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Kashmir, One Year Later

Twelve months since the Modi government announced the repeal of India’s Article 370, communications are still slow, arrests are routine, and the pandemic rages on.

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Kathryn Salam

Trump Looks to Arms Sales to Deepen Ties With India

Border clashes with China have reawakened New Delhi’s interest in deeper defense ties with the United States, and Washington is hoping to deliver the goods.

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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch

Putin’s Security Forces Are Increasingly Unsure About Putin

Anti-government protests are growing, and the Kremlin doesn’t have stormtroopers willing to mount a crackdown.

Argument |

Mark Galeotti

The COVID-19 Economic Crash Could Set Indian Women Back Decades

They’ve been disproportionately affected by job losses, and now new jobs may first go to men.

Argument |

Neeta Lal

John Lichtefeld

John Lichtefeld is a nonresident fellow with the Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia and energy, water, and sustainability programs, as well as a vice president at the Asia Group. His research areas include environmental security and political adaptation to climate change in mainland Southeast Asia.

Stories by John Lichtefeld

Cambodians dry fish in a village along the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh in 2019, the year the country faced one of the worst droughts in modern history.

In the Mekong, a Confluence of Calamities

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Courtney Weatherby, John Lichtefeld

April 28, 2020, 4:42 PM

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In the Mekong, a Confluence of Calamities

Kashmir, One Year Later

Trump Looks to Arms Sales to Deepen Ties With India

Putin’s Security Forces Are Increasingly Unsure About Putin

The COVID-19 Economic Crash Could Set Indian Women Back Decades

Beijing’s Retaliation on TikTok Could Hurt U.S. Firms