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Issue 25 – Summer 2018
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Backing out of the Iran deal hurts Trump’s South Asia strategy0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 10, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on February 17, 2018. Photo: Iranian Presidency – Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran doesn’t only deliver a blow to the global nonproliferation regime and stability in the Middle East. It also poses major
READ MOREShould Nepalese Be Banned from Joining Foreign Armies?0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 9, 2018
By Hari Prasad Shrestha 9/5/2018 The slogan of barring Nepalese from joining foreign armies seems to be more political agendas to attract people’s attention rather than start dialogue with Britain and India to stop its recruitment. In line with series of efforts to bar Nepalese in foreign armies, recently a work plan
READ MOREChristian and Hazara minorities under attack in Quetta, Pakistan0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 5, 2018
Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa during a meeting in Quetta to address grievances of the Hazara community on May 1, 2018. PHOTO: ISPR Once again, in April, Christian and Hazara minority communities were killed by militant groups repeatedly in Quetta, Pakistan. Religious minorities feel that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has failed to
READ MOREDefeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues, Reviews
- May 5, 2018
Book Review by Adnan Qaiser, May 2018 Adnan Qaiser, a Research Associate at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, Canada, with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, reviews Myra MacDonald’s book on Indo-Pakistan relations. The author can be reached at a.qaiser1@yahoo.com Rarely is history narrated in whole truth; it stays the
READ MOREInvestments in the era of SDGs and LDC transition0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 4, 2018
by Shamsul Alam | April 29, 2018 The private sector has been historically playing an important role in economic development of Bangladesh. Almost all the past medium-term development plans have relied on private financing for their implementation. In the seventh Five-Year Plan (7FYP), private sector is expected to finance 77.3 per cent of the total
READ MOREKhadim Hussain Rizvi and Rise of Religious Extremism 2.0 in Pakistan0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 1, 2018
by Mehmood Hussain 1/5/2018 Introduction Until January 4, 2011 nobody was aware of Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who later gained popularity for his firebrand style of oratory. Khadim Hussain Rizvi is a religious cleric born on June 22, 1966, in the Pindi Gheb area of Attock District Punjab. A Hafiz-e-Quran and
READ MOREThe new and real Bangladesh paradox0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- May 1, 2018
William Milam 30 Apr 2018 Is Bangladesh heading toward more acute political instability and renewed internal violence? The Awami League government faces allegations of a concerted persecution of its opponents I had thought of writing again this week about the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM). It has had an interesting two weeks since I wrote about
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Why does India want more presence in Afghanistan?0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 30, 2018
The enemy of an enemy is your friend. In our field of study this can be termed as a strategic partner or an ally. That is the sort of relationship India is trying to build with Afghanistan. Our next door neighbor in the West is India’s dream ‘backdoor entrance’ into Pakistan. How ideal would it
READ MOREChina’s Belt And Road Initiative: Ambition And Opportunity 0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018, Vincent Lofaso For centuries, the Silk Road’s web of trading routes connected major civilizations in East Asia with the Middle East and the European continent. It facilitated not only commerce but also the exchange of communication and thereby determined the development of the ancient world. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed
READ MORECBI and its Chandigarh Connection; It is time to act now not to transfer the case0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 30, 2018
Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie 30/4/2018 The recent gruesome rape-and-murder case of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, after twelve years, reminds us of the high-profile sex scandal which shook the state of J&K. The scandal in which one Sabeena Hassan and her husband were allegedly involved surfaced in 2006 then reminds us of the
READ MOREGeopolitics magnify sustained political violence in Balochistan0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 27, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 27/4/2018 Twin attacks earlier this week on Pakistani security forces in the troubled province of Balochistan cast a light on a sustained and violent campaign against police and paramilitary units as well as Shiite and Christian minorities. The attacks by groups, some of which have had links to
READ MORETashkent Declaration 2: Phony Peace Harbinger for Afghanistan?0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 26, 2018
by Bawa Singh 26/4/2018 Could Tashkent be as a city of peacemaking for Afghanistan as it did in case of Indo-Pak (1965 War)? The First Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pak War (1965). Now, the war theatre has changed to
READ MOREBangladesh: Political quagmire0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 26, 2018
South Asia Journal, April 26, 2018 Bangladesh has been on a development cycle for quite a few years, and the future could be brighter if several indicators could be kept in check; the prominent being floundering political stability. Political stability will only come if the nation can revert to democracy or the rule of the
READ MOREKabul attack underscores security issues ahead of Afghan elections0
- Commentary, Issue 25 – Summer 2018, Issues
- April 24, 2018
The site of this weekend’s suicide bombing in Kabul. Photo: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images by Michael Kugelman 24/4/2018 The terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack on a voter registration site in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed more than 60 people. The tragedy followed four other election-related attacks, including the abduction
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