In recent years, Washington has described China as its “greatest strategic competitor” and adopted a more aggressive policy to counter Beijing’s growing influence. While U.S. domestic audiences have largely applauded Washington’s more assertive stance, escalating tensions between the United States and China threaten to
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
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
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
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
Will Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president turn a new page for one-third of humanity condemned to perpetual penury of thought and means by its leadership? The peace dividend that eludes South Asia is a consequence of the permanent standoff between
