What the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Pact Means for South Asia
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact last week that provides mutual security guarantees. The agreement is likely to have ramifications for South Asia, as it comes as a ...
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Nobel Peace Prize for Department of War President?
“They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me,” Donald Trump lamented mere weeks into his ...
Pakistan Says Defense Pact with Saudi Arabia May Include Nuclear Program
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif on Thursday answered a lingering question about the new defense pact between his country and Saudi Arabia by confirming that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is ...
Red Sea Cable Damage Disrupts Internet Access for Asia and Middle East
Internet monitors said over the weekend that widespread service disruptions in Asia and the Middle East appear to have been caused by damage to undersea cables in the Red Sea ...
Modi, Lee, and Trump’s Nobel Prize Obsession
Although there are striking similarities between the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent and the Korean Peninsula, the international relations community rarely pays attention to their parallel trajectories. Recent events provide ...
Massive Quake Hits Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, Over 800 Killed
One of the worst earthquakes in Afghanistan’s history struck the border region with Pakistan on Sunday, killing over 800 people and injuring at least 2,800 more. The quake struck at ...
Bangladesh-Pakistan Ties Get Dramatic Reset
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Pakistan’s foreign minister visits Bangladesh as the two countries reset relations, additional U.S. tariffs on India take effect, and former ...
Nigeria Deports 50 Chinese Nationals Accused of Cybercrime
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launched a crackdown on cybercriminals on August 15. The commission said on Thursday that 102 accused criminals have been deported so far, including ...
Pakistan Grapples Again With Deadly Flash Floods
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Flash floods in northern Pakistan kill nearly 400 people, the Trump administration calls off trade talks with India and deals ...
Is This Modi’s Moment of Reckoning?
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces down multiple challenges at once as the United States threatens high tariffs, former Bangladeshi ...
