Written by Kashoon Leeza
The rise of Hindutva nationalism in India is leading to a reciprocal Muslim nationalism in Pakistan. With both India and Pakistan playing the blame-game, while bolstering their own rhetoric, nationalist discourses are overtaking ties between South Asia’s nuclear armed rivals.
Read MoreWritten by Pooja Bhatt
Littoral nations suspect that even though China states that the purpose of research vessels in the Indian Ocean are purely scientific in nature, that these vessels could be gathering data to enhance Beijing’s maritime domain awareness in the region.
Read MoreWritten by Manali Kumar
South Asian countries must cooperate to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. However, SAARC is not the forum to broker such cooperation. There are few good examples of SAARC cooperation in the 35 years of the organization’s existence.
Read MoreWritten by Arkoprabho Hazra
With increasing security ties with Israel, a historic relationship with the Palestinians, and a history of working with the United Nations and other multilateral forums, India is in a unique position to help mediate the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Read MoreWritten by Grant Wyeth
Since the Second World War, Australia and New Zealand have been the dominant cultural, economic and military powers in the South Pacific. Beijing’s recents moves to push Taiwan out of the region however now sees China operating closer to both countries than ever before.
Read MoreWritten by Alan Tidwell
The southern flank is set to play an important part in the competition for influence between the US and China. Washington needs the safe havens in maritime spaces that both Australia and New Zealand can provide.
Read MoreWritten by Lisa-Maria Hönig
With the rest of the world preoccupied with the fallout from COVID-19, it looks as if China is in the process of revolutionising its infosphere and taking steps towards its strategic goals: ”ending the hegemony of the dollar, and reducing technological dependence on the US for foundational technologies.“
Read MoreWritten by Angana Guha Roy
ASEAN lies in the middle of a battle for influence in Southeast Asia, by both China and Japan. Under Shinzo Abe, Japan has sought closer ties to the trading bloc and in seeking to decouple from China, may double down on trade ties.
Read MoreWritten by Lupita Wijaya
Indonesia has increasingly been drawn into the South China Sea dispute, and although a non-claiment state, media narratives are forming. Perceptions of China within Indonesia are being shaped in the media by recent events in the Natuna Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Pawel Behrendt
The Cold War set the stage and script for later acts we are now seeing in the South China Sea drama. When China took islands from Vietnam it showed that under favourable conditions, the decline of the USSR, that it was ready to use force.
Read MoreWritten by Akash Sahu
The aggressive stance of Islamists in Indonesia towards the CAA, and India’s mishandling of the February riots in New Delhi has damaged ties between India and Indonesia. With both democracies facing a major health crisis, they must work together to defeat COVID-19.
Read MoreWritten by Minaam Shah
If India wants SAARC to succeed, it has to give its neighbors a reason strong enough to cooperate. Any sense of collective South Asian identity has to originate under the pressure of an external force.
Read MoreGideon Rachman became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times.
Read MoreWritten by Sabyasachi Biswal
In South Asia, China is making in-roads as a global health leader, with an extensive public campaign, the “Health Silk Road”. India meanwhile vies for regional influence with Beijing, mobilising its medical sector and institutions such as SAARC.
Read MoreWritten by Dharish David and Chew Si Xing Theresa
How have democracies responded to COVID-19? Some societies rapidly implemented stringent measures whilst others did not, and how do democratic nations compare with their autocratic counterparts response’s to the pandemic?
Read MoreWritten by Drake Long
It’s tempting to assume China’s recent provocative activity near Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines is a sign of a new, aggressive approach, asserting China’s claims when other claimants are distracted by COVID-19. But it’s really a sign of continuity, not change.
Read MoreWritten by Filippo Boni
Having made CPEC the “flagship project” of the BRI, China is keen to project the economic corridor as a success. When China has undertaken a global propaganda push, Beijing has realised that the BRI’s reputation relies on the ability to move things forward in Pakistan.
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