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Afghanistan: Peace deal and deepening political crisis
Dr Yatharth Kachiar

President Trump’s upcoming visit to India and the rapidly progressing peace talks between the US and the Taliban gives yet another opportunity for the policymakers in India to use their ingenuity in order to secure a place for itself in a post-Amer

January 09, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Commentary, India, Afghanistan, Presidential elections, Peace Deal, Trump Visit
शी हजूर! म्यांमार के लिए ‘नए दौर’ में पुरानी शराब
Jaideep Chanda

म्यांमार उस समय बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव (बीआरआई) में एक तरह से शामिल हो गया था, जब मई 2017 में आंग सान

July 17, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Hindi, Article, New Era, Xi Hajoor!, Hearts and Minds Investments, म्यांमार. Xi Jinping visits Myanmar
Notes from the Sub-continent (Jan 15 - Feb 14)
Mayuri Mukherjee

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look at the coverage of the coronavirus (CoVid-19) outbreak--and it’s interesting to note the many similar strands of concern

May 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Article, China, COVID-19, Outbreak
Myanmar Round Up: January 2020 (A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar)
Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar charged into the New Year with high profile events dominating January 2020, viz. the visit by Xi Jinping; publication of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) Report and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim verdict. In addi

July 17, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Xi Jinping, ICOE, ICJ Interim, Japan Myanmar Relations
Myanmar Round Up: December 2019
Aakriti Vinayak

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s spirited though controversial visit to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), The Hague, to defend her nation, its armed forces and its conduct leading to the Rohingya Crisis, was the predominant event in December. Interna

September 20, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar, Peace, Rohingya issue, Neighbourhood studies, ICJ verdict, Arakan army
Xi Hajoor ! Old Wine in the ‘New Era’ for Myanmar
Jaideep Chanda

Background
Myanmar effectively boarded the BRI when Aung San Suu Kyi attended the First Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in May 2017. President Xi Jinping even acknowledged Myanmar in the context of the BRI in

July 17, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, New Era, Xi Jinping visits Myanmar, Xi Hajoor!, Documents Signed, Hearts and Minds Investments
Year Review: Pakistan in 2019
Dr Yatharth Kachiar

The year 2019 brought optimism as well as trials for Pakistan in equal measure. In 2019, Pakistan under Prime Minister Imran Khan was occupied in confronting numerable challenges at the domestic as well as international levels. At the domestic front,

January 09, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Commentary, India, Pakistan, US, foreign policy, Army, economy, Afghanistan, Saudi
New Year review of major FP/security developments in the region
Mayuri Mukherjee

Bangladesh
Upon winning the general election held in December 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sworn into office on January 3. This marked the beginning of her third consecutive term following the electoral victories of 2009 and 2

May 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Article, Bangladesh, Terror attack, Security developments, Nationalist Party, Chinese FDI
2019: A Year of Missed Opportunities for Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar

The year 2019 ended for Afghanistan on a more chaotic and disappointing note because of two major reasons: a) failure in achieving any major breakthrough in the ongoing peace process with the Taliban, specifically in relation to the ceasefire and int

January 09, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan, Article, Presidential election, Peace talks, Ceasefire, Intra-Afghan dialogue, US-Iran escalation
Notes from the Sub-continent: CAA, NRC and others
Mayuri Mukherjee

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look, first, at the coverage of India’s recent amendment of its Citizenship Act and the related issue of preparing a national

May 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies, Commentary, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Constitution, NRC, CAA, Saffroni, Modi-Shah
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