COMMENT 140- Why is PTM becoming a major challenge for Pakistan’s ruling establishment?
Pakistan is currently facing a number of challenges both at home and abroad. Domestically the country has locked horns with its arch-rival India on the Eastern border, while also facing security threats in its Western border shared with Afghanistan. However, the issue most threatening to Pakistan’s “all-powerful” military establishment...
Joint conference 13 May 2019: Media and Democracy: Elections in the European Union and...
Event in partnership with the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), in Brussels on May 13, 16:00 – 18:00. Based on a suggestion by Olivier Arifon (Asia Centre), the debate will be moderated by Jean-Luc Racine (EHESS / Asia Centre).
In view of ongoing and upcoming important votes in the biggest democratic ensembles in the...
Joint Conference Power Politics in the Indo-Pacific Region: Implications for Liberal International Order
On May 7, the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw will organise a Conference on ‘Power Politics in the Indo-Pacific Region: Implications for Liberal International Order’ in Warsaw, in cooperation with the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), Centre for Europe – University of Warsaw, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Manipal...
PRESS RELEASE: In the wake of the cancellation of Doha talks: Afghan’s women must...
PRESS RELEASE:
In the wake of the cancellation of Doha talks: Afghan’s women must be respected
Last week, in a dramatic last minute turn-around, the Taliban announced the cancelling of its intra-Afghan dialogue and announced the recrudescence of violence through a ‘Spring Initiative’, whereas the Afghan authorities issued a statement accusing...
Dr Siegfried O. Wolf got interviewed by BBC Radio 4 London on the Jihadist...
23 April 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004f19
COMMENT 138- The Easter bombings and the growing Jihadist Terror in Sri Lanka: Context...
Introduction
On April 21 - Easter Sunday, 2019 - the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka witnessed several waves of bomb blasts – including suicide bombings - targeting churches, popular luxury hotels, and other widely accessed places in three of the country’s cities. The explosion of an improvised explosive...
Dr Harsh Pant, member of SADF Board of Advisors, gets interviewed by CNBC on...
Dr Harsh Pant, professor of international relations at King's College London, and a member of SADF Board of Advisors discusses the Indian elections.
Watch his interview on CNBC International here.
You can also read more about him on the SADF Board of Advisors page here.
COMMENT 137- Illegal and Ecologically hostile fishing in Goa’s Zuari River
Introduction
The issue of overfishing affects not only artisanal fishers but also marine ecology in general. Ecologically hostile fishing gears such as trawl nets and purse-seine nets are deployed in the Zuari River even though their use is banned by the Goa Fisheries Department within a radius of five kilometres...
ASPI publishes a report on Australia’s policy options in Indian Ocean
In March 2019, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published a report titled Australia's Second Sea: Facing our multipolar future in the Indian Ocean. The report dissects the problematic that despite being the country with the longest maritime border, Australia has thus far seen the Indian Ocean as secondary...