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Why China Isn’t Worried about the U.S.-Pakistan Honeymoon
In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House, the most visible sign yet of warming U.S.-Pakistan relations. The leaders’ meeting capped months of quiet…
SAV Q&A with Paul McGarr: Cold War Intelligence in South Asia
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part conversation with Paul McGarr. Intelligence plays a critical role in shaping security and politics in South Asia. On January 8, South Asian Voices spoke with Dr. Paul McGarr about the past…
India in 2025: Reckoning with Strategic Autonomy While Attempting Rebalancing
Editor’s Note: This article is part of South Asian Voices’ annual Year in Review series. Browse the full series page here. Indian foreign policy in 2025 has had to navigate a complex external environment that threw up some of the most formidable…
امریکہ کی بی ایل اے کی بطور دہشت گرد تنظیم نامزدگی: پاکستان کے لیے ایک فتح، مگر درد کی دوا نہیں
امریکی محکمہ خارجہ نے 11 اگست کو بلوچ لبریشن آرمی (بی ایل اے) اور اس کے عرف/اہم خودکش دہشت گرد سکواڈ، مجید بریگیڈ، کو خارجی دہشت گرد تنظیم (ایف ٹی او) کے طور پر نامزد کیا۔ یہ اقدام امریکہ اور…
SAV Q&A with Dr. Syed Hussain Soherwordi: Pak-Afghan Tensions, South Asian Geopolitics, and the Road Ahead for Islamabad
While 2025 has witnessed a stabilization of the Pakistani economy, a transformation in ties with the United States, and a notable defense pact with Saudi Arabia, it has also been marked by national security challenges for Pakistan in the form…
Can Conditional Engagement Spur Reform in the Taliban’s Afghanistan?
Four years into the second period of rule by the Taliban regime, Afghanistan has plummeted into economic insecurity and a human rights crisis. Following the Taliban takeover in 2021, the regime’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had claimed, “we are going…