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Mapping the Prospect of Arms Control in South Asia
Once considered a factor of stability during the height of the Cold War, the global arms control architecture is now all but crumbling. In South Asia, arms control has always remained elusive, and the prospects for the future seem slimmer…
![Assessing Biden’s Legacy in South Asia](https://southasianvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/52995413958_f1a6717276_k-525x296.jpg)
Assessing Biden’s Legacy in South Asia
Since the middle of the 20th century, the United States has been an essential external power shaping the trajectory of South Asia. In the last decade, the priority of U.S. policy in the region has transitioned from concerns of an…
![Nepal-India Relations Under New Governments: Time for a Refresh?](https://southasianvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1024px-The_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi_with_the_Prime_Minister_of_Nepal_Shri_K.P._Sharma_Oli_at_Janakpur_Nepal_on_May_11_2018_2-525x296.jpeg)
Nepal-India Relations Under New Governments: Time for a Refresh?
Nepal recently ushered in its fourth government with different combinations of parties since the December 2022 parliamentary elections when the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) (CPN (UML)) chair K. P. Sharma Oli was sworn in as the Prime…
![India and Vietnam Can Do More to Leverage Their Complementarities](https://southasianvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/53897055775_a7d684309d_k-525x296.jpg)
India and Vietnam Can Do More to Leverage Their Complementarities
On July 30 and August 1 of this year, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited India in an effort to advance a unique relationship driven by shared strategic concerns over China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. In recent years,…
![Amidst a Political Imbroglio: What’s Next for Bangladesh’s Nuclear Energy Dreams?](https://southasianvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2048px-Ruppur_Nuclear_Power_Plant-525x296.jpg)
Amidst a Political Imbroglio: What’s Next for Bangladesh’s Nuclear Energy Dreams?
The current situation in Bangladesh, marked by the fallout from months-long student protests and the subsequent resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has plunged the country into uncertainty. Despite an interim government now taking charge and attempting to navigate…
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Sri Lanka’s Potential Political Realignment
Sri Lanka is scheduled for its next presidential election between September and October 2024. Its previous presidential poll in November 2019 saw Gotabaya Rajapaksa easily elected. Yet massive anti-government protests related to inflation and scarcity forced President Rajapaksa to flee…