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SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam Pt 2: Andrew Small on Chinese Tech and U.S. Mediation
The four-day kinetic confrontation between India and Pakistan ended in a ceasefire on May 10, 2025, but observers are still grappling with the sequence of strikes and counterstrikes, assessing claims of damage by both sides, and parsing strategic narratives. On…
SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam-Part 1
With New Delhi’s precision strikes into mainland Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, the crisis between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack has escalated further. South Asian Voices asked experts Yun Sun, Barbara Slavin, and…
Strategic Relevance Without Reach: India’s Lagging Engagement with ASEAN
The 2025 edition of the State of Southeast Asia Survey Report, published by the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, highlights India’s growing strategic importance in the region. Drawing on the responses of Southeast Asian opinion leaders—including policymakers, academics, business professionals, civil society…
Powering Tensions: Renewable Energy and the Sino-Indian Border Dispute
As geopolitical rivalries evolve, renewable energy projects are emerging as a tool of strategic leverage, particularly along the contested border between India and China — also called the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While the two countries have long used…
An Incipient Reset: India-China Economic Cooperation in the Trump Era
In October 2024, India and China reached an agreement that deescalated tensions along their bilateral border that had been ongoing since April 2020. While the agreement may not by itself have resolved the root causes of the issues between the…
The Trump Effect: Will India Lean Into the China Thaw in 2025?
Reversing the trend that India and China ties have witnessed in the last half-decade, the coming year is unusually optimistic. For the first time in recent history, bilateral hostilities have taken a backseat, even if straightforward cooperation and trust are…