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The PTI’s Last Foreign Policy Act: Pakistan and the 48th OIC Session
On March 22nd and 23rd, Pakistan hosted the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad. The OIC session was ultimately the last diplomatic achievement of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) while…

Opportunites for India-Indonesia Cooperation on Myanmar
In February 2021, Myanmar witnessed a coup that overthrew the democratic government and installed a military rule in its stead. While, domestically, it displaced over 638,000 people, and exacerbated the existing drug and human trafficking problems in the country, the…

Sri Lanka: Navigating Geopolitics, Regional Asymmetry, and a National Crisis
Sri Lanka, with its unique position in the center of the Indian Ocean, is the focus of widespread conjecture in recent strategic discourse. With China’s growing prominence in South Asia through efforts such as the Belt and Road Initiative, questions…

Challenges to Subnational Diplomacy: The Tangled Roots of Punjab
Since the partition of Punjab—a consequence of the wider India-Pakistan partition in 1947—the “Land of Five Waters” has been the focal point of a war-inducing water dispute and widespread bloodshed. Conservative estimates put the death toll within Punjab during the…

Indian Fusion Center-Indian Ocean Region: Security and Stature
Australian and Japan recently posted liaison officers to the Indian Fusion Center-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in 2021, where the U.S. liaison officer has served since 2019. IFC-IOR, a maritime information hub initiated by India, brings all Quad members under one roof to exchange vital maritime…

India at the Leaders Summit on Climate: An Opportunity to Boost Cooperation
As the United States rejoins the Paris Agreement after a brief hiatus, the Biden administration must regain legitimacy in the international climate order. President Biden has championed international cooperation on climate change since his candidature. To this end, the United States convened the “Leaders…