Sri Lanka’s Fight Against COVID-19
Sri Lanka acted reasonably early in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has thus far been somewhat successful in containing a potential outbreak within the […]
Politics & Economics
Is India’s Healthcare System Prepared for COVID-19?
Amidst a rising number of positive COVID-19 cases, on March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown with stringent restrictions requiring […]
How India is Grappling with COVID-19
Contrary to the concerns of some international observers, India has been dealing reasonably well with the COVID-19 catastrophe, so far. From mid-January until March 8, […]
Two Presidents: A Challenge or Chance for Afghanistan?
On March 9, Afghanistan’s leading 2019 presidential candidates, National Unity Government (NUG) incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, held parallel swearing-in ceremonies […]
Dr. C Raja Mohan on Multialignment in Indian Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, and More
Dr. C Raja Mohan spoke with SAV Managing Editor Akriti Vasudeva and Deputy Editor Brigitta Schuchert about various issues related to Indian foreign policy, discussing […]
Decoding the Delhi Elections: Why an AAP Victory Matters
The results of the most recent Delhi elections seem to suggest that development-focused politics can beat out the wave of majoritarian right-wing identity politics in […]
Resilient Partners? What Trump’s Visit Indicates About US-India Relations
In the middle of a charged election campaign that saw the third presidential impeachment in American history, President Donald Trump flew halfway across the world […]
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Four More Months on the Gray List: Pakistan’s FATF Challenge
As expected, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terror financing watchdog has kept Pakistan on the gray list in its much-anticipated […]
بھارت کا شہریت ترمیمی قانون: ایک تعارف
دسمبر میں بھارتی پارلیمنٹ کی جانب سے شہریت ترمیمی قانون (سی اے اے) کی منظوری کے بعد سے ملک بھر میں بڑے پیمانے پر مظاہرے […]
India and Pakistan’s Untapped Trade Potential
Analysis of India-Pakistan relations has been often dominated by security issues with comparatively less attention given to the untapped trade opportunities between the two countries. […]
عمران خان اور فاٹا کی قومی دھارے میں شمولیت کا دشوار مرحلہ
رواں ماہ پاکستان نے وعدہ کیا ہے کہ وہ قبائلی علاقوں کو قومی دھارے میں شامل کرنے کیلئے ایک دہائی تک سالانہ ایک بلین ڈالر […]
Why the Delhi Election Results Won’t Affect the BJP’s Majoritarian Politics
In the recently concluded Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stormed back into power with a thumping majority, securing 62 out of 70 seats […]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act: A Primer
Since the Indian parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December, large-scale protests have taken place across the country, and several states have refused […]
Imran Khan and the Elusive Mainstreaming of FATA
This month Pakistan pledged it would spend USD $1 billion a year for the next decade on mainstreaming its tribal areas. The funding and other […]
A Lukewarm Commitment: India and Gender Equality in Security Affairs
Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted the landmark Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, India remains one of the many member states that […]
Amid a Majoritarian Overdrive, Simmering Fault Lines and Rising Unrest in India
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election in May 2019, the majoritarian impulse of the administration’s domestic policy decisions—from the abrogation of Article 370 to the […]
Year in Review: Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery in 2019
For Sri Lanka in 2019, repercussions from the 2018 constitutional crisis after the President Maithripala Sirisena attempted to replace Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe, framed the […]