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India’s Visa Policy Can Better Reflect “Neighborhood First”
Speaking at an interview with Times Now, a popular Indian news channel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the enhanced strength and respect of the Indian passport as one of the many achievements of his government’s leadership. Yet, India’s consistently plummeting…
The South Asian Security Landscape
South Asian Voices Visiting Fellows Asma Khalid, Chirayu Thakkar, Fizza Batool, and Saurav Sarkar present their research and policy recommendations on some of the subcontinent’s most pertinent strategic issues. These presentations are the result of a year-long fellowship with the…
COVID-19 in South Asia’s Power Politics
The management of COVID-19 reveals which countries are taking the lead in geopolitics in South Asia. On March 12, 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries a strategy to deal…
سارک بحالی کے امکانات سے انکار قبل از وقت کیوں؟
۲۰۱۸ میں مردہ قرار دی گئی جنوبی ایشیائی تنظیم برائے علاقائی تعاون (سارک)، چند ہفتے قبل تیزی سے پھیلتے کرونا وائرس کے باعث عالمی ہیلتھ ایمرجنسی کے عی درمیان میں دوبارہ زندہ ہوگئی۔ جنوبی ایشیائی ممالک نے بھارتی وزیراعظم نریندر…
Modi’s Neighborhood First Promise Fails to Materialize
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed to go the extra mile to indicate his government would reset India’s relations with countries after he was first elected to office in 2014. He generated a lot of optimism when he invited neighboring…
Why Dismissing SAARC’s Revival is Premature
Amidst the global health emergency of a fast-spreading coronavirus, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) came back to life a few weeks ago after being declared dead in 2018. The South Asian countries conducted a video conference on…