Focus 81 – Regional Geopolitics and Sri Lankan Crisis: Options for India
Abstract
Sir Lanka faces perhaps the greatest financial crises in the country’s history. Although such crisis is the outcome of much financial mismanagement, corruption, and lack of transparency in government, there are external factors involved as well. Due to its geo-strategic location, Sri Lanka much interests both China and...
Putin’s War in Europe – Where lies South Asia?
On Friday, 22 April SADF promoted a conversation with Dr. Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy. Dr. Ferenczy is an Assistant Professor at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien, Taiwan; she is Head of Associates Network at 9DASHLINE; a Non-Resident Fellow at NextGen Taiwan; a consultant on China and India for Human...
COMMENT 230 – Pakistan’s new government challenges
After weeks of political turmoil, the opposition overthrew the government in Pakistan. In a no-vote of confidence, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan – who used every available means, mostly unconstitutional and illegal, to stay in power - was forced out of office. Opposition leader Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif, President...
ON THE FUTURE OF PAKISTAN & HUMAN RIGHTS
https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsiaDemocraticForum/videos/715979256099336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTr_R22xCXo&t=396s
Online Conversation on the Future of Pakistan and the Human Rights situation in the country.
South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held an online conversation on the future of Pakistan and the human rights situation in the country, moderated by SADF’s director Paulo Casaca.
Siegfried O. Wolf, Director of Research at...
Comment 229 – The end for Khan?
Pakistan is witnessing a most severe political crisis, as the government is strongly challenged by both state and society. It is not the first time that Imran Khan, as Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM), is facing severe criticisms; it is not the first time that a wide array of oppositional...
COMMENT 228 – Genocide in Bangladesh – The politics of Disinformation
For the whole eleven years during which I have been actively engaged in South Asia, nothing touched me more than the Bangladeshi people’s struggle for memory, justice, and accountability regarding the Genocide perpetrated against Bangladesh by the Pakistani military authorities. This genocide, organised in tandem with Islamic fanatic organisations...
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...
Global Friends of Afghanistan
https://www.globalfriendsofafghanistan.org/bios
Focus 80 – Facts Versus Falsehoods: Decoding the Gandhi-Bose Relationship
Abstract
Indian History vehemently celebrates two particular days of the Year: 26th January and 15th August. One is Republic Day, wherein the coveted Indian Constitution was enforced: the other is Independence Day (when the country was liberated from prolonged colonial rule). The literature surrounding the Indian National Struggle particularly focuses...
SADF Activities Programme 2022
Introduction
The control of Kabul and the whole of Afghanistan by the Taliban was the most important political development in South Asia (and arguably in the entire world) in 2021. Its impact is perpetuated in the present year.
The Resolute Support Strategic Assessment Capability sponsored by NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers...