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South Asian Dynamics
India is the largest country in the sub-continental region. According to Leo Rose (late South Asian specialist), “the primary purpose of India’s regional policy has been to extract, in some form or another, recognition of India’s hegemonic status in the region from both of the major external powers and from its neighbours in the region.” …
South Asia is in turmoil
Is it a coincidence that the whole of South Asia is in turmoil? India is in the grip of Hindutva fever where the lives of minorities, especially those of Muslims, have become hellish. Afghanistan remains under the worst kind of humanitarian catastrophe after the ascension of the Taliban. Adding insult to injury, the religious militia …
Post-withdrawal Afghanistan and South Asia with reference to Japan’s role
PRESS RELEASE, March 5, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Japan in Islamabad in collaboration with the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) held a webinar on Thursday, titled, ‘Afghanistan and South Asia.’ The deliberations covered Afghanistan’s post-Taliban scenario; Pakistan-India relations with particular focus on Kashmir and Regional Connectivity. The Japanese speakers were Aoki Kenta, Research Fellow …
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New hope for South Asia
HOPE springs eternal in human bosom and South Asia might just be lucky enough to experience the post-Biden peace dividends that so far have defied the region. The Biden Presidency instills a new hope of a Kantian world of peace and cooperation as opposed to cut throat Hobbesian competitiveness of Trump era. South Asia has …