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India and the Russia-Ukraine War: The Need for a Proactive Approach
In a recent bilateral meeting between India’s Prime Minister Modi and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the SCO summit in Uzbekistan, Modi made headline-making comments on the war in Ukraine, stating that “now is not an era of war” and…
Building a Bridge through Time: Partition Through Oral Histories
Away from the unfolding negotiations between departing colonial rulers and leaders of the newly independent states of India and Pakistan, the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 ripped apart the inhabited worlds of millions. Violence and destruction swept large…
75 Years After Partition: Reflections from South Asian Voices Readers and Contributors
This month marks 75 years since South Asia witnessed the brutal Partition of the Indian subcontinent as the newly created states of India and Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire. With estimates of up to 20 million forcibly displaced…
یوکرین اور جنوبی ایشیا میں غیر وابستگی کی واپسی
جنوبی ایشیا کی (معاشی حجم کے اعتبار سے) چار سب سے بڑی ریاستیں بھارت، پاکستان، بنگلہ دیش اور سری لنکا، یوکرین پر روسی حملے کے خلاف اقوام متحدہ کی مذمتی قرار دار میں غیر حاضر رہیں۔ جنوبی ایشیا جیسی نوعیت…
Ukraine and the Return of South Asian Non-Alignment
The four largest South Asian states (by economic size)—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka—abstained from a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No other region in the world voted in the same nature and relative consistency as South Asia.…
How Afghanistan’s Political Turmoil Affects the Border Fence Question
As Pakistan nears completion of its border fencing project along the Durand Line, tensions simmer with the Taliban over the legitimacy of Pakistan’s territorial claim on areas spanning from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to the Indus River. According to reports, Pakistani…