South Asia

Mutual distrust between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party has rendered the 11-party coalition toothless.

Its time the international community, especially the United States, acknowledge that.

The Modi government’s decision to revoke the autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 has improved the region’s security situation.

Under a policy started in 2020, Indian authorities have buried scores of Kashmiri rebels in unmarked graves, denying their families proper funerals

India’s year end defense review explicitly mentions China, an interesting feature given the reluctance of Indian leaders to directly address Beijing at times.

The state in India’s restive northeast continues to struggle to maintain an accurate record of citizens.

The country’s approval of two vaccines whose efficacies are not completely known has prompted many to accuse the Modi government of vaccine nationalism.

The outgoing Ambassador Kenneth Juster was speaking at a virtual think tank event.

In South Asia, domestic politics often interfaces with geopolitics, presenting unexpected challenges for regional powers, big and small.

Escalating violence has all sides pointing the finger at each other as negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban resume.

The (unlikely) introduction of simultaneous elections in India would favor the richest national parties at the expense of regional parties.

Fence-sitting and ambiguous positions on key international security issues hasn’t served the country’s global ambitions well.