About India’s Stand on the Israel-Palestine Conflict – WP35
Abstract: A tragic conflict erupted between Israel and Hamas on 7th October 2023. India, of course, was forced to take a political stance. This paper aims to understand both India’s historical position regarding the Palestinian cause and currently growing ties with Israel. We further inquire on the sources of...
New book on CPEC and ‘Belt and Road’ by Dr Siegfried O. Wolf
The new book of Dr Siegfried O. Wolf, Director of Research at the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), on The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative: Concept, Context and Assessment has just been published as part of SADF’s book series 'Contemporary South Asia Studies' in collaboration with Springer...
11th Bangladesh Parliamentary elections
On Sunday 30 December 2018, Bangladesh witnessed a landslide victory of the ruling Awami League led Grand Alliance in the 11th Parliamentary elections. Together, the Grand Alliance won 288 of 350 seats in parliament, of which 259 seats will belong to the Awami League.
Polling was accompanied by 175 foreign...
COMMENT 214 – Central Asia and the EU-India connectivity partnership – Reinventing the spicy...
Introduction
The EU-India summit of May the 8th 2021 approved a vast array of common initiatives – among which the EU-India Connectivity Partnership, the most important European global connectivity enterprise yet.
Based on ‘shared values of democracy, freedom, rule of law and respect for human rights that underpin their...
Pakistan Caught in Fire with Iran, China Acts to Mediate – C265
On 16 January, 2024, the Border Taskforce of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force of Iran launched attacks on the militant bases of the Jaish al-Adl group in Panjgur in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Iran’s Foreign Ministry called it: a preventive action against a terrorist group preparing to infiltrate...
FOCUS 56 – The interpretation of religious texts and historical narratives around Hindu-Muslim conflict...
Abstract
The nationalist ambitions of individual leaders during the independence struggle, and the subsequent ethnic violence during partition, did not deter India from making itself a constitutionally safe haven for religious minorities. However, the system or its political parties are not without electoral entrenchment in religion, bolstering its agenda of...
SADF Round Table ‘Exploring opportunities for cooperation between Europe and South Asia in the...
Exploring opportunities for cooperation between Europe and South Asia in the South Caucasus region
On 7 November 2019, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) hosted a round table, co-organised by the South Caucasus-South Asia Centre for Business Development (henceforth Caucasus-Asia Centre) and the Association of European Studies for the Caucasus...
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...
Working Paper 26 – Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations in flux: Is Islamabad realigning its foreign...
Abstract
It seems that relations between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia lie in extraordinary flux. This SADF Working Paper starts by analysing the causes and consequences of that fact. The paper sheds light not only on possible dynamics in Pakistan’s foreign policy in relation to Saudi Arabia but...
