Global isolation of the Taliban has contributed to a proliferation of terror groups endangering Afghanistan, Southasia and the world. Conditional engagement offers a better way forward.
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Kamal Ahmed unpacks Sheikh Hasina’s hasty exit to Delhi, which only underscores the Modi government’s close ties with her regime. The Indian government must
The Modi government must reckon with Bangladeshi anger over its support for Hasina even as the United States, China and Russia all reassess their approaches to Dhaka
In ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian’, Neha Dixit studies the past 30 years of inequalities and majoritarianism in urban India through the eyes of a Muslim migrant woman
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This week saw rapidly evolving events in Bangladesh including the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina as clashes between protesters and police escalated. We published a
Sheikh Hasina's government felt that blaming "jihadists" for the July violence would help them annihilate all opposition but given the level of people's anger, even this will not quell the protest movement
Separatist groups in Indian-administered Kashmir did not call a poll boycott for the first time in a generation, and voters took the chance to rebuff the Modi government and the BJP
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This week, the latest episode of the State of Southasia podcast saw host Nayantara Narayanan in conversation with political scientist Ali Riaz on how the ongoing
With mainstream Sri Lankan parties feeling compelled to pander to Sinhala Buddhist voters, Tamil-led parties have been pushed to take more hardline positions to address Tamil voters’ frustrations - historically and today
Political scientist Ali Riaz details how the Sheikh Hasina government has displayed absolute disregard for the lives of its citizens, causing the political ground to shift in Bangladesh
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This week, all eyes were on Bangladesh, as protests around a quota system for government jobs escalated into violence, with eyewitness accounts revealing the disproportionate use
