Democratic transitions in South Asia: Solih led Opposition brings hope to Maldives

Authors:  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...

Seychelles: A gateway to East Africa for security and economic interests of India and Sri Lanka

Authors: Srimal Fernando and Siksha Singh When Danny Faure took over as the President of Seychelles one of his first visits was to India. For...

World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India on March 9, 2018, has brought an unprecedented achievement for the latter. Macron and Modi announced to...

Rethinking CPEC and the role of China

Abdul Razak Dawood, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's Adviser on Commerce, Textile, Industry & Production and Investment told the Financial Times that the previous...

How Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shaped India’s Foreign Policy

About two decades ago, India entered an elite international club when it conducted nuclear tests for the second time in its history in 1998....

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