CPEC and the PTI: A Complicated Relationship
On December 25, 2020, the Joint Working Group on International Cooperation on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) met for the second time in Xinjiang Province, […]
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پاکستان ۲۰۲۰ : سال بھر کا جائزہ
کووڈ ۱۹ کی وبا کے پھیلنے نے ۲۰۲۰ کو دنیا بھر کی حکومتوں کے لیے مشکل سال بنا دیا۔ داخلی سیاسی انتشار، ابھرتی ہوئی مذہبی […]
Policy, Diplomacy, and Aid: Carving a Space for India in the Global Arms Market
In its first term, the Modi administration decided to turnaround India’s defense manufacturing and exports with its “Strategy for Defence Exports,” which was unveiled in […]
Sri Lanka 2020 Year in Review: The Impact of COVID-19
Following considerable instability during the two preceding years, highlighted by the October 2018 Constitutional Crisis and the 2019 Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, 2020 was expected […]
India 2020 Year in Review: Protests, Pandemic, and the PRC
2020 will unfortunately be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other countries, India has been grappling with the social and economic fallouts […]
Bangladesh 2020 Year in Review: A Story of Resilience & Recovery
The pandemic has dominated the headlines in 2020, impacting all facets of the economy and society in Bangladesh. The government had a head start for […]
اقتصادیات اور اثراندازی: نیپال میں چینی سرمایہ کاری
دہائیوں کے سیاسی عدم استحکام کے بعد آخرکار نیپال ۲۰۱۵ کے آئین کے تحت حال ہی میں اپنائے گئے وفاقی ڈھانچے کے ذریعے ایک مستحکم […]
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Pakistan 2020: Year in Review
The outbreak of COVID-19 made 2020 a tough year for governments around the world. Internal political strife, rising religious extremism, poor socioeconomic growth, and disordered […]
The Strategic Subtext of India’s RCEP Withdrawal
On November 15th, fifteen Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest trading arrangement that has been viewed as a China-led […]
سی پیک اور پاک امریکہ تعلقات
مئی ۲۰۱۳ میں جب پاک چین اقتصادی راہداری (سی پیک) کا آغاز ہوا تو پاکستان چین کے ۴.۱ بلین ڈالر کا مقروض تھا جو کہ […]
Instruments of Influence? Chinese Financing in South Asia
Through efforts like the Belt and Road Initiative, China finances an increasing number of development projects in South Asia. From rebuilding and enhancing the strategic […]
Reviewing Chinese Engagement in South Asia
The Stimson Center’s latest South Asian Voices (SAV) series, “Instruments of Influence? Chinese Financing in South Asia,” examines the geopolitical implications of Chinese economic engagement […]
SAV Q&A with Hina Rabbani Khar
On October 26, 2020 Pakistani politician, and former Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar spoke with SAV Managing Editor Brigitta Schuchert and SAV Deputy Editor Sunaina […]
بائیڈن- ہیرس انتظامیہ امریکہ بھارت تعلقات میں تسلسل کا مظہر
“اب یہ سوال باقی نہیں رہا کہ مضبوط تعلقات کو آنے والی صدی کے لئے مثالی شراکت داری میں تبدیل کرنا آیا امریکہ کے مفاد […]
Gilgit-Baltistan Elections and Looming Challenges for the PTI
After months of fierce campaigning the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) voted on November 15th in the region’s third election since 2009, when it was given […]
Developing “Southern” Balochistan
On September 12, during his brief visit to Balochistan’s provincial capital Quetta, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan hinted at a special development package said […]
پاکستان ڈیموکریٹک موومنٹ کی قابلیت
۱۶ اکتوبر ۲۰۲۰ کو حزب اختلاف کی جماعتوں کے جمع کردہ ایک ہجوم سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے سابق وزیراعظم نواز شریف نے الزام عائد کیا […]