COMMENT 166 – The Green deal, the rejuvenation of the Ganga and the Europe-India...
India and the European Union established a water partnership in 2016 which gave rise to a vast array of initiatives. In such context, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) gathered a significant amount of contributions highlighting various challenges and opportunities for water cooperation in South Asia. This was published...
Policy Clinic Network Collaboration with SADF
Background:
Minorities in Bangladesh (religious, ethnic, and sexual) are currently going through a challenging time, since the right-wing, religion-based political parties are on the rise. According to the latest report of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, more than 2400 incidents of violence took place against the religious minorities...
COMMENT 250 – Pakistan and US, Allies or Foes?
Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf, Director of Research at SADF (Coordinator: Democracy Research Programme); he was educated at the Institute of Political Science (IPW) and South Asia Institute (SAI), both Heidelberg University. Additionally he is member (affiliated researcher) of the SAI as well as a former research fellow at IPW...
COMMENT 234 – Iran’s democratic alternative – On the eve of the Free Iran...
A network of non-governmental organisations, including the ‘Alliance to Renew Cooperation among Humankind’ (ARCHumankind) – the parent association of South Asia Democratic Forum – has endorsed the Free Iran Global Summit, which will take place on the 23 and 24 of July. This will most likely be the largest...
Paulo Casaca commenting to the press on the seven January 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZcqbU8cQbE
Paulo Casaca speaks at conference on economy of Bangladesh at European Parliament
On 28 June 2018, Paulo Casaca, Executive Director of the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), contributed to a conference entitled “Conference on Bangladesh: Wonder economy: Developments and challenges” organised by the Awami League Belgium and hosted and moderated by Richard Corbett MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for...
An SADF Conversation ‘2023: Where is Sri Lanka heading?’
https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsiaDemocraticForum/videos/729348321900229
On March the 9th at 13h00 (UGT) SADF promoted a conversation titled ‘2023: Where is Sri Lanka heading?’. Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf, SADF Research Director, shared the floor with speaker Mr. Asanga Abeygoonasekara, Executive Director South Asia Foresight Network(SAFN) and Senior Fellow at the Millennium Project, Washington DC.
2022 was a...
71st Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
On 5 March 2019, Paulo Casaca, in the name of SADF, was present at the reception offered by Ambassador Soe Lynn Han and Madam Le Le Win on the occasion of Myanmar’s national day.
In the reception speech, Ambassador Soe Lynn Han made a substantial speech on the main challenges...
COMMENT 227 – From Kabul to Kyiv, Pakistan’s persistent diplomatic course
On February 23, Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan arrived in Moscow for a two-days visit. According to open sources, the PM’s Russia trip was for a ‘exchange of views on major regional and international issues’, aiming at a reset of bilateral ties and ‘expanding cooperation in the energy...
Comment 231 – A window of opportunity in India-Pakistan relations?
Last month, Pakistani Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote, ending several weeks of political crises. Khan had faced public discontent with his mismanagement of the economy and foreign policy – which were combined with a growingly authoritarian style of governance. The removal from...