South Asia Journal

COMMENTARY

Is South Asia significant for Trump anymore?

Dr. Smit Gupta - July 17, 20250

The Government of Pakistan’s recent decision to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize may have raised eyebrows across...

The World Wonders! Where are the Arab Leaders?

Mahboob A. Khawaja - July 17, 20250

Do Egoistic Leaders Think of Continued Insanity or the Interest of Masses? Blind terror and hatred of Arabs and Islam blends the American and Israeli...

Incorporating Social Business in the Curricula of Universities in Bangladesh: A Strategic Imperative for Inclusive Development

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - July 16, 20250

Reimagining Higher Education for Social Impact In a time of deepening socioeconomic inequalities, ecological crisis, and growing demand for moral leadership, Bangladesh is at...

South Korea-Bangladesh economic diplomacy: Seoul must take Dhaka’s EPA concerns seriously

Mehedi Hasan - July 16, 20250

Bangladesh is poised to graduate from its status as a least-developed country (LDC), creates a “post-LDC dilemma” for its trade due to the expiration...

The writing is on the wall: Western support for Israel shrinks

James M. Dorsey - July 15, 20250

by james M Dorsey The writing is on the wall. As Gaza ceasefire talks flail, if not fail for the umpteenth time, a series of vignettes...

India’s Conflict Management in the Modi Era

Aparna Sinha - July 15, 20250

One of the major successes achieved by Indian strategic diplomacy in the last 11 years, under the Modi era, in particular, been conflict management...

Bangladesh looks West and is set to lose

Netra News - July 17, 20250

Farid Erkizia Bakht The long suffering citizens of Bangladesh brace for the impact of the Trump tariff typhoon on top of the suffocation of an...

UK lifts restrictions on Pakistan airlines after five-year ban

Aljazeera News - July 17, 20250

Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply to resume flights to and from the United Kingdom as Pakistan...

Strategic Waters: The Indus Treaty Abeyance and South Asia’s Hydropolitical Future

South Asian Voices - July 17, 20250

by Rahul Lad, Ravindra Jaybhaye India’s recent move to put the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22...

Making Greater Russia again?

The Lowy Institute - July 17, 20250

WILLIAM GOURLAY Russian President Vladimir Putin once classified the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical disaster of the century”. This, alongside his lament for...

Bangladesh’s revolutionaries await real change 1 year on

Nikkei Asia Review - July 16, 20250

SYFUL ISLAM DHAKA -- One year since a landmark moment in the revolution in Bangladesh that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the protestors that...

Myanmar and Russian Regimes Push Indian Trade Corridor to Bypass Western Sanctions

The Irrawaddy - July 16, 20250

Myanmar’s junta and Russia are pushing to establish a new trade corridor through India – an ambitious trilateral proposal that could offer a lifeline...

ISSN 2471-9501 (print)

ISSN 2471-951X (online)

Book review: The Black Coat, a novel by Neamat Imam

March 26, 2023

A Bangladeshi builds a $4b pharma in US with promises of cheap Covid treatment

November 20, 2022

Not Only in Ladakh, India Losing Ground in Bangladesh Too

June 18, 2020

Human Rights Violations in Kashmir: A Case Study of 2017

June 5, 2018

Bangladesh: An Open Letter to Foreign Minister Abdul Momen

June 6, 2020

ABOUT US

Founded in 2011, South Asia Journal (SAJ) is a policy magazine focused on issues relating to South Asia. Bearing no political affiliation, the journal’s goal is to provide discerning, critical perspectives on the South Asian sub-continent and its evolving relationship to the broader world. SAJ aims to highlight emerging regional trends, especially issues which call for more emphasis among decision makers and policy framers.