Time to upgrade India-Russia relations
Vladimir Putin visits India on October 4-5 for the 19th Annual India-Russia Bilateral Summit. The expectations and anticipations from this summit are principally regarding...
Deterrence Stability in South Asia
Herman Kahn is a renowned theorist of Deterrence. Other strategic scholars like Andre Beaufre, Phil Williams, Kenneth Waltz, Bernard Brodie, J.M.Collins, and Thomas Schelling...
Pakistan-India relations: Appeal to prevent any big disaster in the region
Indian Army Chief’s remarks have created immense tension in the region. Unfortunately, it was at a critical time, when there was a hope for...
South Asia: You Can Change Friends but not Neighbors
The former Indian Prime Minister (Late) Atal Behari Vajpai once pointed out the importance of relations with neighbors as undeniable as the caption of...
Democratic transitions in South Asia: Solih led Opposition brings hope to Maldives
Authors: Â Srimal Fernando and Mizly Nizar*
The 2018 Maldivian Presidential Election and the run up to it was closely watched not only by the neighboring...
Pakistan should ‘Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick’ in response to India
With the 73rd United Nations General Assembly currently underway, tensions in South Asia once again seem to be building up to yet another verbal...
Prospect of peace process between India and Pakistan
The Sovereign States frame their foreign policy to set political goals that enable them to interact with the other countries of the world to...
China’s narrative in South Asia
Recently, China’s consular general in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, while speaking at a function, proposed a bullet train connecting Kunming (Yunnan Province) with Kolkata, the...
Pakistan-Iran ties: The Need of Hour
Located in the Middle East, Iran is the strategic and a transactional neighbor of Pakistan. Having the deeply religious, cultural and ties, Iran shares...
Clean and Resilient Growth in Bangladesh
Every year Bangladesh loses about $6.5 billion, or about 3.4 percent of its 2015 GDP, which may be caused by pollution and environmental degradation...