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Building a causeway across the Palk Strait could become the most powerful symbol of South Asia’s new regionalism.
By decisively rejecting former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s comeback bid, Sri Lankan voters also validated the new government’s foreign policy orientation and opened the way for a greater rapprochement with the West. However, much more must be done to rebuild the U.S.-Sri Lanka relationship.
There is a growing conviction across the subcontinent that the region must overcome the many tragic consequences of Partition.
In the view of India and Japan, China’s parade commemorating victory in World War Two signaled as much about Asia’s geopolitical future as it did about the past.
The Bajrang Dal has enlarged its agenda in such a way that the rule of law is at stake in India.
The most important thing for combating corruption is not the law on paper but the implementation of the law; the binding constraint, as always, is the government’s desire and ability to punish corrupt officials and politicians.
Purposeful engagement with religious communities around the world can increase the efficacy of India’s international relations, but only when handled with great care and diplomatic competence.
Gujarat, the first state to fight caste-based reservations, may also be the first to reinvent the system in response to the mass mobilization of the Patidars.
India and Pakistan cannot afford to stay away from each other for too long. But they cannot stay with each other either.
The Pakistani government’s room to maneuver is clearly limited by the irresistible rise of the Pakistani army.