Written by Ali Riaz
The escalating face-off between the Bangladeshi government and the opposition will likely lead to heightened violence in the coming months, further persecution of critics by the government, and the potential weakening of the ruling party’s grip over the situation.
Read MoreWritten by Marina Rudyak
Precisely because China is the world’s largest bilateral creditor, and many of its borrowers face the risk of excessive debt, it matters to get things right in the analysis of lender-borrower relations.
Read MoreWritten by Apoorva Jain
South Asia is increasingly facing threats from natural, technological, and complex disasters. Meanwhile, coordination failure is turning natural disasters into catastrophes. Disaster aid and relief can be an effective diplomatic tool in the region.
Read MoreWritten by Manali Kumar
South Asian countries would do well to finally set aside their mutual animosities and start developing transnational and regional mechanisms to adapt to climate change and recover from disasters.
Read MoreWritten by Nathasha Fernando
Wickremesinghe is therefore in a clear dilemma as he is not only expected to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund for a sovereign debt bailout, debt restructuring, and economic recovery plan but to also appease Sri Lanka’s minorities and their broader calls for accountability.
Read MoreWritten by Furqan Khan
Targeting and punishing dissenting voices threatens to define Pakistan’s political culture. However, repressing dissenting voices is a self-inflicted wound.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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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