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پاکستان سری لنکا تعلقات کا جائزہ Hindi & Urdu

پاکستان سری لنکا تعلقات کا جائزہ

فروری ۲۰۲۱ میں عمران خان نے بطور وزیراعظم پاکستان سری…

Reviewing Pakistan-Sri Lanka Relations Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Reviewing Pakistan-Sri Lanka Relations

Last month, Imran Khan made his first visit to Sri…

ہندوستان کے کسان نئے فارم قوانین کے خلاف احتجاج کیوں کر رہے ہیں؟ Domestic Politics

ہندوستان کے کسان نئے فارم قوانین کے خلاف احتجاج کیوں کر رہے ہیں؟

نومبر میں بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی (بی جے پی) کی حکومت…

Why India’s Farmers are Protesting the New Farm Laws Domestic Politics

Why India’s Farmers are Protesting the New Farm Laws

Tens of thousands of farmers from northern Indian states are…

Policy, Diplomacy, and Aid: Carving a Space for India in the Global Arms Market Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Policy, Diplomacy, and Aid: Carving a Space for India in the Global Arms Market

In its first term, the Modi administration decided to turnaround…

Indo-Naga Political Negotiations: An Explainer Defense & Security

Indo-Naga Political Negotiations: An Explainer

Formation of the Naga Identity “Nagas have a unique history…

The Impact of COVID-19 Border Closures on Cross-Border Pashtun Communities Geopolitics & Diplomacy

The Impact of COVID-19 Border Closures on Cross-Border Pashtun Communities

The Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands have long been the subject of controversy.…

لائن آف کنٹرول پر سیزفائر کی خلاف ورزیوں میں اضافہ Hindi & Urdu

لائن آف کنٹرول پر سیزفائر کی خلاف ورزیوں میں اضافہ

۲۰۲۰ کے ابتدائی نصف کے دوران، بھارت اور پاکستان کے…

The Escalation of Ceasefire Violations across The Line of Control Geopolitics & Diplomacy

The Escalation of Ceasefire Violations across The Line of Control

By the first half of 2020, ceasefire violations across the…

The Sino-Indian Conflict in Ladakh: An Explainer Geopolitics & Diplomacy

The Sino-Indian Conflict in Ladakh: An Explainer

Even after five rounds of commander level talks between India…

The China-India-Pakistan Triangle: Origins, Contemporary Perceptions, and Future Geopolitics & Diplomacy

The China-India-Pakistan Triangle: Origins, Contemporary Perceptions, and Future

Even as India and China find themselves embroiled in yet…

India and Pakistan’s Untapped Trade Potential Economy & Development

India and Pakistan’s Untapped Trade Potential

Analysis of India-Pakistan relations has been often dominated by security…

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act: A Primer Domestic Politics

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act: A Primer

Since the Indian parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)…

What to Expect from Sri Lanka’s Upcoming Presidential Election Domestic Politics

What to Expect from Sri Lanka’s Upcoming Presidential Election

On November 16, around 16 million eligible Sri Lankan voters…

The Kartarpur Corridor and Its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations Geopolitics & Diplomacy

The Kartarpur Corridor and Its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations

On October 24, officials from the Indian and Pakistani governments…

SAV Explainer: India’s National Register of Citizens Geopolitics & Diplomacy

SAV Explainer: India’s National Register of Citizens

On August 31, 2019, India published the National Register of…

SAV Explainer: International Law Has Failed to Protect the Rohingya Refugees  Geopolitics & Diplomacy

SAV Explainer: International Law Has Failed to Protect the Rohingya Refugees 

On 25 August 2023, 1.3 million Rohingya refugees residing in…

SAV Explainer: U.S. Response to South Asia’s 1998 Nuclear Tests Nuclear Issues

SAV Explainer: U.S. Response to South Asia’s 1998 Nuclear Tests

Why did India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons in May…