The Economist: India and Pakistan are bracing for a military clash

During the last big military stand-off between India and Pakistan, in 2019, Mike Pompeo was woken by an urgent call at his hotel in Hanoi. Mr Pompeo, who was then America’s secretary of state, described in a memoir being connected to an Indian minister who said Pakistan was preparing a nuclear strike on India. Mr Pompeo […]

BBC: India and Pakistan are in crisis again – here’s how they de-escalated in the past

Last week’s deadly militant attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, which claimed 26 civilian lives, has reignited a grim sense of déjà vu for India’s security forces and diplomats. This is familiar ground. In 2016, after 19 Indian soldiers were killed in Uri, India launched “surgical strikes” across the Line of Control – the de facto […]

DW: Will Sheikh Hasina’s fate harm India’s ties with Bangladesh?

More and more voices in Bangladesh, including its top prosecutors, are demanding the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The veteran leader fled to India in a military helicopter last month after Bangladesh was hit by a wave of student-led protests. Hundreds lost their lives in clashes between anti-government protesters, government supporters, the military […]

Explained: Balochistan’s unrest & its consequences for India

As Pakistan faces a rise in terrorist attacks over the past few years, its troubled Balochistan province was hit this week by a series of assaults that have resulted in over 70 fatalities. The coordinated attacks, possibly the most extensive of their kind in recent history, were carried out by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army […]

RT TV: Let’s Talk Bharat with Anupam Kher

“The US-centered world has ended, in the new multipolar world order, India seeks a greater role.” -Ajay Bisaria Anupam Kher interviews former diplomat Ajay Bisaria, India’s last High Commissioner to Pakistan, who reflects on his tenure in the neighboring country and discusses what he believes to be the most significant issue in the often tense […]