The South Asia Channel, a collaboration with New America and Johns Hopkins SAIS, features deep analysis of issues concerning Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, and covers everything from politics to business to culture.
Editor, Peter Bergen
Assistant Editor, David Sterman
Beijing’s military and infrastructure advantage has transformed the crisis and left New Delhi on the defensive.
The Nepali Congress party looks set to hang onto power when final results come in next week.
It’s not recognition yet—just resignation.
Twenty years of double-dealing with insurgents has consequences.
Unfreezing billions of dollars while huge revenues flow to Kabul risks legitimizing an extremist regime.
They are, increasingly, the only financial link that connects the country to the rest of the world.
New Delhi has the chance to shape the global agenda and advocate for its vision of multilateralism.
The next head of the Army will be the chief power broker in the nuclear nation.
Foreign Policy talked to the former prime minister about the recent attempt on his life, relations with Washington, and how he’d make Pakistan great.
The top U.S. watchdog for the conflict has a new theory.
Global protests against government-imposed lockdowns, gang violence in El Salvador, and hat tips to medical staff.
A prayerful start to Ramadan, medical workers on the front lines of a pandemic, and the annual Lyrids meteor shower.
Decentralizing decision-making can help left-behind regions get back on track.
Boris Johnson has contradictory ideas for his country’s future—and no clear paths for getting there.
The coronavirus pandemic has turned a conscious uncoupling into a messy breakup.
“Jai Shri Ram” was meant to be a celebration of a Hindu deity. But the phrase is turning into hate speech—and a dog whistle for attacks on Muslims.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues into 2023, the weather will have an important impact. Ukrainians, of course, are more vulnerable than usual to power outages and energy shocks. But Rus...Show more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely the most popular elected leader in the world. No other politician has won so many votes in history. Few other incumbent leaders around the world...Show more
Europe’s top climate negotiator, Frans Timmermans, says the goal of 1.5 degrees is on ‘life support’. Where does this leave the fight against climate change? How will Brussels ...Show more
The Kremlin’s ability to wage war is already constrained, but the worst is yet to come.
Beijing’s military and infrastructure advantage has transformed the crisis and left New Delhi on the defensive.
Frans Timmermans on COP27 and how Brussels navigates a frosty relationship between Washington and Beijing.
From their origins to what comes next.
