SAP offers a fortnightly update of Carnegie’s South Asia Program and selected views and opinions from the South Asian media and policy circles, thus providing a forum for U.S. policy makers and others interested in the study of South Asia to hear voices from the region.
The narrative of a retreating superpower and emerging competition from China and Russia is doesn’t capture what’s happening on the ground. U.S. policy should change accordingly.
Without more funding, the police force won’t be able to stem gang violence, and elections will likely be delayed.
And how technology could help mitigate the issue—if global power dynamics don’t interfere.
With its foreign policy maneuvering space increasingly constrained, Turkey’s hedging between its NATO allies and Russia will be harder to maintain.
Four indicators show trends of engagement, but the region remains immune to sweeping generalizations.
