateral relations, particularly with former Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing willingness to resume bilateral dialogue with India. Pakistan also allowed their men’s cricket team to travel…
The Case for Washington’s Strategic Engagement in South Asia
Changing geo-strategic circumstances with the rise of China have forced the United States to narrow its global commitments and concentrate on the immediate challenge. In South Asia, this shift in priorities has felt seismic. While U.S. engagement centered on counterterrorism…
Bangladesh is Forging Ahead with a Green Foreign Policy
Bangladesh is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate-induced risks and ranks seventh among the extreme disaster risk-prone countries. The Climate Risk Index 2021 states that climate change has caused grave humanitarian losses with casualties counted at 11,450…