COMMENT 177 – On the Asian Century, Pax Sinica & Beyond (IX): Corona Crisis:...
With the Coronavirus outbreak, mankind is experiencing an extraordinarily difficult time - affecting all spheres of both public and private life, from domestic politics to international relations. Most countries are still to overcome the peak of crisis. As such, it is hardly possible to make any credible assessment of...
The Taliban’s Gender Politics: Repression at Home, Performance on the World Stage – C275
Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Afghan women and girls have been systematically eliminated from public life; they have been banned from secondary and higher education, including online learning platforms in some provinces, and limitations have been imposed on them in most formal employment. They are...
FOCUS 43 – In the line of fire: The climate threat to global security
Abstract
Climate change, increasingly being called the climate crisis, is arguably the greatest threat to human life as we know it. Across regions in the world, people are experiencing the most adverse impacts of this crisis in the form of more frequent and more intense climate extremes like heatwaves,...
COMMENT 251 – Pakistan’s Election Drama
Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf is Director of Research at SADF (Coordinator: Democracy Research Programme); he was educated at the Institute of Political Science (IPW) and South Asia Institute (SAI), both Heidelberg University. Additionally he is member (affiliated researcher) of the SAI as well as a former research fellow at...
COMMENT 208 – Is Pakistan’s PM Khan losing his political grip?
Islamabad’s political circles experienced a tumultuous week, even for Pakistani standards. On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan asked lawmakers from the lower house of the country’s parliament for a vote of confidence. The PM secured 178 votes out of the 171 currently required to win...
Focus 58 – Crawling Back to Normalcy: The Super Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’ Brings West...
Abstract
The onset of the super cyclonic storm Amphan in West Bengal, India, was a package of petrifying winds, consistent rainfall, collapsing trees, overflowing sewages, shattered glass windows, blown off roofs and many other things to recall and revisit. The Super Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’ was a powerful and deadly tropical...
