The Indus Waters Treaty Under Threat: India’s Hostile Posture and Pakistan’s Call for Peace
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), signed in 1960, has long stood as a model of water-sharing between two hostile neighbors—India and Pakistan. Brokered by...
Why Narendra Modi Can’t Pull Off an Indira Gandhi: The Realpolitik Mirage in India’s Foreign Policy
In the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack that claimed the lives of Indian tourists and inflamed nationalist sentiment across the subcontinent, we witness the...
A Distraction from Afghanistan’s Terrorism Crisis
The recent accusations levelled against Pakistan by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, represent yet another attempt to deflect attention...
India and Pakistan have escalated their tensions
Two nuclear-armed South Asian countries, India and Pakistan, are rapidly escalating their confrontation. The starting point was a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir...
India-New Zealand: A Quiet but Critical Partnership
Authors: Rahul Mishra & Prisie L. Patnayak*
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's five-day visit to India (16–20 March), including his role as chief guest at the...
Taliban and Russia normalize relations
Russia and the Taliban are now bringing their positions closer together in the legal and official fields. The days before, the Russian Supreme Court...
The Taliban: From Ideological Insurgents to Organized Crime Syndicate
Images of men holding onto planes following the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 during the US military evacuation of Afghanistan were left seared...
CPEC is More Than a Corridor
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), often portrayed as a bilateral infrastructure project, is a geopolitical epicentre—an evolving battleground influenced by fifth-generation warfare (5GW) and...
The Militant Aftershock of Afghanistan
The chaotic aftermath of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 continues to reverberate across South Asia, with Pakistan emerging as an unintended casualty of...
Complex political and economic dynamics in South Asia
The political situation in Central and South Asia is developing quite rapidly. There is a dynamic that allows us to draw some preliminary conclusions....