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Sri Lanka Hones Its Balancing Act
Colombo has demonstrated its own brand of strategic autonomy on issues from Russia’s war in Ukraine to China’s global footprint. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia…
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Bangladesh’s All-but-Certain Election
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party are nearly guaranteed to win on Sunday. The rest of the region may welcome the result. The highlights this…
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Ayman al-Zawahiri Assassination: The Taliban’s Biggest Crisis
The al-Zawahiri killing will provoke a defiant Taliban response – but it could also provoke an unprecedented internal crisis for the group. The drone attack that…
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Can Modi Overcome India’s Ukraine Stance?
The Indian prime minister’s trip to Europe this week shows there is still room for deepening ties with the West. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia…
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict Puts Some South Asian Governments in a Bind
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents governments in South Asia with difficult diplomatic and economic choices. India and Pakistan are each in a particularly delicate bind. As…
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Why Did the United States Just Sanction Bangladesh?
Action against an elite paramilitary force comes just weeks after Washington emphasized a deepening partnership with Dhaka. U.S. Issues Sanctions on Bangladesh Paramilitary Force Last Friday,…
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Washington’s Divergent Diplomacy in South Asia
High-ranking diplomat Wendy Sherman’s visit underscores shifting relations with India and Pakistan. The U.S.-India-Pakistan Triangle U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is visiting India and…
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India Faces Tests From Its Neighbors
Despite a border cease-fire with Pakistan, India faces a growing set of challenges in its backyard. India’s Neighborhood Dilemma For India, Pakistan has long posed the…
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Valley In Soft Focus
Biden will tread lightly on the rights issue in Kashmir, but that might be a blemish on his foreign policy agenda One of the core foreign…
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US Polls’ Impact On South Asia: Will A Biden Win ‘Help’ Diplomacy?
There are real & substantive differences between Trump & Biden on South Asia policy that shouldn’t be shrugged off. Many observers have argued that the implications…
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The economic storm brewing in South Asia
Michael Kugelman As it takes stock of the anticipated effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank has published an economic outlook with strikingly gloomy predictions…
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THE YEAR AHEAD India and Pakistan Are Edging Closer to War in 2020
Two crises dominated South Asia in 2019, and each one stands to get worse next year. Michael Kugelman Turmoil is never far away in South Asia,…