Fragile: A story of Bihar migrants working in Calcutta’s largest wholesale...
Photo Essay by Chhandak Pardhan* On the congested road outside Kolay Market- Calcutta's largest wholesale vegetable market, one often comes across group of well built men in colourful turbans....
View ArticleChina and Pakistan: Fair-Weather Friends
By Michael Beckley* Two assumptions dominate current debates on US foreign policy toward Pakistan. First, Pakistan shares a robust “all- weather” friendship with China centered on core national...
View ArticleThe Forgotten History of Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi* Pakistan’s historical and contemporary support for jihadi groups has caused US policy prescriptions over the past decade to focus prominently on the need...
View ArticleKashmir Infitada
By Shome Basu* Nestled between the Himalyas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir was, is and always will be a paradise. Sadly these views are not without a price. With boundaries that stretch...
View ArticleBridging the Gap between Policy-Making and Academia: An Interview with South...
From Volume 7, Issue 2 - September 2012 - Download PDF YJIA: How has your experience as an academic influenced your work as a diplomat and vice versa? Can you speak to the unique role of a...
View ArticleNo longer the status quo? Changes in China’s approach to territorial conflict
By Andrew Taffer* The China Marine Surveillance cutter "Haijian 66" and the Japan Coast Guard cutter "Kiso" confronted each other near the Diaoyu Islands in September 2012. (Photo by China Marine...
View ArticleThe Age of Democracy and Reason—Can South Asia Find Lasting Peace?
By Probal DasGupta* A polling station in Uttaradit Province, Thailand, during the 2007 elections. (Photo by Tevaprapas Makklay, Wikimedia Commons) Around 2005, South Asia was a patchwork of two...
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