Organic farming in Sikkim
Sikkim’s Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling, proudly presents himself as the leader of the greenest state of India. And indeed, since his first election in 1994, Mr. Chamling has undertaken an impressive array of initiatives on sustainable development - which are universally praised by the United Nations and other international...
COMMENT 142 – On the Asian Century, Pax Sinica & Beyond (I): The CPEC...
COMMENT 142- SADF Column Series 'On the Asian Century, Pax Sinica & Beyond'
The CPEC of the BRI and Its Impact on the Indian Ocean Region
The implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the increasing Chinese presence in South Asia is a matter of both domestic, regional and global...
5 ESSENTIAL TRUTHS FROM ‘PARASITE’ – F87
A note to us, European Academics and Policy Makers
Abstract
This article is a note to European academics and policy makers involved in world affairs. It uses the South Korean movie ‘Parasite’ (Joon-ho, 2019) as an analogy to make a few comments, with a slight emphasis on Bangladeshi realities.
The movie in...
WORKING PAPER 15 – Internationalisation – The Next Phase of Kashmir Conflict
The next phase of Kashmir conflict will be its internationalisation. Over the last 70 years, it has largely remained a localized conflict zone. However, social, political cultural and religious developments over the last decade have paved a way for the penetration of pan-Islamist attitudes in Kashmir’s society. Wahhabism had...
FOCUS 43 – In the line of fire: The climate threat to global security
Abstract
Climate change, increasingly being called the climate crisis, is arguably the greatest threat to human life as we know it. Across regions in the world, people are experiencing the most adverse impacts of this crisis in the form of more frequent and more intense climate extremes like heatwaves,...
Comment 253 – Pakistan’s Political Chaos
On Tuesday, March 14th, violent clashes erupted between security forces and political opposition members in several urban areas. The epicentre of the confrontation was the residence of Imran Khan, former Prime Minister (PM) and chairmen of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The events were triggered by two arrest...
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 237 – The Gulf region and the Iranian threat
On 14 July, on the occasion of the first leaders’ meeting of the (I2U2) Group – India, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and the United States – a joint statement was issued reaffirming the group’s ‘support for the Abraham Accords and other peace and normalization arrangements with Israel’.
According to ‘Voice...
Comment 223 – On the UN Genocide Remembrance Day
Seventy-three years ago, the United Nations (2020) approved its first human-rights treaty – also known as the Genocide convention, because it mainly concerns the crime of genocide. The 9th of December, the day of its original approval, has been celebrated since 2015 as ‘the International Day of Commemoration and...
Ethnic conflict in India’s Manipur: External security predicament – C271
The violent ethnic conflict between Kuki and Meitei communities in the Indian north-eastern state of Manipur, which started on May 3 2023 is dubbed as ‘civil war’ by many. The ethnic conflict in Manipur has been ongoing for over a year now with no clear sign of a conclusion....