South Asia

  • The fear of India-Pakistan bonding

    by Abbas Adil

    THERE’S no gainsaying that vested interests within and without do not want India and Pakistan to have friendly relations. In the early days, conjured falsehoods placated a vile nationalist streak…

  • India’s rise

    by Abbas Adil

    There was a time when Pakistan’s per capita income was better than in regional countries, including India. It had more clout in major international forums. The Organization of Islamic Countries,…

  • As with Zia, US now needs Modi/Jawed Naqvi

    by Abbas Adil

    JUNE 25 marked the 48th anniversary of the suspension of democracy by Indira Gandhi in India, for which she cited internal disturbances as the trigger. Comparisons are in order of…

  • Wishing away water woes

    by Abbas Adil

    CLIMATE change is South Asia’s foremost development challenge — and a rapidly emerging non-traditional regional security threat. India’s 90-day notice to Pakistan to initiate renegotiation of the Indus Waters Treaty…

  • Environmental Crisis in South Asian Countries

    by Abbas Adil

    During thetwenty-first century, South Asian countries have been facing and dealing with enormous problems. But the environmental crisis is one of the major and most emerging issues. South Asia is…

  • Re-hyphenating India and Pakistan

    by Abbas Adil

    South Asia has a very important part to play in the US strategic design for Asia. India and Pakistan, the two eternal belligerents, have always been a diplomatic nightmare to…

  • India and security of South Asian States

    by Abbas Adil

    BEING the successor state of British India, the Indian leadership assumed all the roles of its colonial masters right from its independence in 1947. This fact was later interpreted by…

  • Adjust India’s oil & gas imports or face disruption

    by Abbas Adil

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a catastrophic culmination of longstanding and escalating tensions between the two countries, has had consequences that have been far from binational. The conflict…

  • India’s nuclear doctrine and its global aspiration

    by Abbas Adil

    SOUTH Asia is the world’s most volatile region, owing to the conflict of nuclear-armed states with disputed borders and global power rivalries. India is one of the few countries that…

  • Kashmir and Impasse at the UN

    by Abbas Adil

    Kashmir is a dispute recognised by the UN. It holds infamy as the most dangerous place on the planet. The 76-year-old conflict in that disputed, divided, devastated, and illegally occupied…

  • Nuclear deterrence in South Asia

    by Abbas Adil

    Leaving Russia’s current posturing aside, the nuclear standoff in South Asia has widely been considered the most dangerous flashpoint for the past two decades. The dynamics of the nuclear arms…

  • Changing profile of South Asia

    by Abbas Adil

    The recent popular term, ‘South Asia’ in world politics, has traditionally been defined in several perspectives like geography, history, ethnicity, politics, culture and also known as the southern subregion of…

  • India-Pakistan Equation

    by Abbas Adil

    Secular and liberal activists in Pakistan were always dejected by the jingoistic rhetoric of jihadist hawks at home. Now the outshining firework by the Indian brand has totally dampened their…

  • How NDTV was hoisted with its own petard

    by Abbas Adil

    There are a host of news portals across South Asia, and newspapers too, that crave the reader’s financial support in these dire days as a way to stay clear of…

  • India-Gulf ties on the edge

    by Abbas Adil

    Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across South Asia on Friday to condemn the derogatory remarks made by the two members of India’s ruling BJP against Prophet…

  • India and rising heatwaves

    by Abbas Adil

    In March 2022, reported record temperatures in India made this the hottest year in the 122 years since records began. The world has seen heatwaves in the past, but human-made…

  • Nuclear South Asia and Challenges to Strategic Stability

    by Abbas Adil

    As he builds a theoretical explanation of Pakistan’s pursuance and acquisition of Nuclear Weapons, Feroz Hassan Khan in his seminal work on Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program, among others, refers to…

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