Written by Ayesha Siddiqa
Pakistan has just turned 75, but there is little hope in people’s hearts for a transformation from a decades-old military dominated power to a country under greater civilian control.
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Written by Isha Gupta
Sri Lanka’s new government should focus less on restoring its previous ‘stability’ and do everything in its power to build a new governance system to prevent future policy failures and reflect the protestors’ demands.
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Written by Subimal Bhattacharjee
While the government understands the centrality of cyber security within its national security strategy, India’s cyber vulnerabilities make it imperative to announce an updated national Cyber Security Policy sooner rather than later.
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Written by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
While internal political maturity is required to emerge from the political-economic crisis with objective policy measures, Sri Lanka needs immediate regional and extra-regional assistance to help the country stabilise through the existing political model or through democratic elections in the coming months.
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Written by Rudabeh Shahid and Sirazoom Munira
For the realisation of the Paris climate goals, it is imperative for Bangladesh to explore the possibilities of new pathways to achieve national targets.
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Written by Akanksha Narain
At a time like this, India’s back and forth on its wheat export diplomacy has a magnified impact on global food security as well as its own international standing.
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Written by Neha Gupta and Guido Cozzi
It is often observed that the dismal performance of a country on socio-economic-political indicators is indicative of the value extracting role of elites in that country and vice versa for the value contributing elites.
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Written by Anuttama Banerji
India has the opportunity to reassess its priorities and shift from being a fuel-dependent economy to a greener one, reducing its dependence on autocratic states.
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Written by Ambika Satkunanathan
The determination of the Rajapaksas to stay in power seems partly due to their inability to comprehend protestors’ demands for accountability or to internalise their descent from god-like status to memes and jokes.
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Written by Bashir Abbas
India’s abstentions during the present Ukraine crisis are occurring during the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose right-wing credentials are well established. The 2014 vote on Crimea occurred during the rule of its predecessor — the United Progressive Alliance, a centrist party with the Congress at its helm.
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Written by Kristina Kironska
The military regime is worried that the Russian supply of hardware to Myanmar could slow down as it is now needed elsewhere. Moreover, Western financial sanctions on Russia are worrying for the junta as many generals and Myanmar’s arms dealers have bank accounts in Russia.
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Written by Ayesha Siddiqa
Indeed, in his political career spanning about two decades, he never learned the art of adjustment, honouring commitments, or following principles. He remained a good agitator, a master in building a popular narrative and catching people’s imagination, but without the capacity to deliver.
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Written by Akhil Bery
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Indian government needs to focus its efforts on job creation.
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Written by Rajni Gamage
Sri Lanka’s latest national economic crisis is also triggering a crisis in its foreign policy. The country’s government is compelled to diversify its foreign policy engagement in order to manage its relatively large foreign debt.
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Written by Hunter Marston
The junta knows it needs the support of Moscow and Beijing in the UN Security Council to prevent international action such as an arms embargo, which has failed to pass given their veto powers.
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Written by Namra Naseer
So far, Pakistan has not been the main arena of US-China competition. It need not become so, specifically if the country takes effective steps to improve bilateral relations with the United States and retain its autonomy in the growing ties with China.
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Written by Tim Foxley
The Taliban’s seizure of power and the sheer speed of government collapse took everyone by surprise. The international community, Afghanistan’s neighbourhood, and the Afghan population themselves are now attempting to understand and address the implications of a Taliban regime.
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Written by Raju Rajagopal, Nikhil Mandalaparthy
Despite a handful of statements from Facebook and its much publicised Oversight Board, it seems unlikely that Facebook will make any significant changes with regard to India, out of fear of upsetting the Modi government.
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