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Bashir Ali Abbas

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How India Views the Saudi-Pak Defense Pact: Historical Drivers and Future Concerns

The recently announced Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) came as a surprise to many observers. In India, this development was...

30.10.2025 10

South Asian Voices

Bashir Ali Abbas

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 interim...

27.08.2025 10

South Asian Voices

Bashir Ali Abbas

Pahalgam Aftermath: Assessing the Escalatory Potential of India and Pakistan’s Responses

As its first response to the terrorist attacks in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, initially claimed by an offshoot of the...

29.04.2025 5

South Asian Voices

Bashir Ali Abbas

Trump-Modi Meet: A Lot of Resolve Despite a Lot to Resolve

Within three weeks of the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump for a second non-consecutive term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was...

20.02.2025 5

South Asian Voices

Bashir Ali Abbas

What Will a Breakdown in the Global Moratorium on Nuclear Testing Mean for South Asia?

Across its two and a half years, the Russia-Ukraine war has catalyzed an already ongoing unraveling of nuclear arms control and nonproliferation...

07.11.2024 4

South Asian Voices

Bashir Ali Abbas