Focus 55 – Broadening Horizons of India’s Act East Policy: Future Avenues
Abstract
The Act East Policy of India, announced in 2014 presented some significant differences from the previous Look East Policy. It aimed to look further east, towards the Pacific and beyond Southeast Asia. However, India's exit from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) raises questions regarding where India's Act East...
Comment 225 – Gwadar protests and the peculiar role of Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan
For nearly a month, the coastal town of Gwadar has been witnessing the emergence of a protest movement called the Gwadar Ko Huqooq Do Tehreek (Give Rights to Gwadar Movement), ‘considered one of the largest in Baluchistan’s history’. The movement is led by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). Baluchistan’s General Secretary and...
SADF Research Report 5 – Water Issue – Tharparkar New Coal-Based Energy Production
Abstract
This research addresses the impact of coal-fired power plants on water stress and environmental conservation within the geopolitical framework of the Chinese CPEC’s (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) environmental policy and the COPS-21 environmental targets. Our case-study analysis concerns the new coal-based energy hub in the Tharparkar district of Sindh, Pakistan....
Bridging Borders: The SAARC Solution for Migration Governance – C277
As a development and humanitarian worker, I have observed countless migrant workers working in the middle east whose stories remain unheard. Their luck and overseas life decisions are often determined by their Kafeel (single sponsor who decides the residency and employment status of migrant workers in Middle East countries)....
SADF Working Paper 14: Alternative views for Afghanistan
SADF WORKING PAPER 14: Alternative views for Afghanistan
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In Central and South Asia ‘the terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan is perceived to be growing, with foreign fighters who have returned from the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq increasing their numbers in Afghanistan’. SADF has dedicated a great deal of research...
Focus 65 – Pakistan and the future of Afghanistan
Abstract
According to several reports, it appears that the stage is set for the long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations (IAN) between rival factions. Both the Afghan Taliban and the Government of Afghanistan expressed their readiness to start their first official direct talks, which will be held in Qatar. After contributing to the...
SADF Conversation on ‘Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan’
GENDER APARTHEID IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan women highlight the increase of women’s repression by Taliban rulers, which includes kidnapping, extra-judicial executions, forced confessions and the stripping of all human rights.
On the third of May, SADF promoted an on-line conversation on Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan. It was animated by Hasina Jalal...
COMMENT 196 – Pakistan’s bigger plans of narco-terrorism
Narco-terrorism is one of today’s buzzwords in both foreign and domestic policy in South Asia, especially in the context of the contentious India-Pakistan relations. Pakistan’s involvement in state-terrorism (Wolf, 2017) and sponsorship of international Jihadism are well-known and documented. Moreover, there are increasingly numerous reports regarding Islamabad’s engagement in...
Historical speech on fighting terrorism by the recently appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to the...
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Comment 203 – EU-India: Building bridges through High-Level Dialogue
India is one of the world’s largest growing economies – and an active player in global economic governance. The primary objective of the partnerships between the EU and India is transparency ( a non-discriminatory and predictable, regulatory business environment). On 5 February 2021,the EU and India held their first...