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The Himalayas need a treaty before the next flood

Early warning systems along the Nepal–China border were built to detect monsoon floods(Opens in new.......

When Politics Devours the State: Bangladesh's Bureaucracy at a Crossroads

There is a peculiar ritual that plays out with clockwork regularity in Bangladesh each time.......

Dr Habib Zafarullah

Where Is Bangladesh–India Relations Stuck? A Geostrategic Analysis

Two questions keep cropping up in the discourse on the present impasse in Bangladesh–India relations:.......

Dr. Mahfuz Parvez

Pakistan-UAE Strategic Partnership

Few relationships in the modern Muslim world carry the depth and warmth of the bond.......

Muhammad Wasama Khalid

When Disaster Falls into an Information Vacuum: Floods, Censorship and Disinformation in Nepal and Tibet

The devastating floods that inundated Nepal and Tibet on August 26 were not just a.......

South Asia Journal

Between Bridges and Ports: The Maldives Balances India and China

Barely a week after Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu praised India's role in building the Greater.......

South Asia Journal

Human Capital and Social Mobility: An Elegy

My maternal grandfather was born in a small village in central Bangladesh in the very.......

Manzur Rahman

Beyond the Politics of Blocs: BIMSTEC, Bangladesh and the New Architecture of the Global South

The expanding conversation about the Global South is changing the vocabulary of international relations. Countries.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

India Has the Gavel. Does It Still Have a Voice?

At the BRICS Business Forum in Bharat Mandapam on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin read.......

Atul Chandra

Why Cricket Remains the Epicenter of Politicization in South Asia?

Cricket has long represented more than competition. It is a shared cultural space where rivalry.......

Muhammad Ahmad Khan

From Borders to Bridges: Why Economic Diplomacy Will Define the Future of Global Cooperation

The recent statement by Bangladesh’s President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calling for stronger Bangladesh-Pakistan relations.......

Ayesha Rafiq

The Mirage of a Superpower: Why India's Global Ambitions Outrun Its National Reality

India wants to be a great power. It has over a billion citizens, nuclear weapons,.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

Secular in the Constitution, Majoritarian in Practice? India’s Muslims and the Crisis of Constitutional Secularism

There has been a row involving three common phrases, Assalamu Alaikum, Inshallah, and Jazakallah, that.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

Atlantic Council Warns Afghanistan a Global Terrorism hub

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks reshaped global security policy, a new assessment from.......

Professor Mathew James

Nepal Floods: Disaster, Diplomacy and Distrust

The devastating floods that struck Nepal on 26 August 2026 have evolved from a humanitarian.......

Jawad Ali Shah

Tibet's Long Struggle: Empire, Faith, Occupation, and the Fight for Cultural Survival

Tibet offers much more than just a land. The Tibetan people have created a culture.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

BRICS+ Summit: Between Promises and Contradictions

The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, occurred amid an exceptional.......

Vijay Prashad

India’s Late Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda As A Beacon of Morality For Political Leaders

At a time when politics is seen more as a means to power, property and.......

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra

Strategic Impact of Drones on Warfare

The character of warfare is undergoing a profound transformation as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) move.......

Jawad Ali Shah

The Assam Dilemma: Where the Administrative Authority Ends in India?

The demolition of 73 homes in Assam’s Goalpara district has brought an old question back.......

Sudhanshu Roy