Region
South Asia
Can India Emerge a Global Chip Powerhouse?
By Laraib Farhat
While capitalizing on its domestic tech skills, India will need to enter into collaborative tech alliances to make itself an integral part of the global semiconductor industry.
What Do Bangladeshis Really Think of the Rohingya?
By Kristina Kironska and Michał Lubina
A recent Sinophone Borderlands public opinion survey sheds light on Bangladeshi views of the Rohingya, roughly a million of whom have been forced to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
India Ups Its Game in the Middle East
By Husain Haqqani and Aparna Pande
India's response to the earthquake emergency in Turkey and Syria is not just humanitarian. It’s strategic.
France-India-UAE Trilateral: India’s Minilateral Engagements Ticks Up
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The trilateral partnership has the potential to emerge as an action-oriented minilateral in the broader Indo-Pacific.
What the US Tech Layoffs Mean for India
By Jagriti Gangopadhyay and Srijan Sengupta
Thousands of Indian IT professionals were hit by the layoffs. That could entice more Indian tech workers to stay in their homeland to work.
Pakistan Hikes Natural Gas Taxes in Bid to Restart IMF Bailout
By Muir Ahmed and Riaz Khan
The government's bid to revive a $6 billion bailout led it to hike taxes on natural gas for domestic and industrial consumers from 16 percent to 112 percent.
Bollywood Film ‘Pathaan’ Pushes Back Against Modi Regime’s Hate Agenda
By Kavita Chowdhury
The movie, which is about an Indian operative and a Pakistani spy joining hands to save humanity from annihilation, counters the fear-mongering of Hindutva votaries.
Indian Officials Search BBC Offices in Delhi After Modi Documentary
By Krutika Pathi
The raid came weeks after the British broadcaster released a controversial documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Disillusioned, Ladakh Turns to Protests
By Sajid Raina and Attaul Munim Zahid
Ladakh once celebrated its shift to union territory status. Now its people are protesting against broken promises.
US Steps Up Its Courting of Nepal
By Santosh Sharma Poudel
Nepali Prime Minister Dahal is close to China but is known to be flexible. Will Washington’s wooing impress him?
What the China Spy Balloon Saga Means for India
By Poornima Balasubramanian and Megha Shrivastava
Surveillance balloons are a new threat to reckon with in the grey zone – and a wake-up call for India to enhance its intelligence and counterintelligence proficiency.
Frankenstein’s Monster: The Growing TTP Threat in Pakistan
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
The latest wave of terrorism in Pakistan represents decades of policy choices coming home to roost.