While India Makes Inroads in the Maldives, China Stays
In August 2020 India extended USD $500 million in aid to buttress a connectivity project in the Maldives. The package consisted of a USD $100 […]
Category: democracy
Sri Lankan Politics: Winds of Change With a Familiar Cast
Sri Lanka’s recently concluded parliamentary elections—alongside the Presidential election in November—ushered in the return to power of the formidable Rajapaksa political dynasty. The current ruling […]
Tamil diaspora and the LTTE movement in Sri Lanka
Several South Asian countries have been affected by armed conflicts that have undermined their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Sri Lanka faced the ethno-separatist Tamil Eelam […]
The Future of Pakistan-Taliban Ties in Afghanistan
The signing of the Doha Agreement between the Afghan Taliban and the United States in February 2020 represented a success for Pakistan, which had advocated […]
افغان سیاسی تصفیے کی ممکنہ اشکال
بین الافغان مذاکرات کیلئے مقام اور تاریخ کے عنقریب متوقع اعلان نے افغانستان میں پر امن سیاسی تصفیے کے امکانات کے حوالے سے امیدوں کو […]
Likely Scenarios for An Afghan Political Settlement
The imminent announcement of a date and venue for possible intra-Afghan talks—the first round of negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban—has generated optimism […]
ہندو قوم پرستی کی جانب بھارتی جھکاؤ، پاکستان سے تعلقات کیلئے کیسا شگون ہے؟
بھارتی وزیراعظم نریندر مودی کی جانب سے اپنی جماعت بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی کی عام انتخابات میں دوسری مدت کیلئے تاریخی فتح یقینی بنانے کے ایک […]
Can the Intra-Afghan Negotiations Yield Lasting Peace?
Even after almost half a century of conflict, Afghanistan has ranked first out of the ten must-watch conflicts for 2020 by the International Crisis Group. Today, the […]
Dividing Lines: What India’s Hindu Nationalist Turn Portends for Relations with Pakistan
A year after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a second term in a landslide election victory for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his government […]
Bollywood and the BJP After CAA: A Red Line, or One More Line in the Sand?
Bollywood in the Time of COVID-19 As India has responded to COVID-19, Indian public figures, particularly celebrities from Bollywood, the globalized Hindi-language film industry, have been key […]