What Unrest in Ladakh Means for New Delhi
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Violent protests in Ladakh could cause trouble for New Delhi, the Taliban release another U.S. citizen a few weeks after ...
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India’s Biggest Problem Is Its Own Backyard
NEW DELHI—Back-to-back student-led uprisings in Bangladesh and Nepal have toppled governments there, signaling a generational shift in South Asian politics. From Colombo to Dhaka to Kathmandu, Generation Z is emerging ...
Trump’s Aim to Take Back Afghan Air Base Doesn’t Make Sense
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump escalates a demand that the Taliban hand over Bagram Airfield, South Asian leaders arrive in New ...
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 ...
Cricket Controversy Shows Depth of India-Pakistan Tensions
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The Indian national cricket team snubs Pakistan on the pitch, Nepal swears in interim leader Sushila Karki after mass protests ...
Nepal Protests Expose Depth of Public Anger
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns amid deadly anti-government protests, a U.S. firm strikes a deal with Pakistan on ...
Kashmir’s Politicians Don’t Speak Kashmiri
It was a sunny mid-morning in South Kashmir, the kind of heat that slows everything down. Beneath the wide shade of a chinar tree, a group of young boys had ...
What the Modi-Xi Meeting Was Really About
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits China for the first time since 2018, search efforts are underway after a deadly ...
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 ...
Trump Nominates Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India, Special Envoy for South and Central Asia
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has nominated Sergio Gor, currently serving as White House Director of Presidential Personnel, to become the next U.S. ambassador to India and special ...
