Challenges and opportunities for lasting peace in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
EXCERPTS FROM THE NINTH PANOS-HIMAL ROUNDTABLE, 2-3 OCTOBER 2010, BELGIUM
Participants
India
Bharat Bhushan, Editor, Mail Today
When large-scale migration from the Subcontinent began during the second half of the 19th century, Southasians were pioneers in the early stages of the formation of our global village. Many
Investigative Journalism in China
edited by David Bandurski &
Martin Hala
Hong Kong University Press, 2010
Contrary to the bland title, the eight case studies offered here are written with
BURMA
Deep-sea ventures
Officials in Burma and Thailand are planning to develop a new deepwater port near Dawei, a port city in the Taninthanyi division, south of Rangoon. In November,
In recent weeks, the ripples of the '2G' scam in India – over parcelling out contracts for bandwidths of 'second–generation' wireless technologies – have spread ever wider.
The surge in cross-Southasian commerce, which could be of great benefit to the peoples across the region, has yet to happen, even if the economic logic is clear enough. The
Over the course of human history, intellectuals and artists have helped broaden the scope of citizenship and the nebulous contours of citizen rights. Southasia is no exception. Despite its colonial
Raja bola raat hai,
mantri bola raat hai,
court bola raat hai,
ye subah subah ki baat hai!
(The king said it was night. The minister said it was night.
Do the Afghan national security forces have the necessary capacity to take over security operations from the international military forces stationed in Afghanistan? It depends on who is asking. In
A session in the hills
The India–Pakistan media retreat
May 2002
Introduction
Himal and Panos South Asia organised an India-Pakistan Media Retreat at Nagarkot, Nepal, on 11-12 May 2002,
The nuclear weaponisation of Southasia
Bellagio, Italy
July 2003
Introduction
A group of journalists and scholars from India and Pakistan met by a lakeside in northern Italy recently to talk
