China’s Strategic Relations with Sri Lanka
China’s increasing forays in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) through its naval assets, have added a brand new dimension to the security dynamic of the […]
Category: Governance
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 […]
Understanding the Deaths of Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch
On May 1, 2020 Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) students Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch were killed in Balochistan in a skirmish with Pakistani security forces. Little has […]
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 […]
کووڈ ۱۹ اور پاکستان میں سیاسی تقسیم
بمطابق ۱۲ مئی، پاکستان میں کرونا مریضوں کی تعداد ۳۲۰۰۰ سے زیادہ ہو چکی ہے، جبکہ جاں بحق مریضوں کی تعداد ۷۲۰ تک پہنچ چکی […]
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 […]
COVID-19 and Nepal’s Migration Crisis
Nepali migrant workers stranded in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, and India to name a few have been hit hard by COVID-19. Some have already lost […]
Pakistan’s COVID-19 Political Divide
As of May 12, the number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has crossed 32,000 with the number of deaths reaching over 720. Last week, as […]