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 48 – The New Edge in India-Russia Relations: Probabilities
Abstract
Indian-Russian relations have been based on a mutually beneficial partnership for decades. Over the years this relation has witnessed both systolic and diastolic phases in the backdrop of constantly changing international dynamics. The most significant part of this relation is mutual trust and mutual respect of each country’s freedom...
SADF Round Table on ‘EU-India relations: Political and economic dimensions’
SADF Round Table on ‘EU-India Relations: Political and Economic Dimensions'
On 12 December 2019, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held a Round Table on ‘EU-India Relations: Political and Economic Dimensions’ at its office in Brussels. The event was presented by Mr Akshay Sharma from the Institute for International Relations...
SADF announces Publications Prize laureate for 2019
SADF is pleased to announce that the publication ‘HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Street Children in Urban Bangladesh: A Reality of Old Dhaka’, authored by Md. Saidur Rashid Sumon and Abdullah Abusayed Khan, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Publication Prize of the South Asia Democratic Forum. The...
SADF Round Table on ‘Normative powers in maritime affairs: India-EU cooperation in the Indian...
SADF Round Table on ‘Normative powers in maritime affairs: India-EU cooperation in the Indian Ocean region’
On 10 December 2019, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held a round table on ‘Normative powers in maritime affairs: India-EU cooperation in the Indian Ocean region’. The event was presented by Mr Tomasz...
Annual Meeting of SADF Board of Advisors
On 10 December 2019, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held its annual meeting of the Board of Advisors. The gathering took place at the Brussels headquarters and included the full SADF team- Paulo Casaca, Executive Director; Dr Siegfried O. Wolf, Director of Research; Professor Tomaz Dentinho, Regional Co-operation Research Programme...
COMMENT 162 – The Return of the Rajapaksas, the ‘Debt Trap’ and India
Sri Lanka has been featured in the international news again recently - and not only due to its electoral results. The small island nation - which is important to both India and China owing to its geostrategic location - was the first nation falling prey to China’s ‘debt trap’....
Upcoming Roundtable on EU-India Relations with Global India Fellow Akshay Sharma
SADF is pleased to invite you to its roundtable on 'EU-India Relations: Political and Economic Dimensions' with Global India Fellow Akshay Sharma, which will take place on 12 December 2019 from 15h00 to 16h30 at the SADF office, Avenue des Arts 19. Follow this link to register.
The new EU strategy on...
Comment 160: The Crime-Terror-Drugs Convergence in South Asia
The Crime-Terror-Drugs Convergence in South Asia
Comment submitted under invitation from SADF.
The convergence between crime, terrorism and drug trafficking poses an enduring threat to South Asia. Readers may ask: why segregate ‘crime’ from ‘drug trafficking’ when they are part of the same phenomenon? The answer is that government officials deal...
SADF Comment 158- Quo vadis Sri Lanka? Post-election outlook
SADF Comment 158- Quo vadis Sri Lanka? Post-election outlook
By Silvia Mayr and Siegfried O. Wolf
Overall assessment
Saturday’s presidential electionsin Sri Lanka saw Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the neo-conservative party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) emerge as the race’s winner. The polls registered a record turnout of 83,7 percent (“Sri Lanka election...”,...