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South Asia

A Fragile Truce at the Durand Line: Will the Afghanistan–Pakistan Ceasefire Last?

OPINION — One of the most enduring security issues in South Asia has been rekindled by the recent border conflicts between the Taliban-led [...] More

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Trends in Global Terrorism

Bottom Line Up FrontAccording to the U.S. State Department, global terrorism clustered in three regions in 2018, with South Asia, the Middle East, [...] More

Putin Flexes Russian Muscle Abroad

Bottom Line Up FrontVladimir Putin has consolidated Russian power in Moscow’s near abroad and traditional sphere of influence.The Kremlin has also [...] More

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: The Nucleus of Jihad in South Asia

Bottom Line Up FrontThe U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will give terrorist groups like al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) more room [...] More

Modi: Modernizing India

Modi: Modernizing India

In an announcement that caught many by surprise, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government would discontinue its two largest currency [...] More

India: A Stronger Country with Stronger Relationships

Since becoming prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi has pursued a more prominent and active role for India on the world stage in a bid to increase [...] More

The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Modinomics

Before becoming prime minister, Narendra Modi became famous for developing the “Gujarat Model” for economic growth. Despite being poor in tourism and [...] More

Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options

Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options

In the latest dispute between India and Pakistan, Islamabad has taken New Delhi to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague over a [...] More

Stoking Tensions in an Already Volatile Region

South Asia’s critical transboundary waterways are facing unprecedented pressures as a result of rapidly increasing populations, high demand for [...] More

Sorting Through Water Wars Rhetoric

The eye catching headlines are familiar. “Water Wars” are imminent or already underway in the latest drought or dam-building hotspot. Such “wars” [...] More

Stability in South Asia

Stability in South Asia

It’s one of, if not the most, dangerous border in the world. Nuclear-armed powers, India and Pakistan, have a history of strained relations since [...] More

Bilateral Trade Potential

Even though both India and Pakistan are members of the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA), established in January 2006, trade between them is [...] More

The Pakistan Problem

Nowhere on earth is an act of terrorism more likely to spark a nuclear war than in South Asia.This is by no means a unique or recent observation. In [...] More