In flooded Pakistan, it’s politics as usual
September 24 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Welcome to South Asia Brief.
The highlights this week: Pakistan needs more than just international aid to address its...
Assembly, South Asia focuses on the climate crisis
September 20 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Welcome to South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: South Asian leaders arrive in New York for the annual United Nat...
Pakistan’s flood crisis could become a food crisis
September 10 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Welcome to South Asia Brief.
The highlights this week: Pakistan’s ongoing flood crisis could intensify food inse...
How Bad Governance Exacerbated Pakistan’s Flooding
September 7 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
People take refuge in tents after heavy monsoon rains in Dera Allah Yar, Pakistan on Sept. 1. FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES...
Is Pakistan’s new government on shaky ground?
July 25 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Political activists shout slogans outside a polling station during the Punjab province by-election in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17.&n...
Another quad rises
July 16 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid take part in a virtual meeting with leaders of the I2...
Why twitter is taking India to court
July 8 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Indian youth look at their phones in Mumbai on Nov. 10, 2019. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Domestic politics dent its diplomacy?
June 10 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Supporters of Pakistan's Islamic and political Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) party shout anti-India slogans during a demonstration in Kara...
Is Biden building a broader south asia policy?
June 5 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen at the U.S. State Department in Washington...
Why India Just Limited Wheat Exports
May 21 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Workers load sacks of wheat on a freight train at Chawa Pail railway station in Khanna, India, on May 19. SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP V...
Can Modi overcome India’s Ukraine stance?
May 9 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Welcome to South Asia Brief.
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
Security personnel walk past a banner featuring Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan near the Parliament House building in Islamabad...
The Taliban hard-liners are winning
April 2 ,2022
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By: Michael Kugelman
Welcome to South Asia Brief.
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
A worker stacks oil barrels at a filling station in n Chennai, India, on Feb. 24. ARUN SANKAR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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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
Welcome to South Asia Brief.
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
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