Lourens Van Haaften
Lourens van Haaften is a PhD candidate for the History Department of the KU Leuven, Belgium. In his doctoral research project he studies the development of higher education in India in the period 1960-2000 and its role in changing Indian business cultures. The project is part of the Innovative Training Network titled ‘Explaining Global India’, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme.
Latest TSA
Pakistan’s Embassy in Brussels Holds Questionable Kashmir Exhibition (Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
A Kashmir exhibition in Brussels speaks to a wider struggle: who shapes Europe’s understanding of South Asia?
In Pakistan’s Embassy in Brussels Holds Questionable Kashmir Exhibition, Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf examines the embassy’s October 2026 event through his “Three Ds” framework: Delay, Distract and Discredit. He argues that the exhibition...
Pakistan’s “Three Ds” of Foreign Engagement (Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
An external confrontation can serve an internal purpose: keeping those in power beyond scrutiny.
Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf examines this connection through Pakistan’s “Three Ds” of foreign engagement: Delay India’s international advance, Distract from domestic governance failures and Discredit New Delhi abroad. His analysis links disputes over Kashmir and the...
Indus Water Treaty – Countering Pakistan’s War of Narratives (Siegfried O. Wolf on Substack)
Putting a water treaty on hold is not the same as stopping a river.
The dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty reveals how water, security and political narratives intersect in a changing South Asia. Understanding it requires looking beyond diplomatic accusations to the infrastructure that controls water—and the institutions that...