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SAV Q&A Understanding Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region
To celebrate the release of Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region, a new online course from the Stimson Center South Asia program’s Strategic Learning initiative, the South Asian Voices (SAV) editorial team collaborated with the Strategic Learning team on…
Kargil’s Myths and Realities: A Pakistani Perspective
Twenty five years have passed since Pakistan and India clashed along the Line of Control in a limited terrain in what has come to be known, incorrectly, as the Kargil War. However, the misnaming of that armed conflict as “war”…
Trump’s Victory Poses Several Challenges for Pakistan
As Donald Trump prepares to return to office in January 2025, uncertainty looms large in Islamabad over the future of ties with the United States. Among fervent supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Trump's win led to renewed hope that…
The Trans-Afghan Multimodal Transport Corridor: Will it Achieve Regional Connectivity?
In 2023, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan developed an idea to connect South and Central Asia through a railroad to enhance trade and economic opportunity in the region. That idea has now taken the shape of the Trans-Afghan Multimodal Transport Corridor.…
Trump 2.0: Implications for South Asia
The speculation and excitement around the U.S. election has ended with the victory of Republican candidate, Donald J. Trump. For the first time in over a 100 years, a candidate has become president after being voted out of office once…
India Should Take a Proactive Interest in the TAPI Pipeline
On September 11, 2024, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan declared a public holiday in Herat to mark the resumption of work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. At the inauguration ceremony, Taliban chief Mohammad Hassan Akhund and President Serdar Berdimuhamedov…