SADF NEWSLETTER 2 – Four Points About Nepal, India, China, the BRI, and Beyond
Nepal has just revised its 2017 BRI agreement with China. Our weekly podcast, hosted by Mr. Shishir Lamichhane, interviewed Mr. Raunab Singh Khatri 孔仁星, co-founder of the The Araniko Project. Here are Mr. Khatri’s views on Nepal, India, and China in this context.
1. Chinese influence in Nepal is here...
SADF Podcast S1 E1 – India and Bangladesh relations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXHFNDwwOk
On 8.12.24, SADF held a podcast with SADF Director Paulo Casaca and Barrister Tania Amir, moderated by Dr. Rayhan Rashid, about current India-Bangladesh relations.
SADF's Newsletter 1 contains the essential points of this podcast.
https://www.sadf.online/sadf-newsletter-1-india-and-bangladesh-relations/
An SADF Podcast – India vs Bangladesh
The podcast will be released on 08.12.24, 4PM Brussels time
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We're bringing together Paulo Casaca, SADF Director, Barrister Tania Amir, and Dr. Rayhan Rashid to discuss current relations between India and Bangladesh.
Relations between India and Bangladesh have become increasingly strained. The situation has deteriorated since the...
Free Shahriar Kabir
24 September 2024
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Chief Advisor
Interim Government of Bangladesh
We write as human rights activists and human rights defenders across Europe and beyond to express our deepest concern regarding the arrest of Mr. Shahriar Kabir, a reputed freelance journalist in Bangladesh, a documentary filmmaker, a writer, a humanist, and above...
Bangladesh: How To Recover From the Disaster? – C272
The political situation in the run-up to and the aftermath of the election has brought violence and uncertainty. This editorial considers the issues and challenges which threaten the country’s future.
On the wake of the quota system movement
SADF was invited to Bangladesh – neither by the government nor the...
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....
Pakistan’s Security Conundrum – C270
On Wednesday, March 18, Pakistan launched an airstrike into Afghanistan, specifically in the provinces of Paktika and Khost. In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan asserted this was an ‘intelligence-based anti-terrorist operation’. However, Islamabad’s decision was triggered by an attack on its paramilitary camp in the...
Russia-India-China: Assessing Possibilities – C269
Russian aspirations regarding the Russia-India-China strategic triangle
The concept of the India-Russia-China (RIC) triangle was first proposed by Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov in 1998 as “a counterbalance to the Western alliance”. It took shape in the early 2000s. The first RIC meeting of heads of government was held...
Baluchistan: Pakistan Albatross – C268
Pakistan’s largest province, Baluchistan is in a simmering situation following the extra-judicial killing of 20-years-old student Mola Baksh in November. The killing sparked a long march from the south-western city of Turbat to Islamabad under the leadership of Mahrang Baloch. A sustained rise in terror incidents in Baluchistan in recent months has...
Pakistan’s elections – between delays and engineering – C266
Elections in Pakistan are now set for 8 February 2024 – national and provincial assemblies simultaneously, as is the country’s tradition. Two questions dominate the ongoing political debate: will these elections really take place, and if they will, can they be considered free and fair?
Haroon Janjua, from the Deutsche...