Where Will the TAPI Gas Pipeline Go From Here?
With the inauguration of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline’s Afghan section at the end of February in Herat, there is much hope that this project […]
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Why Foreign Policy is Not An Election Issue in Pakistan
With general elections in Pakistan scheduled to take place this summer, all major political parties have already begun campaigning and articulating their agendas. While domestic problems, such […]
Short Take: Another Hot Summer to Burden Kashmir
Projecting Kashmir as a “peaceful” destination for tourists, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led state government hosted the 64th annual Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) […]
Four Reasons Why PML-N is the Front Runner in Pakistan’s Upcoming Polls
When Nawaz Sharif was re-elected prime minister in 2013, Pakistan was considerably different from his previous term in 1999. Major challenges to the country included […]
The Political Awakening of Pakistan’s Pashtuns
There is a storm brewing in Pakistan: after decades of exclusion and discrimination, the Pashtun community from the country’s tribal areas has come forward to […]
Fruitless or a Breakthrough? Making Sense of Ghani’s Peace Offer
In his opening speech at the second meeting of the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Cooperation last week, President Ghani put forth an offer for […]
2018 Elections: Why Pakistan’s Struggle with Democracy Will Continue
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) surprising victory in the recent by-election that took place earlier this month in Punjab–for a National Assembly seat the Pakistan […]
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India’s Underappreciated Realpolitik: Navigating the Geopolitical Spectrum
Historically, India’s approach to the global order has been grounded in the principles of pragmatism and realpolitik—a fact that has often been under appreciated by […]
Railway Diplomacy: China Versus India
In the contemporary era of international relations, many countries have begun to employ non-traditional types of diplomacy in order to improve their relations with other […]
Why India Needs a More Competitive Rupee
Since the mid-1990s, China has sustained long-term benefits in growth from an export-led manufacturing strategy resulting from a carefully managed exchange rate where the Chinese […]
Election Season in South Asia: India versus China
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his term in 2014 with a strong focus on India’s immediate neighborhood, inviting leaders of all the South Asian […]
Gujarat Elections: Lessons for the BJP in 2019
The recent double victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state elections of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh was another electoral feather in the […]
Why Islamist Groups are Winning in a Divided Pakistan
The calculated use of religious extremism has been a common feature in the politics of Pakistan, a country in which ethnic, linguistic, and nationalistic values […]
The Refugee Challenge: Pakistan’s Repatriation Policy
In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans fled their country by crossing the border […]
India’s Failing Enterprise: The Agriculture Sector
Though India is often characterized as a burgeoning economy rapidly undergoing the process of urbanization, 58 percent of the country’s rural population is still dependent […]
Siloization and India-China Water Politics
A lack of interdisciplinary coordination of expertise referred to as “siloization,” often holds back truly effective policy analysis. One such example from Southern Asia is […]
Negotiating Kashmir: An Interlocutor Alone is Ineffective
Resolving the Kashmir issue is a herculean task that should be jointly considered by state, non-state, and international actors if negotiations are to lead to […]