Tag: South Asia
12 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Feminist Interventions from the Global South in International Law: Insights from Bangladesh
Introduction The July Revolution, also referred to as the Student-People uprising, was a student-led pro-democratic mass uprising in Bangladesh in the summer of 2024 that ousted…
July 2, 2025
- Conflict & Security
The Colonial Strategy and India-China Conflict: Past, Present, and Future
British Colonial Strategy and Its Long-Term Impact In the early to mid-19th century—especially following the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)—the British colonial…
January 18, 2025
- Business & Economics
Delivering Promises for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward
Introduction The Pakistani government celebrated the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2023 with great fanfare. Prime…
December 16, 2024
- Global Governance
Doha Conference and Perspectives on UN Peace Efforts for Afghanistan
Introduction In August 2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s government and formed an interim administration. However, political conflicts continued between the Taliban…
June 29, 2024
- Conflict & Security
The Fallout of India’s Extrajudicial Killings
Introduction In November 2023, the United States revealed that it had successfully thwarted an alleged Indian plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The US…
April 9, 2024
- Society & Culture
Tackling Hindu-Muslim Conflict at the Interstices of Faith
Introduction A common assumption in the study of religion is that various creeds are inherently antagonistic, rendering religion a putative cause of war and terrorism. Accounts…
February 9, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Managing Regional Rivalries and Extraregional Interests as a Buffer State: The Nepalese Case Study
As a small landlocked country between India and China, Nepal has long been considered a buffer state—a small country sandwiched between larger rival powers—with its…
January 19, 2024
- Human Rights & Development
The Politics of Identity: State-building and Erasure in Modi’s ‘New’ India
The 1992 demolition of the sixteenth-century Babri Masjid mosque followed a lengthy campaign led by Narendra Modi—at that time a mid-level party leader in Gujarat—to replace…
December 2, 2023
- Online Archive
Flower of the Burma Spring
Among the crowd of National League for Democracy leaders gathered on that rainy June day, no one seemed to consider the possibility that the government might not keep its. …
May 16, 2013
- Online Archive
Not on Blind Faith: The Risks of U.S. Defense Cuts
After more than a decade of grueling combat, the U.S. military is finally stepping back from its intense focus on fighting ground wars in southwest Asia. Though fifteen to thirty…
May 16, 2013