An SADF Conference – India and the major powers: changing dynamics and future projections
https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsiaDemocraticForum/videos/1463719644439941
On July 6 at 13:00 UTC, 15:00 Brussels time, SADF promoted a conference titled ‘India and the major powers: changing dynamics and future projections’. Pr. Bali R. Deepak, a professor at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, and a member of SADF’s Board of Advisors, shared his views...
SADF Podcast S2E6 – Bangladesh’s Islamist Shift and India’s Strategic Calculus
Listen to South Asia in Flux: Bangladesh’s Islamist Shift and India’s Strategic Calculus with Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, as we unpack the rise of political Islam, border tensions, and shifting geopolitics in South Asia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIeQm9NyL8&t=31s
🎙️ *South Asia in Flux: Bangladesh’s Islamist Shift and India’s Strategic Calculus*
In this episode, we explore the...
SADF Podacst S2E5 – Balochistan, the Fight for Freedom and Future in South Asia
Listen to our SADF Podcast with Mehran Marri on Balochistan’s struggle for freedom — exploring its history, human rights abuses, diaspora activism, and what the future holds for this underreported conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cZNolsFqcs&t=1147s
In this powerful episode, we dive deep into one of South Asia’s most underreported and complex struggles — the...
PRESS RELEASE – Disinformation in the name of the ‘fight against disinformation’
We publish today, 9 March, 2021, a new policy brief (policy brief 11) titled ‘Disinformation in the name of the ‘fight against disinformation’’.
This policy brief comes in the wake of a vicious attack to SADF made by EU DisinfoLab, an attack we responded in a letter this organisation agreed...
PRESS RELEASE: SADF Annual conference ‘A joint vision for Afghanistan’
On 8 November 2018, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held its annual conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
The host of the conference, Petras Auštrevičius MEP and Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Afghanistan, welcomed the conference participants. He began by highlighting the European Union’s long-term...
SADF announces book launch to present new publication in series “Contemporary South Asian Studies”
SADF is pleased to announce the release of a new book titled “Urbanization and Regional Sustainability in South Asia- Socio-economic Drivers, Environmental Pressures and Policy Responses” published by Springer in its series on “Contemporary South Asian Studies”- an initiative run by SADF Executive Director Paulo Casaca. The volume was...
SADF Podcast S2E4 – The Battle for Secularism in Bangladesh
Join Professor Masum Billah in our latest SADF Podcast Faith and Freedom – The Battle for Secularism in Bangladesh, as he warns of rising extremism, minority persecution, and calls for urgent reforms to safeguard secularism and justice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErH64wVjD4&t=784s
*SADF Podcast: Faith and Freedom - The Battle for Secularism in Bangladesh*
In...
SADF PRESS RELEASE: On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence...
On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence declaration
On the 11th of August 2017, the South Asia Democratic Forum promoted a ceremony to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence declaration which took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The event was hosted...
SADF Podacst S2E1 – On Human Rights of Ahmaddiyya Muslims in Bangladesh
Watch our latest testimony on the persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BmunFC9A6s
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of the SADF Podcast!
In this episode, we are honored to have Mr. Ahamad Tabshir Choudhury from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at of Bangladesh.
Mr. Choudhury delves into the rich history of...
SADF Webinar Series: AIDIA-SADF Joint Webinar: COVID-19 and the EU-South Asia Relations
On 4 June 2020, in a joint initiative, the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) and the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) hosted a webinar talk on ‘COVID-19 and the EU-South Asia Relations’.
Distinguished speakers from Europe and South Asia, included the former Ambassador of Belgium to India...