South Asia
Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation: The Case of India–Pakistan by Saira Khan
There are many volumes on conflict resolution and nuclear proliferation.
Chinese Engagement with the Maldives: Impact on Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region
This article explores the objectives of China's engagement in the Maldives and how the current administration of the country is responding to it.
Does India Have a Neighbourhood Policy?
The article argues that India does not have a well-defined neighbourhood policy.
Vision for a Secular Pakistan?
This article will bring to light the transformation of the Pakistani state from a relatively tolerant to an unstable state dominated by militancy and violence.
Pakistan's Pashtun Challenge: Moving from Confrontation to Integration
The Pashtun populations of Afghanistan and Pakistan have long been a source of bilateral contention, with each government inciting Pashtun tribals against the other.
UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka: India’s Options
India must use the opportunity to extract a commitment from Sri Lanka to initiate a serious process of dialogue aimed at evolving a political solution to the Tamil issue.
Ghazi Force: Pakistan’s Nemesis Strikes Again
Ghazi Force is likely to continue to haunt Pakistan given its renewal of fund-generating activities and the links that it has established with like-minded groups.
Gross National Happiness in Bhutan: A Policy in Making
India should thus take a regional lead to push Bhutan’s idea of ecological preservation forward, an action which will further generate goodwill and understanding between the two countries.
Gilgit Baltistan: Neither ‘in’ Pakistan Nor ‘of’ it?
Pakistan has failed to address the aspirations of the people under subjugation in PoK leading to frequent political outbursts as being witnessed now, outbursts that are only likely to grow given Pakistan’s indifference towards the region as well as its internal security dynamics and external preoccupations.
Developments in the Maldives and India’s Options
Knowing how slippery the democratic playfield can be and having a sense of who actually has fouled, as a sort of friendly referee, India should award a free kick to the player who has been knocked down.
