South Asia

The Indian prime minister said that India is taking sides in the Russia-Ukraine war. It is on the side of peace.

The government has done little to demonstrate that processes around the census’ assumptions, objectives, and methodology are visionary, transparent, tested, and rigorous.

The SLPP, the party of the Rajapaksas, has lost the support of around 130 MPs, 100 of whom are supporting incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

In Bangladesh today, while justice delayed can be seen as justice denied, justice hurried may lead to justice buried.

In his meeting with Zelenskyy, the Indian prime minister said that India supports “respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Amid a surge in anti-India sentiment, Bangladeshis accuse India of opening the floodgates of a dam without warning, and demand better transboundary river management

Before Bangladesh’s “Second Liberation,” Sri Lanka had its Aragalaya. Political developments since then serve as a cautionary tale to Bangladesh’s protesters.

Where India’s matrix on space power takes the hardest hit is the lack of strategic clarity regarding the “why” of its space policies.

The two journalists worked for a pro-Hasina television channel and were fired by authorities after her fall.

The attempt to repair the defense budget with a short-term troop intake largely backfired, but it can still be made to work.

Friendshoring supply chains for legacy chips to countries like India is likely the most feasible long-term solution for the West in the face of China’s dominance.

Despite tension, the underlying mutual dependencies between Iran and the Taliban, and the evolving geopolitics in the region, have forced the two sides to avoid crossing red lines.