Year in Review: Pakistan in 2019
2019 has proven to be an eventful year for Pakistan, from the February Pulwama/Balakot crisis with India to diplomatic battles to avoid blacklisting by the […]
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Year in Review: Multialignment and Indian Foreign Policy in 2019
While delivering the 4th Ramnath Goenka Lecture recently, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar contended that “India needs to follow an approach of working with […]
Maintaining The Spirit In 2020? Reflecting on 2019 India-China Relations
On the sidelines of the most recent BRICS Summit in Brazil, Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit China again […]
Primed for Confrontation: Examining India-Pakistan Relations under New Governments
India-Pakistan relations have experienced a souring over the past several years, and 2019 has been no exception. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election victory in […]
India-Pakistan Relations under Imran Khan and Modi 2.0: The Lowest Point in a Decade
India-Pakistan relations, under the Imran Khan government in Pakistan and the Modi 2.0 government in India, are arguably at the lowest point in their bilateral […]
Africa Matters for India: Building Partnerships in the Western Indian Ocean
Recently, leaders from India, France, and the four Vanilla Island nations (Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros) met for the first time at the remote French […]
Fallout of Article 370’s Withdrawal,100 Days On: Indian Military’s False Optimism?
On August 5, the Indian government did away with the special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Articles 35A and 370, bifurcating the […]
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Economic Challenges Ahead after Pakistan Narrowly Escapes the FATF Blacklist
Last month, Pakistan narrowly escaped being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF, a global watchdog working to combat money laundering and terror […]
Post Article 370 Withdrawal, What Lies Ahead for Kashmir?
India’s withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), stripping it of its semi-autonomous status and turning it into a Union Territory, marks a […]
Afghan Peace Talks: Weighing Flaws and Projecting Forward
International actors—most recently the United States and its partners in NATO—have devoted significant resources to increasing stability and state capacity in Afghanistan over the past […]
India’s Quandary over Huawei
5G has been one of the biggest buzzwords of 2019. This revolutionary technology, officially called fifth generation cellular technology (5G for short), will make internet […]
Russia-Taliban Bonhomie: An Opportunity for India?
While the United States and Taliban have failed to negotiate a peace deal, Russia is rapidly gaining leverage in Afghanistan. Moscow, increasingly wary of U.S. […]
Left Out in the Cold: India’s Options in Afghanistan
The Afghan peace process faced an impasse this week after President Trump cancelled further talks with the Taliban, which experts fear would lead to an […]
Trump’s South Asia Policy: Strategic Alignment with Pakistan, Ambivalence Towards India?
Late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump rattled the diplomatic establishments in the United States and India when he remarked that he would be willing to […]
China’s Defense White Paper: Key Implications for India
The national defense white paper (NDWP) issued by China’s Ministry of National Defense in late July is the most recent official document on defense and […]
Mr. Khan Goes to Washington
As the dust settles following Imran Khan’s first U.S. visit as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, reviews of the trip are decidedly mixed. While Khan likened his visit to […]
Clarify and Respect the Line of Actual Control
Introduction China and India – both rising powers and nuclear-armed states – are locked in an intensifying security dilemma. China seems to have the upper […]