All is Not Well for the Indian Worker: India’s Declining Wage Growth
Over the last year or so, there has been an increased focus on studying the extent to which the Indian economy has seen a growth […]
As a Water Crisis Brews, What Can Pakistan Do?
Pakistan is facing an imminent water crisis. A recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ranked Pakistan third in the world among countries facing […]
Imran Khan’s Inaugural Speech: Prioritizing Domestic Reforms
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister (PM) and the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) political party, laid out a broad and ambitious governance […]
Towards a Reboot of India’s Africa Policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently undertook a state visit to three African countries (Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa), and concluded his tour by attending […]
Nuclear BrahMos: On the Anvil?
Since the early 2000s, the BrahMos missile system has made India’s military arsenal a formidable one. A product of a joint Indo-Russian initiative, the weapon […]
India’s Naval Nuclearization: Repercussions for Crisis Stability
In an attempt to gain strategic superiority, major powers have sent nuclear submarines into the Indian Ocean for years. Recently, the Indian Ocean has witnessed […]
Is China-India-Pakistan Trilateral Cooperation Possible?
At a recent event on India-China relations in New Delhi, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui raised eyebrows when he floated the idea of a […]
Twenty Years into Nuclear South Asia: Pathways to Stability
Amidst the regional optimism in South Asia that immediately followed the February 1999 Lahore Declaration, few scholars and analysts of the time would have predicted […]
Will the Temporary Truce in Afghanistan Bear Fruit?
The Afghan government announced a temporary unconditional ceasefire for eight days starting from June 12th. The truce, which coincides with the Muslim Eid festival marking […]
What the FATA Merger Means for Pakistan
Recently, Pakistan’s Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) comprising of seven agencies and six frontier regions were merged into the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The […]