Female Representation in the Parliament: What Pakistan Can Learn from India
Both India and Pakistan saw record-breaking representation of female legislators in their last elections. In India, more than 700 women contested seats in the Lok […]
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Cooperation Against Competition: India and China in the Energy Sector
There is a rising demand for and consumption of energy in China and India. Both countries are increasingly relying on energy imports to meet their […]
Post-Merger Inaction in FATA: Expectations vs. Reality
In May 2018, the Pakistani government passed a historic constitutional amendment that ended the semi-autonomous rule of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), abolished the […]
Slow Boat to Nowhere? Indo-Pak Relations under Modi 2.0
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term began on a promising note for cross-border relations with his efforts to begin a dialogue process with Pakistan. However, […]
Assessing India’s Shift From SAARC to BIMSTEC
The recently re-elected Narendra Modi-led government in India is poised to continue its “neighborhood first” policy in its second term. However, there has been a […]
What Does the BJP’s Election Win Mean for Jammu and Kashmir?
It may be too early to predict what another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will mean for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). […]
Three Scenarios for Indo-Pak Relations under Modi 2.0
In a historic win, Narendra Modi has won another term in office as prime minister of India while his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), […]
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Playing by No Rules: The Quagmire of India’s Refugee Policy
This past February, protesters in the Indian state of Assam burned down the offices of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in response to a […]
The PTI’s Struggle to Govern Pakistan
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) continues to roll from one crisis to another. Even after ruling Pakistan for over nine months, the PTI government appears to […]
Why the PPP Fears the End of Pakistan’s 18th Amendment
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has made headlines recently by accusing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government of planning to overturn the 18th amendment to the […]
Searching for a China Strategy in India’s Political Discourse
After the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) orchestrated February’s Pulwama attack in Kashmir, India again appealed to the United Nations (UN) Security Council to list as a terrorist […]
Measuring the True Health of the India-China Trade Relationship
India’s trade deficit with China, an element of the bilateral relationship that inspires substantial animosity in New Delhi, is stirring up a controversy yet again. […]
Pakistan’s Economic Woes: The Way Forward
Pakistan’s economic woes – dwindling foreign exchange reserves, low exports, high inflation, growing fiscal deficit, and current account deficit – are nothing new, and once […]
Indian Elections 2019: The Viability of the BJP in the Southern States
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won 205 seats out of its total of 282 from India’s northern […]
Appraising the Human Security of CPEC
Ever since the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2015, there has been debate regarding its viability in the economic, political, and security […]
Indian Elections 2019: Will Modi’s “Strongman” Image Bring Electoral Success?
On February 26, when India struck a terror camp inside Pakistan in response to the February 14 suicide bombing that killed 40 Central Reserve Police […]
Indian Elections 2019: The Missing Debate on Key Economic Challenges
Much of the election discourse in India so far in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls seems peculiar. After a five-year term, […]