New publication in honor of Prof. Subrata Mitra
Recently Springer published the festive publication (festschrift) in honor of Prof. Subrata Mitra "Politics in South Asia - Culture, Rationality and Conceptual Flow" edited by Siegfried O. Wolf, Jivanta Schöttli, Dominik Frommherz, Kai Fürstenberg, Marian Gallenkamp, Lion König, and Markus Pauli.
The book identifies new, emerging areas of research, presents...
COMMENT 217 – Terrorism financing: Crypto-Taliban?
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week in June 2021 focused on the financing of Islamist terror groups. The meeting zeroed in on the ‘misuse of digital space for terrorist financing purposes’. As noted in a statement following the meeting, ‘it was recognized that the pandemic enhanced opportunities for terrorist groups...
SADF FOCUS 25 – China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its impact on Gilgit-Baltistan, by...
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SADF NEWSLETTER 3 – Bangladesh’s Energy Crisis in Perspective
From our podcast on Bangladesh's Energy Crisis, a conversation with Mr. Amit Bhandari.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYW2jV_-nk0
On 07.01.25, SADF held a podcast with Mr. Amit Bhandari, moderated by Dr. Rayhan Rashid, about The Current Energy Crisis In Bangladesh. Mr Bhandari is an energy expert, with nearly two decades of experience in public policy...
FOCUS 41- India votes in 2019: A trendsetter for majoritarian politics and populism
Abstract
This SADF Focus outlines the onset of the 17th General Elections in India between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Grand Coalition of parties, which includes the Congress. Political campaigns currently swing between divergent areas – we witness a great variety of promises, including ‘India/Hindu First’ propaganda and...
Focus 72 – Closing Gender Gaps in Education, Finance & Child Care – Unlocking...
Abstract
The staggeringly low number of women entrepreneurs in India demands for a number of interventions in terms of education, access to finance and child-care options. Considering that women empowerment in itself is valuable and has positive effects on the economy, it is high time to address the gender gaps...
Comment 231 – A window of opportunity in India-Pakistan relations?
Last month, Pakistani Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote, ending several weeks of political crises. Khan had faced public discontent with his mismanagement of the economy and foreign policy – which were combined with a growingly authoritarian style of governance. The removal from...