Region
South Asia
What Does India Gain From the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
By Niranjan Marjani
India sees its SCO membership as a means to increase engagements with the Eurasian region. However, India’s participation has several limitations.
India-China Relations: Still Bogged Down
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
After the April 27 meeting between the Indian and Chinese defense ministers, the two sides failed to issue a joint statement -- a telling clue as to how the meeting went.
Revival of Militancy in Jammu Worries India’s Security Forces
By Sudha Ramachandran
The hilly and thickly forested region facilitates insurgent activity, while its demography makes it vulnerable to communal tensions.
The SCO Meeting in India: A Chance for India and Pakistan to Turn a New Page?
By Syed Basim Raza
Pakistan’s foreign minister will be traveling to India to attend the summit, making him the first high-ranking Pakistani official to visit India since 2014.
Islamic State Khorasan Province Is a Growing Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond
By Colin P. Clarke
Within Afghanistan’s borders, a witch's brew of terrorist and insurgent groups is metastasizing, and the situation is beginning to feel eerily similar to the pre-9/11 era.
AI Can Be a Gamechanger for Education in India
By Mufsin Puthan Purayil
ChatGPT and similar technologies provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to revamp India’s age-old teaching practices.
Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban: Friends Becoming Foes
By Arsalan Bilal
At first, a Taliban victory in Afghanistan was considered synonymous with Pakistan’s victory. But disappointed hopes on both sides now have the neighbors at loggerheads.
China Says India Border Stable, Contrasting With Indian View
By Associated Press
Beijing would like India to put aside the border dispute and normalize relations.
Sri Lanka’s Proposed Anti-terror Law Makes Dissent an Act of Terror
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The government is arming itself with a law to crush mass protests and strikes aimed at opposing its economic policies and IMF austerity measures.
The High Costs of India’s INSTC Ambitions
By Seamus Duffy
The country risks being pulled into the middle of ongoing tensions between the West and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other.
Pakistan’s Electoral Limbo
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The last year has been been a microcosm of Pakistan’s seven decades of dysfunction, now culminating in ambiguity over the most fundamental of democratic exercises: holding an election.
How India’s Ram Navami Processions Are Used to Enflame Religious Polarization
By Rashad Khan
In the past few years, there has been a disturbing trend of right-wing groups using Hindu festivals to intimidate Muslims.