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India and the Debate on Explosive Nuclear Testing: Strategic Opportunity or Costly Mistake?
Recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about the necessity to resume explosive nuclear testing have sparked a global debate on the legacy of Cold War-era nuclear testing and the crumbling global nuclear order. Trump’s claim that several countries—including Pakistan—have…
SAV Q&A with Srinath Raghavan: India’s Multialignment Strategy and Neighborhood Policy
South Asian Voices spoke with Dr. Srinath Raghavan on September 3 about the pivotal moment in Indian foreign policy—in the second of two parts, we discussed the trajectory of Indian foreign policy from nonalignment to multialignment and New Delhi's approach to its neighborhood,…
SAV Q&A with Srinath Raghavan: SCO, Tariffs, and India’s Approach to the United States and China
India appears to be at a foreign policy crossroads, with a downturn in ties with the United States accompanied by growing engagement with China and steadfast relations with Russia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent appearance at the SCO summit…
بھارت اور امریکہ کی دفاعی شراکت داری کے لئے رکاوٹیں اور مواقع
سرد جنگ کے دوران جغرافیائی سیاسی نقطہ نظر میں اختلافات کا مطلب بھارت -امریکہ تعلقات میں کشیدگی اور دفاعی تعاون کی عدم موجودگی تھا۔ آج بھارت اور امریکہ کے درمیان مفادات کے ارتکاز اور چین کی بڑھتی ہوئی فوجی مہم جوئی کے چیلنج…
Hurdles and Opportunities for the India-U.S. Defense Partnership
During the Cold War, divergences in geopolitical outlooks meant that India-U.S. ties were estranged, with non-existent defense cooperation. Today, the convergence of interests between India and the United States, coupled with the challenge of a rising China’s military adventurism, has…
Former FATA’s Mainstreaming Remains Elusive
Pakistan merged the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Afghanistan border into the adjoining Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in May 2018, ending the century-old colonial administrative structure of the region by bringing it into the constitutional order and…