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...
SADF attends a conference on NATO enlargement
On Monday 18 March, Paul Frederik Sild was present on behalf of SADF at the conference organised by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, titled NATO at Seventy: Post-Cold War Enlargement and the Future of Transatlantic Security. The conference featured the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who made...
Comment 136 – The 46th OIC Summit: a landmark in dialogue
The Indian Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, addressed for the first time the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The 46th summit, held on 1 March, heard her as a guest of honour. Whilst the 180-odd million Muslim population is a minority in...
International Women’s Day 2019: Introducing SADF female researchers
International Women's Day 2019
On 08 March 2019, International Women's Day, SADF celebrates this important day by focusing on its female researchers. International Women's Day is a focal point in the movement for women's rights. This year, the International Women's Day campaign is: 'Better the balance, better the world'. SADF...
SADF Joint Conference with EEAS & Global India
SADF Joint Conference with EEAS and Global India European Training Network
On March 12th, 2019, the Global India European Training Network (funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme), the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) are jointly organising a conference on ‘The EU's...
71st Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
On 5 March 2019, Paulo Casaca, in the name of SADF, was present at the reception offered by Ambassador Soe Lynn Han and Madam Le Le Win on the occasion of Myanmar’s national day.
In the reception speech, Ambassador Soe Lynn Han made a substantial speech on the main challenges...
COMMENT 135- The why and how of getting the Teesta Agreement signed by India...
The why and how of getting the Teesta Agreement signed by India and Bangladesh
The Teesta water sharing dispute has been simmering between India and Bangladesh for a long time. Despite the derailment of the Teesta negotiations in 2011, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s inability to get the agreement signed...
COMMENT 134- In the shadow of a looming war: How to react to state-sponsored...
In the shadow of a looming war.
How to react to state-sponsored terrorism?
The two nuclear powers India and Pakistan are once again at the edge of a serious crisis. And again, the trigger was a cross-border terrorist incident. On 14 February, 2019, a convoy of security forces was attacked on...
Organic farming in Sikkim
Sikkim’s Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling, proudly presents himself as the leader of the greenest state of India. And indeed, since his first election in 1994, Mr. Chamling has undertaken an impressive array of initiatives on sustainable development - which are universally praised by the United Nations and other international...