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South Asia is a story of promise and peril where Asia’s conflicting forces of modernity and reaction meet head on. Home to a multitude of different cultures, ethnicities, and religions, The Diplomat's regional correspondents and experts will provide the insight you need to navigate one of the world's most consequential regions.

Mattis Comes to India: What's on the Agenda?

Mattis Comes to India: What's on the Agenda?

By Harsh V. Pant

What's on the agenda when Trump's secretary of defense lands in India?

Nawaz Sharif's Return to Politics Will Only Deepen Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis

Nawaz Sharif's Return to Politics Will Only Deepen Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis

By Umair Jamal

Sharif’s return to political leadership in the PML(N) will jeopardize Pakistan's already dire constitutional problems.

Thailand’s Relevance for India’s Act East Policy

Thailand’s Relevance for India’s Act East Policy

By Tridivesh Singh Maini and Sandeep Sachdeva

Thailand can be India's gateway to Southeast Asia.

Modi’s Bumpy Anticorruption Drive

Modi’s Bumpy Anticorruption Drive

By Yigal Chazan

The Indian prime minister’s attempt to tackle ‘black money’ and financial crime is proving controversial.

A Win for All: Pakistan's NA-120 By-Election

A Win for All: Pakistan's NA-120 By-Election

By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

All of Pakistan’s major political players have something to celebrate after the by-election to fill Nawaz Sharif’s seat.

Putting Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons in Perspective

Putting Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons in Perspective

By Taylor Dibbert

Operationalizing Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons isn’t necessarily that significant.

Is India's Demonetization a Failure?

Is India's Demonetization a Failure?

By Aswin Mannepalli

Data released by the Reserve Bank of India indicates that demonetization has failed to flush out black money.

China Pressuring Pakistan on Terrorism?

China Pressuring Pakistan on Terrorism?

By Arushi Kumar

Is China's tone on Pakistan starting to change?

Is a Paradigm Shift in Pakistan's Regional Policy Possible?

Is a Paradigm Shift in Pakistan's Regional Policy Possible?

By Umair Jamal

Pakistan needs an alternative vision of the state to implement a new regional security policy.

Pakistan’s Bad Reaction to the BRICS Declaration

Pakistan’s Bad Reaction to the BRICS Declaration

By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

Islamabad’s defensive reaction was more self-damaging than the BRICS’ original statement.

Amid Climate Disasters, South Asia’s Cities Need to Focus on Resilience

Amid Climate Disasters, South Asia’s Cities Need to Focus on Resilience

By Nandan Sharalaya

Investing in resilient infrastructure does not come cheap and funding remains a key constraint.

Sri Lanka: Sovereignty Compromised

Sri Lanka: Sovereignty Compromised

By Ana Pararajasingham

Colombo’s attempt to balance India and China has proved futile.

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The Pulse

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Abdul Basit

Abdul Basit is a Senior Associate Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, where he covers extremism and militancy in South Asia. Follow him on Twitter @basitresearcher.

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Ahmed Naish

Ahmed Naish is a freelance journalist from the Maldives and former editor of the Maldives Independent, the country’s premier English-language publication.

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Akhilesh Pillalamarri

Akhilesh Pillalamarri is an international relations analyst, writer, and journalist.

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Ali Riaz

Ali Riaz is a distinguished professor of Political Science at Illinois State University and a nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council.

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Birat Anupam

Birat Anupam is a Kathmandu-based Nepali journalist writing mostly on tourism, diplomacy, and the environment.

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Elizabeth Roche

Elizabeth Roche is Associate Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Haryana, India.

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Kavita Chowdhury

Kavita Chowdhury is an independent journalist and writes on development, politics, gender, culture.

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Mariyam Suleman Anees

Mariyam is a development specialist and a freelance writer from Gwadar. She tweets at @mariyamsuleman

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Mimrah Abdul Ghafoor

Mimrah Ghafoor writes on the politics and diplomacy of the Indian Ocean, with a particular focus on the Maldives. He holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. He served as a speechwriter for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

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Mohamed Zeeshan

Mohamed Zeeshan is a foreign affairs columnist and author of “Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership.”

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Mubashar Hasan

Mubashar Hasan, Ph.D., is a Sydney-based scholar and analyst of geopolitics in South Asia.

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Rajeev Bhattacharyya

Rajeev Bhattacharyya is a senior journalist in Assam in India’s northeast.

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Rathindra Kuruwita

Rathindra Kuruwita is a journalist and a researcher from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Rushali Saha

Rushali Saha is a New Delhi based independent researcher and foreign affairs columnist. She is currently working as a security risk analyst with Horizon Intelligence, a Belgium-based threat intelligence firm.

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Santosh Sharma Poudel

Santosh Sharma Poudel is a faculty at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu and a co-founder of Nepal Institute for Policy Research (NIPoRe).

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Saqlain Rizve

Saqlain Rizve is a Bangladeshi journalist and photographer who covers politics and society from Dhaka for The Diplomat.

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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, the author of two non-fiction books on India’s ultra-Left and the Hindu right, writes and comments on India’s politics, environment, human rights and culture.

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Sudha Ramachandran

Sudha Ramachandran is South Asia editor at The Diplomat.

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Umair Jamal

Umair Jamal is a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Lahore, Pakistan.