Region
South Asia
August 03, 2020
Will the Galwan Valley Clash Influence India’s Domestic Politics?
By Krzysztof Iwanek
If Bihar is any indication, India’s political scene will not be affected by the recent tensions with China.
July 31, 2020
What Do US-Iran Talks Mean for Afghanistan?
By Rupert Stone
The U.S. and Iran are talking. That’s good news for Afghanistan.
July 31, 2020
Women Left Behind: India’s Falling Female Labor Participation
By Bansari Kamdar
India’s female labor force participation is the lowest in South Asia.
July 31, 2020
India’s New Education Policy: Streams Merge Into a River
By Krzysztof Iwanek
The merging of the arts, commerce, and science streams in Indian schools is a good decision.
July 31, 2020
Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring
By Catherine Putz
The next step may very well be intra-Afghan talks, but the Taliban have spent the first half of the year bludgeoning the Afghan security forces.
July 31, 2020
India’s Long-Awaited Rafales Finally Arrive from France
By Robert Farley
After many twists, turns, and delays, the first batch of French Dassault Rafale fighters finally arrived in India.
July 31, 2020
Lessons for India After the Galwan Valley Clash
By Shruti Pandalai
Chinese patterns of provocation have endured for over five decades. Can India break the cycle?
July 30, 2020
US Diplomacy in Pakistan: The Case of the Missing Mangoes
By Adam Weinstein and Adnan Rasool
U.S. diplomacy needs to leave the conference room and engage with local populations – something European and Chinese diplomats have already mastered.
July 30, 2020
How Nepal Got Its Borders
By Sridhar Krishnan
After the Anglo-Gorkha War in 1814, the British and the Gorkhas had different understandings of what exactly a border meant.
July 29, 2020
Is India Missing Its Chance to Learn From the COVID Crisis?
By Rwitoban Deb
The pandemic could have been a portal to a better India, but the door is closing.
July 29, 2020
US-India Ties Amid the Eastern Ladakh Crisis and the Pandemic
By Ankit Panda
How has the U.S.-India relationship evolved in the first half of 2020?
July 29, 2020
How Pakistan’s Political Parties Spread Radicalism
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan’s political parties have gone so far to appease the radical Islamist right that they have become indistinguishable from the radicals.