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Modi’s foreign policy has expanded India–Nepal economic ties but border and socio-political contests persist

Kathmandu and New Delhi are expanding the bilateral relationship with a mega hydropower deal, but unless border disputes and other irritants are resolved these may determine the relationship’s future

By Amish Raj Mulmi

/ 24 Apr 2024

Modi’s foreign policy has expanded India–Nepal economic ties but border and socio-political contests persist

Why did India fail to industrialise where East Asia succeeded?

Pulapre Balakrishnan’s ‘India’s Economy from Nehru to Modi’ offers a valuable account of India’s economic history but neglects the social and political elements inseparable from it

By Shashank Kela

/ 19 Apr 2024

Why did India fail to industrialise where East Asia succeeded?

China’s long but stuttering history of studying Southasia

A lack of primary research and fieldwork have hindered China’s understanding of the region

By Aneka Rebecca Rajbhandari and Raunab Singh Khatri

/ 28 Feb 2024

China’s long but stuttering history of studying Southasia

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

Your Southasia news roundup from 24 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024

By The Editors

/ 7 Jan 2024

Podcast: India’s hit and run law, the launch of XPoSAT, Muhammed Yunus convicted for labour law violations and more

In Bangladesh’s sham election, the only real contest is geopolitical

With the victory of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League a foregone conclusion, the big question is how India, China, Europe and the United States will be configured in relation to Bangladesh

By Kamal Ahmed

/ 28 Dec 2023

In Bangladesh’s sham election, the only real contest is geopolitical

The Maldives’ ruling party is fighting itself and the opposition in the race for president

The PPM continues its protests for Abdulla Yameen’s release. The MDP’s Ibrahim Solih and Mohamed Nasheed are amid rows as China and India watch the 2023 election race

By Ahmed Azaan

/ 10 Feb 2023

The Maldives’ ruling party is fighting itself and the opposition in the race for president

China courts influence in Sri Lanka via the Buddhist clergy

Beijing needs new allies now that the Rajapaksas are reeling, but the enmeshing of politics and religion in Sri Lanka is always cause for concern

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 26 Jan 2023

China courts influence in Sri Lanka via the Buddhist clergy

Refusal and responsibility: The predicament and precarity of Tibetan intellectuals in China

According to Michel Foucault "the intellectual was rejected and persecuted …when it was forbidden to say that the emperor had no clothes." The thick mist of the pandemic

By Palden Gyal

/ 26 Aug 2022