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
Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
The return of the Taliban may have ended the fighting. The suffering goes on.
Two experts on the Taliban’s governing style—and why Pakistan has “buyer’s remorse.”
And the Pentagon wants to help India in the mountaintop brawl.
South Asia has closer ties with Beijing, but the risk of escalation presents a challenge, especially for New Delhi.
Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.
More than 70,000 Afghans who worked for the United States are still waiting for visas—unless the Taliban get to them first.
Afghanistan’s extremist rulers are cracking down on minorities, especially Shiites, as hard as they have on women.
Rising prices, food insecurity, and a growing debt burden make Islamabad’s other challenges all the more pressing.
The international community has a part to play in ending its culture of impunity.
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.
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Last summer, the United States decided to end its longest war. But just days after the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, Kabul fell—and the Taliban took control of the country. Aug....Show more
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Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems.
Despite Beijing’s rhetoric, a full-scale invasion remains a risky endeavor—and officials think the island can be coerced into reunification.
Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
The return of the Taliban may have ended the fighting. The suffering goes on.
