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SAV Q&A with TCA Raghavan: One Year After the May 2025 Crisis
On May 4, South Asian Voices spoke with Ambassador TCA Raghavan about the May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis and the path forward for the relationship. Ambassador Raghavan is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan…
Narrating Victory, Enabling Exit: Discursive Control in the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis
India and Pakistan each emerged from the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, which has been widely assessed as one of the most intense military confrontations between the two nuclear-armed rivals in decades, claiming their own victory and restraint. This represents a…
Eroding Nuclear Restraint: From Natanz to South Asia’s Next Crisis
The recent U.S.-Israel attack on Iran’s Natanz uranium-enrichment facility and the Iranian attack targeting Israel’s own nuclear enrichment facility near Dimona reflect an accelerating and dangerous shift in global nuclear politics: the erosion of the international norm against attacking critical…
पाकिस्तान-अफ़ग़ानिस्तान तनाव: एक क्षेत्रीय संकट के बीच खुला युद्ध
फ़रवरी के अंत में, इस्लामाबाद राजधानी क्षेत्र (आईसीटी) में मस्जिदों पर हुए आतंकवादी हमलों के उपरांत, तहरीक-ए-तालिबान पाकिस्तान (टीटीपी) पर आरोप लगाते हुए पाकिस्तान ने अफ़ग़ानिस्तान के सीमावर्ती प्रांतों पर हवाई प्रहार किए, जिसके अंतर्गत टीटीपी और इस्लामिक राज्य खुरासान…
Artificial Intelligence, Targeting, and Escalation Risks in the India-Pakistan Environment
The U.S.-Israel-Iran war demonstrates that artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping military decision-support and targeting processes. In the conflict, the United States has reportedly employed AI tools that analyze large volumes of satellite, drone, and intelligence data to assist in…
Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions: An Open War in a Regional Crisis
In late February, following terrorist attacks on mosques in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) attributed to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan launched airstrikes on the border provinces of Afghanistan targeting TTP and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) camps. In response,…