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Looking Back at 2022: SAV Editors’ Picks
At South Asian Voices, we pride ourselves on publishing diverse perspectives from across the subcontinent on important and often contentious issues related to the politics, security, and economics of South Asia. Below are the SAV editorial team’s top picks of 2022: Brigitta Schuchert…
The Lasting Legacies of Partition for Pakistan’s Pashtuns
August 2022 marked the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition of the Indian subcontinent. With the displacement of millions through divisions along religious lines and the creation of new borders and independent nations, Partition has left a legacy that echoes…
طالبان کے قبضے کے ایک برس بعد: علاقائی خطرات و اثرات
ایک برس پہلے، ۱۵ اگست ۲۰۲۱ کو طالبان نے کابل پر قبضہ کر لیا اور امریکہ اور اس کے اتحادیوں کے ہاتھوں اپنی گزشتہ حکومت گرائے جانے کے دو دہائی بعد افغانستان میں دوبارہ اقتدار میں آگئے۔ اقتدار میں ان…
One Year After the Taliban Takeover: Regional Risks and Repercussions
On August 15, 2021—exactly one year ago today—the Taliban captured Kabul and retook power in Afghanistan two decades after the United States and its allies toppled their previous regime. Their abrupt return to power shocked those within Afghanistan and abroad…
Assumptions in Counterterrorism: Understanding the Case of Shari Baloch
On April 26, as reports circulated of a suicide bomber killing a Pakistani driver and three Chinese teachers near the Confucius Institute in Karachi University, waves of anxiety crippled much of the collective Pakistani consciousness. The attack was carried out…
Operational Risks and Societal Militarization: Agnipath’s Entrenched Challenges
On June 14, India’s defense minister—flanked by the three service chiefs—rolled out the Agnipath scheme. The scheme is a “transformative reform” in the military’s method of recruitment and retention and was also a source of instant controversy and opposition following…