Ashok K. Behuria

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 is likely to rely more on its anti-India stance to build national unity, seeking especially to suck in the militant religious groups into its orbit.

• Published: December 03, 2021
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This article seeks to re-analyse the pattern of Pakistani response to the demands from East Bengal as a federating unit with distinct linguistic
and regional identity, which led to eventual vivisection of Pakistan, and examine whether in the post-1971 years Pakistan learnt any lesson from
its Bangladesh experience and used it to deal with similar assertions at ethnic and regional levels.

• Published: October–December 2021
• Journal of Defence Studies

The relationship between TTP, or Pakistani Taliban, and Afghan Taliban will continue to be dictated by religious-ideological convergence, ethnic-fraternal linkages and the close camaraderie that emerged while they were fighting together against the foreign ‘occupying’ forces in Afghanistan.

• Published: September 16, 2021
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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok K. Behuria’s article ‘The politicization of Islam in Pakistan’ has been published in the 2019-20 edition of the Pakistan Study Forum, brought out by College of Defence Management, Secunderabad.

The inability of the elite to define Pakistani state in non-religious geo-cultural terms has allowed Islam to endure as the most important marker of the Pakistani identity, writes Dr. Behuria.

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• Published: 15 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok K. Behuria’s article ‘Water(y) politics and India- Pakistan relations: Learning from history’ has been published in the April 16-30, 2021, Vol. 1 Issue 20 of India News.

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• Published: 19 April, 2021

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s opinion piece ‘Oil Import needs more options’ has been published in Hindi daily ‘Prabhat Khabar’ on December 4, 2020.

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• Published: 15 April, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok Behuria’s commentary ‘Pandemic-induced Regional Consensus can infuse new energy into SAARC’ has been published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on February 20, 2021.

India’s enthusiastic advocacy of regional cooperation and integration should be taken into account by leadership in neighbouring states and the SAARC should be made to realise its true potential, writes Dr. Behuria.

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• Published: 20 February, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok Behuria’s article ‘Pakistan: Between PDM’s Progress And Imran’s Rants’ has been published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on December 12, 2020.

The article analyses the future of Pakistan in view of the growing momentum of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).

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• Published: 12 December, 2020

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok Behuria’s commentary ‘Pak Admits To Its Role In Pulwama Attacks: Of Freudian Slips And Churnings In Pakistani Politics’ has been published by All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on November 02, 2020.

The commentary analyses the political turmoil in Pakistan. The people of Pakistan have lost their confidence in Imran. If media discussions are any indicator, many anchors and commentators, earlier sympathizing with him, are now his most vocal critics. There is a view that Nawaz Sharif’s party will sweep the polls, if elections were to be held today in Punjab!

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• Published: 2 November, 2020

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Ashok Behuria’s article ‘Can Pakistan’s APC Bell The Cat?’ has been published by All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR, on October 1, 2020.

At long last, the opposition parties of Pakistan showed some semblance of unity and came together recently in Islamabad, at the invitation of Bilawal Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), to hold an All Party Conference (APC), and set an agenda for joint action for future. The Jamaat-e-Islami distanced itself from the show, even as 12 other opposition parties attended it, writes Dr. Behuria.

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• Published: 1 October, 2020