FOCUS 46 – Cross-border terrorism: The case of the former princely state of Jammu...
Abstract
Cross-border terrorism has been present in the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947, when both the dominions of India and Pakistan were created. One of the first documentations of the phenomenon was maharaja Hari Singh’s letter addressed to Lord Mountbatten, dated 26 October 1947, which accompanied...
SADF NEWSLETTER 4 – Bangladeshi Democracy at Crossroads
On 28 December 2024, host Rayhan Rashid interviewed SADF Director Paulo Casaca about the current situation in Bangladesh. This was SADF’s third podcast.
The conversation concerned the violent power grab by the so-called ‘Students Against Discrimination movement’ in August 2024. We addressed four crucial issues: (1) the reality of Yunus’...
SADF Research Report 4 – From Kashmir to Ladakh: the rationale behind Beijing’s border...
Abstract
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in China and the attempts by the country’s leadership to whitewash the course of the spread, the world is facing an extraordinarily high degree of turbulence and an additional, multi-facetted cluster of crises. South Asia too is confronted with unusual obstacles. Arguably,...
COMMENT 177 – On the Asian Century, Pax Sinica & Beyond (IX): Corona Crisis:...
With the Coronavirus outbreak, mankind is experiencing an extraordinarily difficult time - affecting all spheres of both public and private life, from domestic politics to international relations. Most countries are still to overcome the peak of crisis. As such, it is hardly possible to make any credible assessment of...