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Who Governs Islamabad? A Capital Without its Governance

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, is now bigger than the institutional setup which was conceived for it. According to the 2023 Census, Islamabad Capital Territory's (ICT) popu... Read More


Never Forget Abbottabad: The Other Chapter of 9/11 Should not Fall Victim to Selective Memory

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Twenty-five years ago, the United States endured one of the darkest days in its history. On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden hijacked four airliner... Read More


Growing Sri Lanka-India Defence Cooperation Throws Up Air-Defence Questions

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's three-day visit to Sri Lanka that ended Sept 10 is strategically more significant than the relatively modest value of the three Memorandu... Read More


The Power, Potential, and Unrealised Promise, of South Asia

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- A question often asked of people of colour in the United Kingdom even now in 2026 is, "Where you are really from?" meaning, what is your ethnicity and country of origin. I chan... Read More


Whither Constitutional Equality and Laws Against Discrimination? A Manipuri Musician's Murder Raises Governance Questions Anew

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The recent murder of Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh in New Delhi has brought into sharp relief a long-standing issue, which the nation has been unable to tackle satisf... Read More


BRICS and the Mask of De-Dollarisation: Of Poltical Rhetoric and Financial Reality

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the BRICS Leaders' Press Conference, Johannesburg, 24 August 2023, stated "We also approved the creation of a working group ... Read More


ISRO! Don't Privatise Yesterday's Rockets: Build Tomorrow's With Industry

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The likely retirement of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk II (GSLV-Mk II) offers an interesting lesson for India's plans to bring private industry into the launch ... Read More


When Development Uproots the Roots: Reimagining India's Development Policy

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- My grandmother has been tending to her vegetable and flower garden for as long as I can remember - perhaps since the moment I first became conscious of the world around me. I nev... Read More


The Forensic-Security Convergence: Mitigating Cross-Border Identity Fraud and Financial Subversion

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- In South Asia, identity has gradually become one of the most contested assets. Eligibility for things like opening an account, crossing a border, or legally using a different nam... Read More


Recreational Nicotine Evade Pakistan's Drug Rules, With Serious Public Health Implications

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- The rapid emergence of recreational nicotine pouches in Pakistan presents a regulatory puzzle that policymakers can no longer afford to ignore. On one hand, the legal framework g... Read More