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India’s Rise in Global Defense Exports and the Way Forward

India’s defense exports reached an all-time high of USD $2.76 billion in FY 2024-25, recording 12 percent growth year-on-year. Today, Indian...

15.09.2025 1

South Asian Voices

Anondeeta Chakraborty

SAV Q&A with Bidushi Dhungel: Nepal’s Political Revolution and Quest for a More Equitable Future

Editor’s Note: Earlier, an unedited version of this Q&A was posted in error. It has been corrected and re-published. Last week, Nepal experienced a...

15.09.2025 1

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Sav Editorial Staff

SAV Q&A with Bidushi Dhungel: Nepal’s Political Revolution and Quest for a More Equitable Future 

Last week, Nepal experienced a remarkable and rapid political upheaval, as youth-led protests on Monday, September 8, gave way to violence and...

14.09.2025 2

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Sav Editorial Staff

Can India and Russia Build a Durable Economic Partnership?

With the backdrop of intense U.S. pressure over India’s Russian oil imports, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Moscow from...

14.09.2025 1

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Shashank Tiwari

SAV Q&A with Srinath Raghavan: India’s Multialignment Strategy and Neighborhood Policy

South Asian Voices spoke with Dr. Srinath Raghavan on September 3 about the pivotal moment in Indian foreign policy—in the second of two parts, we...

12.09.2025 2

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Sav Editorial Staff

Pakistan’s Potential Path to Global Relevance through Critical Minerals

The United States’ recent diplomatic overtures towards Pakistan have caught many by surprise. At the end of July, Pakistan finalized an important...

12.09.2025 10

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Aizaz Hussain

Water as a Multilateral Issue? The Case of Bangladesh and Implications for Indian Diplomacy

Even as India-Bangladesh ties have seen signs of economic and political stress in recent days and weeks, one recent development with bilateral...

12.09.2025 2

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Stellina Jolly

Strategic Waters: The Indus Treaty Abeyance and South Asia’s Hydropolitical Future

India’s recent move to put the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 has caused a...

05.09.2025 30

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Rahul Lad

SAV Q&A with Srinath Raghavan: SCO, Tariffs, and India’s Approach to the United States and China

India appears to be at a foreign policy crossroads, with a downturn in ties with the United States accompanied by growing engagement with China and...

05.09.2025 2

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Sav Editorial Staff

India Must Level Up to Compete with China in the Western Indian Ocean

The India-China geopolitical rivalry has traditionally been viewed through a continental lens, with the border dispute between the neighbors...

04.09.2025 10

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Radhey Tambi

One Year after the Revolution: Reform, Reconciliation, and the Road Ahead for Bangladesh

A year ago, the Pakistani prime minister noted how Pakistan’s economic and political challenges stood in stark contrast to Bangladesh’s trajectory....

04.09.2025 3

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Wahiduzzaman Noor

Ten Years of CPEC Implementation: Promise, Pitfalls, and Potential

Once heralded as a transformative lifeline for Pakistan’s faltering economy, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) now symbolizes missed...

04.09.2025 2

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Natasha Matloob

Not a Reset, But a Pragmatic Refashioning of U.S.-Pakistan Ties

On July 25, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. A day later,...

26.08.2025 50

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Ali Mustafa

Can India and Bangladesh Clear the Slate a Year after Hasina?

August 5 marked one year since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League (AL) government in Dhaka. In the twelve months since, under an...

26.08.2025 10

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Bashir Ali Abbas

Modi at SCO: The Significance of China in India’s Foreign Policy

With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi preparing to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin at the end of August and...

26.08.2025 1

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Jagannath Panda