Ashok K. Behuria

India’s Neighbourhood First Policy (NFP) is a touchstone of its foreign policy, aimed at promoting peace, stability, connectivity, and cooperation in South Asia to enhance India’s regional and global influence....

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• May-June 2025 |
• Strategic Analysis

Voices of the Unvoiced is a deeply moving and painstakingly researched book,Footnote1 which explores the various challenges faced by PakhtunFootnote2 women as they seek education in the culturally complex and...

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• March-April 2025 |
• Strategic Analysis

Senior Fellows Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Ashok K Behuria and Dr Uttam Sinha’s op-ed ‘The Field Marshal In His Labyrinth’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’ on 21 May...

The monograph focusses on the unending sectarian conflict in the Kurram district in Pakistan. It traces the history of Kurram, the origin Tof the Turi Shias and chronicles major incidents...

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• 2025 |
• Monograph

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Ashok K. Behuria’s Issue brief ‘Visit of Sri Lankan President to India: Issues at Stake’ has been published by International Centre for Peace Studies...

The February 2024 elections in Pakistan threw up a hung parliament, with Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerging as the single largest party. The elections were a testament to the...

• Ashok K. Behuria, Ashish Shukla |
• March-April 2024 |
• Strategic Analysis

In the Monday Morning Meeting organised on 11 December 2023, Associate Fellow and the Conference Coordinator, Dr Anand Kumar briefed MP-IDSA scholars about the upcoming South Asia Conference on 14-15...

Pakistan’s political culture has become not conducive for democratic politics, at a time when the country is faced with the possibility of economic default and increasing attacks of insurgent groups...

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• May 22, 2023 |
• IDSA Comments

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok K. Behuria’s chapter ‘Developments in Gilgit-Baltistan: Interpreting Local Angst’ has been published in Ashish Shukla’s edited book ‘Gilgit-Baltistan Under Pakistan’s Occupation’. Read Complete...

As the civilian political space shrinks and the capacity of the state gets hobbled by political dissension and internal resistance from forces armed with an alternate blueprint for action, Pakistan...

• Ashok K. Behuria |
• December 03, 2021 |
• IDSA Comments