Can Modi overcome India’s Ukraine stance?
May 9 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inks new deals in a trip to Europ...
South asia’s record-breaking heat wave isn’t over yet
April 30 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Men rest by the riverside on a hot day in Allahabad, India, on April 28. SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Political Crisis Heightens U.S.-Pakistan Tensions
April 9 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The Taliban hard-liners are winning
April 2 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The highlights this week: Taliban hard-liners make a power play, Russia’s foreign mi...
Imran Khan faces his biggest political test yet
March 26 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan watches the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23. GHULAM RASOOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGE...
The missile crisis that wasn’t
March 19 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Pakistani military helicopters fly past a vehicle carrying a long-range ballistic missile during a military parade on Pakistan's Nati...
Oil price surge will hit South Asia hard
March 12 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The Uttar Pradesh elections are a referendum on BJP rule
March 5 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Yogi Adityanath waves to supporters from atop a truck during camp...
What the Russia-Ukraine crisis means for South Asia
February 25 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in...
Lata Mangeshkar was a south asian icon
February 11 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The highlights this week: South Asia mourns the loss of Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, voting...
India’s economy could loom large in state elections
February 5 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
A pedestrian watches a digital screen relaying the budget speech by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the B...
Why India is silent on the Ukraine crisis
January 29 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Russian President Vladimir Putin before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Dec....
South Asia has a connectivity disconnect
January 22 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Men ride motorcycles past electricity pylons in Vollur village, Karnataka, India, on Oct. 10, 2021. ABHISHEK CHINNAPPA/GETTY IMA...
India and China’s border conundrum
January 14 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Indian Army soldiers stand next to a gun positioned near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in India's Arunachal Pradesh state on Oct....
The Taliban pick fight over border with Pakistan
January 7 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
A Afghan boy walks by fences guarded by Pakistani paramilitary personnel at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman, Pakis...
What to watch in south asia this year
January 3 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
A Taliban fighter inspects the documents of people lining up to enter the passport office in Kabul on Dec. 18. MOHD RASFAN/AFP V...
Why did the United States just sanction Bangladesh?
December 18 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
People wave national flags as they gather for Victory Day, which marks the end of a bitter nine-month war of independence from Pakist...
What is South Asia’s role at Biden’s democracy summit?
December 11 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Sept. 24. JIM WATSON/AFP VIA GETTY...
India has lost its leverage in Afghanistan
November 13 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
Afghan foreign students shout slogans during a demonstration against the Taliban and Pakistan, in Bengaluru on Sept. 8. MANJUNAT...
South Asia and COP26
November 5 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
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The highlights this week: South Asia will struggle to reduce c...
What’s Behind the ‘New Quad’?
October 24 ,2021
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By: Michael Kugelman
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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