Series

The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is dedicated to the study of contemporary South Asia. ISAS aims to generate knowledge and insights about the region and to disseminate them in a manner that is useful to policymakers, the business community, academia and civil society. The ISAS Briefs focus on economics, trade and politics in South Asia and on economic relationships between South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Publishers:	Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Publications:	Terrorism in Balochistan: Shift towards Soft Targets? Two ‘Brexits’ – The First, 70 Years Ago Terror in Dhaka: Fundamentalism Spreads its Deadly Wings India’s Trade Negotiations: The Imperative of Flexibility Malaise in Maldives: A Pristine Paradise or a Painful Purgatory? India and the BRICS Partnership Growing US-China Military Rivalry: A Danger of Spill-Over into South Asia Political Will is the Test of India-South Korea Special Strategic Partnership Issues of South Asian Security, and the China Factor Blending Force and Consent: India’s Counter-Insurgency Dilemma in the Northeast New Trade Links: A Step towards Asian Economic Integration? Modi ‘Acts’ Near-East, and Hasina Responds A New Touch of Realism in Bilateral Talks Chinese Setting for Talks with India: How Beijing Thinks and Acts Dealing With Xi: Modi’s Foreign Policy Challenge Maintaining the Economic Momentum India and Singapore: Partners in Innovation and Skills Development Peace-Making Challenges in Afghanistan Pakistan's Widening Sectarian Divide Nepal after the Mega Earthquake From 'Look East' to 'Act East' Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South Asia Yemen, Pakistan and Arab Monarchies: Widening Gulf? A Brief Intertwining of the Two Bengals Obama's Visit to India: Review of Defence Relationship India-US Relations: Modi and Obama Begin a New Chapter Sri Lankan Presidential Election at a Glance Presidential Stakes and Sri Lanka’s Future Dreams and a Desperate Terrain! Terrorism's Most Devastating Blow in Pakistan New ‘Oil Shock’ – Impact on South Asia Competitive Diplomacy of India and China G20 Agenda and India’s Priorities: An Appraisal India-Myanmar Ties: New Hope, Old Despair Prime Minister Modi Expands his Team Thames to Teesta and the Himalayas Pakistani Militants Strike Back ‘Neighbourhood First’: Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra Indo-US 'Spirit' Regained Beyond the Japan-India Symphony of Sentiments People, Power, and Politics - Confrontation Pakistan Style Is Pakistan Sliding Towards a Coup? Pakistan: Moving Towards a Solution What India’s By-elections Tell Us Is Imran Khan Losing Political Traction? Pakistan: Populism and Real Politics Pakistan’s Democracy Dilemma Modi’s India in the WTO: Politics Trumps Economics Narendra Modi’s Visit to Bhutan: A Meeting of Friendly Minds The RCEP Negotiations and India India and Afghanistan: A Deepening Defence Engagement Pakistan at the Centre of Muslim World’s Convulsion Bangladesh: Six Months after the Elections Deciphering China's Oil-Rig Move in South China Sea Managing Inflation: Modi Government’s Biggest Economic Challenge Counterterrorism in South Asia: 'Low Hanging Fruits' of Cooperation A Poll-Time Indian Narrative The Election Scene in Uttar Pradesh The Afghan Election: A New Beginning? Indian Elections – Welfare Economics versus the Market Implementation Deficit in Northeast India Pakistan Selling Family Silver: Hard Times Make Privatization Necessary Northeast India-Myanmar: Search for Cooperation and New Approaches Upazila Elections in Bangladesh: Is It a Road to Political Stability? India's Interim Budget: Credit and Concerns Ankara Summit: A Possible Road to Afghan Peace? Chinese Navy in Eastern Indian Ocean: Implications for Delhi and Jakarta Challenging Times in Indo-US Ties Abe’s Visit to India: The Strategic Implications Abe in India: High on Loans, Low on Trade Bangladesh: Slow Settling of Post-Poll Dust Afghanistan - The Endless Challenge Painful Polls and Dhaka's Dilemmas Testing the Air: China’s Defence-Move India at Bali: Saving Itself and the WTO India Woos its Northeast: Development and Diplomacy Factors Reining in the Military in Pakistan Delhi Elections in India: Middle Class Anger and New Political Equations Rajasthan Elections in India: A Mix of Royalty and Caste Equations Bangladesh: Unfolding Drama of Deadly Politics Madhya Pradesh State Polls in India: ‘Anti-Incumbency’ No Longer Applies? Focus on Policies and Personalities in Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013 Pakistan’s New Taliban Challenge Elections in Chhattisgarh: Maoists, Turnout, NOTA and Clues for India Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Creating Tourism Synergy Dilemma of Drones: Peace Prospects in Pieces US Government Shutdown and the South Asian Diaspora Pakistan: Politics of Promises, Perils and Progress A New Strategy to Revive India’s Economic Growth Pakistan’s Water Woes China's 'Look-West' Policy Pakistan Elects a New President Afghan Peace Talks and the Changing Character of Taliban Insurgency Indian Economy, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati Indian Rupee: Tortuous Travails China’s Gwadar Pearl: The Port Acquisition and Implications for India The Sliding Rupee A ‘New’ Pakistan: Implications for Indo-Pak Relations War-head Worries: Asia's Expanding Nuclear Arsenals Decoding India-Japan and Sino-Pak Talks China Reinforces the Bridge to Pakistan Bangladesh’s Growth Enablers Post-Poll Pakistan’s Economic Priorities Mixed Fortunes for the Congress The Reincarnation of Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan's Deepening Democracy Pakistan Goes to Polls: Imran Khan’s Tumble and the Youth Surge Politics in Pakistan: The Judge and the General The Political Elevation of Narendra Modi Afghanistan’s Economic Transition The New Great Game in Asia Pakistan Prepares for Polls: Dilemmas of its Democracy Chittagong Port – Prospects for Revival Sri Lanka at the UNHRC Asia and Obama’s New Trade Initiative State Elections in Northeast India New Focus on Stable China-India Ties The Delhi Rape Protests Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric India-Pakistan Peace Process Direct Cash Transfer of Subsidies India ASEAN FTA in Services Media and Counter Terrorism Responses UN Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia US-Pakistan Relations and the ‘End-Game’ in Afghanistan China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue Gains Momentum ‘Something of a Homecoming’: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Visit to India What Does Obama’s Re-election Mean to South Asia What to Make of India’s Latest Ministerial Reshuffle A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan Do the Bold Reforms Signal End of Policy Paralysis in India? China-India Defence Diplomacy: Weaving a New Sense of Stability India-Pakistan Ties: Do Signs of Warming Indicate Climate Change? Violence in Assam: Resource Wars, Illegal Migration or Governance Deficit? India’s Infrastructure Needs Tokyo Summit and Afghanistan’s Business Potential Gilani’s Removal: A Step in the Right Direction Delhi Investment Summit: Building on the Narrative of ‘Opportunity’ in Afghanistan Siachen: Too Slow a Solution Pakistan's 2012-13 Budget: A Political Rather Than an Economic Document Nepal’s Constitutional Crisis Politics of the Indian Presidency Performance of the Indian Rupee: A Comment A New Myanmar on South Asia’s Borders Capital Loss for Congress in India Beyond the Sparks and Fumes of India's Agni-V Test Taliban, Spring Offensive and Transition in Afghanistan Zardari's Pilgrimage to Ajmer An Indo-Pak Search for the China-India Model India's Diaspora Vote The Haves and the Have-Nots Is the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership in the Doldrums? Pakistan's Economic Troubles A Musharraf Order Haunts Pakistan Painful Politics in 'Paradise': Changes in the Maldives India Eyeing a New Gateway to Southeast Asia Politics, Strategy and the Lokpal Bill The Lokpal Bill: An Opportunity for the Government and the Economy US-Pak Relations: Reflecting on 2011 Atomic Fuel for Australia-India Synergy The Mohmand Mayhem and its Impact on Pakistan-US Alliance The Afghanistan Enigma India and Pakistan Prime Minsters' Meeting: Looking to the Future Pakistan, India and the Security Council: Thinking the Unthinkables India-Afghanistan Strategic Agreement The Meaning of Anna Hazare's Movement Al Qaeda, A Decade After the 9/11 Attacks Growth in the Indian Economy - Some Thoughts Come September, Manmohan Comes To Dhaka Opportunities for South Asia in the Revolutions in the West Exploding Karachi The Emerging Faultlines of the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership Pakistan - India Trade India and Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting America Attempting to Find its Way in Asia Pakistan’s Afghan Dilemma ‘Ye Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan…’ The ‘US-Pak’ Relationship NMIZs in India: Haunted by SEZs? The Challenge of Ethnic Federalism in Nepal India-Australia: Moving Beyond the Periphery A No-Win Situation for Pakistan Kerala: Communist Survival – Now What? How the Red Fortress was Won Tamil Nadu Election Results Census 2011: The Curious Case of Changes in Tamil Nadu Demographics Post-Osama: Is it the Beginning of the ‘End’ in Afghanistan? Prospects for ‘Transition’ in the Afghan Security Sector The TAPI Pipeline: A Recipe for Peace or Instability? China and India: Competitors or Collaborators? Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections The Raymond Davis Case Restoring Order in Grameen India's Tourist Visa on Arrival India Budget 2011-12 Much Ado About Nothing Global Realignment India's Inflation: An Alternate Hypothesis History May Not Repeat Itself For Pakistan World Powers Beeline to Delhi AfPak: President Obama's Two Wars Chinese Premier's Visits to India and Pakistan Wen Jiabao in India: Mission Business India and China at Cancun The Bihar Election Scams in India President Obama’s India Visit QEII and India’s Responses India Looks East Indian Prime Minister’s Visit to East and Southeast Asia Untangling the Ayodhya Verdict Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan Pakistan Floods: Coping with Disaster H1B Visa Fee Hike The 2010 Commonwealth Games: Will India Pull It Off? South Asian University: Catalyst for Regional Cooperation? India-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Meeting: The Impasse Continues The 2010 Commonwealth Games: India's Triumph or Disaster? The Bhopal Tragedy Verdict United States-India Strategic Dialogue: Still Waiting for Obama? The West Bengal Municipal Polls Karzai Visits the United States India and Pakistan Meeting: Third Time Lucky? SAARC at Twenty Five Monetary Policy Pressures in India Restoring Parliamentary Democracy in Pakistan Setting the Stage for a New Global Nuclear Order India’s Changing Priorities The Pakistan Military Proves its Mettle Afghanistan: The London Meeting Sri Lanka Polls: Incumbency is Endorsed The ‘Free-Market’ and ‘Social Concerns’ Rescuing Afghanistan: Let the Region Take Charge Mr Jyoti Basu: A Gentleman and a Communist Hasina’s Visit to India and Emerging Indo-Bangla Relations Sri Lanka's Presidential Election 2010 Pakistan’s Supreme Court and the National Reconciliation Ordinance The Dubai Debt Debacle: Likely Impact on South Asia Unwinding the Fiscal Stimulus – Dilemmas for India and China Climate Change Challenges: Leading up to Copenhagen A Tale of Two Visits: The India-US-China Relationship The United States in Afghanistan Hamid Karzai's Second Term as Afghanistan's President Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons A 'New' Japan and Possible Implications for Japan-India Relations President Obama’s First Asian Visit Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009 Hillary Clinton’s Visit to Pakistan Indian Assembly Elections 2009 Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009 South Waziristan Suffering Terrorism but Flirting with Populism: Pakistan's Current Predicaments The Kerry-Lugar Bill: Difficult Choices for Pakistan Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009 India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Japan Joins Changing Asia The New Irritant in United States-Pakistan Relations Afghanistan Elections 2009 The Afghanistan Presidential Elections 'Silence is Golden': India's Current Position on Myanmar Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009 Taleban Leader Baitullah Mehsud Dead Inflationary Pressures in the Indian Economy Hillary Clinton's Visit to India Hillary Clinton’s Visit to India India and Pakistan: The Message from Sharm-el-Sheikh Can One Still Do Business in Nepal? The Indian Budget: A Failure to Confront the Challenges The Indian Budget 2009-10: Opportunities for Singapore Investments Indian Budget 2009-10: Carefully Crafted but Not Without Risks Pakistan’s Taliban Crisis Booms and Busts in Private Capital Flows to Emerging Asia Since the 1990s America’s New Approach Towards Pakistan Foreign Bank Entry Reconsidered The Global Financial Crisis and Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Developing Asia Pakistan: Finally Taking Ownership of the War Against Terrorism? Two Victories and a Defeat: India, Sri Lanka and the Minority Question Indian Elections 2009 - A Return to the Centre Sri Lanka: What Next? The Maldives: A Paradise in Peril? Pakistan's India Fixation Can Bring the Taliban Into Power Sino-Indian Naval Engagement The South Asian Nuclear Genie: Out of the Bottle, It Can Be Useful Asia's Economic Revival The Bharatiya Janata Party's Manifesto: Assessing Its Electoral Implications Attack on Sri Lanka's Cricket Team: Is Pakistan in Total Chaos and Anarchy? Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire:' A Boost for India's Global Image? Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden Sukhbir Badal as Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister - Implications and Prospects for the Akalis Fate of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Satyam Fiasco – Impact on Corporate India The Return of Democracy in Bangladesh India’s External Sector: Emergence of New Structural Trends State Assembly Election Results in India: Dispelling the Many Commonly-held Notions of Indian Elections The Fall of the Indian Rupee and the Unholy Trinity The Mumbai Mayhem: The Global War on Terror Comes to India National Treasury Management Agency Proposal: Implications for India's Financial Policies Global Economic Slowdown: Can Bangladesh Remain Resilient? India's Tamil Politics and the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict Maldives: Toward Open Polity Return of the Two Begums: A ´Hobson´s Choice´ for Bangladesh? Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the Indian Markets - An Update Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the Indian Markets It is Getting More Difficult to do Business in South Asia Elections in Pakistan: New President, Same Old Story Musharraf's Resignation - A Cause for Celebration and Concern for Pakistan Pakistan's New Trade Policy Initiatives: Implications for India and Pakistan Will the United Progressive Alliance Victory in the Trust Vote Result in Faster Economic Reforms? Development of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul: Time to Sober Up Recent Bomb Blasts in South Asia: Are the Terrorists on a Killing Spree Again? The Walkout in India: No Longer 'Left' in the Lurch India's Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable India’s Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable The Third Oil Shock: The Path Forward for Bangladesh Karnataka State Assembly Elections: Implications for the UPA Government Modifications of the External Commercial Borrowings Policy: Implications for Overseas Investments Indian Management Education: Regulatory Structure is Still Confused India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue: Towards a ´Grand Reconciliation´? The Unravelling of Coalition Politics in Pakistan India's Annual Policy Statement for FY 2008-09: Achieving a 'Neither Tight, Nor Liberal' Monetary Policy Nepal Constituent Assembly Elections: A Dawn of a New Era? Bhutan: Marching Towards Democracy Post-election Pakistan: Is there Hope or Despair for the People? Yousaf Raza Gilani: Pakistan's New Prime Minister The Third Tibetan Uprising: India's Response The Indian Budget 2008-09: An Assessment India's Economic Survey 2007-08: Impressive Growth and a Promising Future Nepal: Political Uncertainties and Economic Challenges Developing India-Malaysia Relations - Managing Issues of the Diaspora The Pakistan Elections: A Political Analysis Russian Premier Viktor Zubkov in India: Reinvigorating Relations Economic Slowdown in the United States: Importance of Domestic Market Leverage in South Asia Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Arunachal Pradesh: Buttressing the Claims Urban Transport in India: Beyond the Urban Transport in India: The Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of the Pro-Musharraf Political Parties Analysing India's Credit Policy: Keeping an Eye on Inflation and the Elections The 21st Century - Will it Belong to Asia? Sino-Indian Trade Relations: Understanding the Bilateral and Regional Implications India and China: Towards Slow and Steady Cooperation The Appreciating Rupee and India's Exports: Should Policy Makers Worry? One Year in Office: An Assessment of Bangladesh's Caretaker Government The Sub-prime Crisis - Likely Consequences for the Indian Economy Ms Benazir Bhutto's Will Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Assassinated - Pakistan in Turmoil Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on the Islamic Parties Who Wins in the Gujarat Elections? Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Nawaz Sharif Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Benazir Bhutto Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on Imran Khan The Battle of Nandigram and West Bengal's Political and Economic Future Cyclone Sidr's Deadly Trail and Bangladesh's Humanitarian Crisis Political Intrigue in Karnataka: Implications for India Emergency Rule in Pakistan: Making Sense of the Reasons and Rationale Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy - How Should India Respond? Development Blues in Urban India: Failure of Accountability-Responsibility Mechanism Cold Feet in Autumn – Climb Down from Elections in India Climate Change, Conflict over Scarce Resources and the Nobel Peace Prize General Pervez Musharraf: A Profile Musharraf's Future – Legality Versus Legitimacy Trouble with the Gods: Religion and Public Policy in India The Grand Jirga Imperative: Is this the Solution to the Taliban Insurgency? Clearly Troubled: The Indian Government and a Nuclear Deal Hyderabad Burning - A Domestic Challenge with Regional Implications Time to Look Down Under: Australia may Hold the Key to India's Nuclear Energy Floods in Bangladesh, Changes in Monsoon Pattern and a Wake-up Call for South Asia Worries and Hopes for India's IT Industry India at 60: Banking on the Demographic Dividend Pakistan at Sixty: It's Time to Give Democracy a Chance Redefining India: The Recent Policy Changes and the Second National Commission on Urbanisation Raising Money in Indian Markets - The Indian Depository Receipts Option Electing the Next Vice-President of India - A Unanimous Choice The Lal Masjid Saga: Has Musharraf Finally Triumphed over Extremism in Pakistan? Monetary Policy in India - The Current Conjuncture Achieving Economic Growth in China and India - At What Environmental Cost? The Uttar Pradesh State Election - Will it Change the Political Equation at the Centre? There's something abouth Maya: Changing Politics in India's Largest State Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis - What's next for Masharraf? Recent State Assembly Elections in India: How Big a Setback for the Congress? The Train Blasts: Impact on Indo-Pakistan Relations The Special Economic Zones in India – An Update Capital Account Convertibility for India Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: A Case of Path Dependence in Industrialization? The South Asian Trade Labyrinth & India's Regional Trade Policies Singapore-India CECA Dialogue: Issues and Options

Publishers:

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

Publications:

Terrorism in Balochistan: Shift towards Soft Targets?
Two ‘Brexits’ – The First, 70 Years Ago
Terror in Dhaka: Fundamentalism Spreads its Deadly Wings
India’s Trade Negotiations: The Imperative of Flexibility
Malaise in Maldives: A Pristine Paradise or a Painful Purgatory?
India and the BRICS Partnership
Growing US-China Military Rivalry: A Danger of Spill-Over into South Asia
Political Will is the Test of India-South Korea Special Strategic Partnership
Issues of South Asian Security, and the China Factor
Blending Force and Consent: India’s Counter-Insurgency Dilemma in the Northeast
New Trade Links: A Step towards Asian Economic Integration?
Modi ‘Acts’ Near-East, and Hasina Responds
A New Touch of Realism in Bilateral Talks
Chinese Setting for Talks with India: How Beijing Thinks and Acts
Dealing With Xi: Modi’s Foreign Policy Challenge
Maintaining the Economic Momentum
India and Singapore: Partners in Innovation and Skills Development
Peace-Making Challenges in Afghanistan
Pakistan's Widening Sectarian Divide
Nepal after the Mega Earthquake
From 'Look East' to 'Act East'
Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South Asia
Yemen, Pakistan and Arab Monarchies: Widening Gulf?
A Brief Intertwining of the Two Bengals
Obama's Visit to India: Review of Defence Relationship
India-US Relations: Modi and Obama Begin a New Chapter
Sri Lankan Presidential Election at a Glance
Presidential Stakes and Sri Lanka’s Future
Dreams and a Desperate Terrain!
Terrorism's Most Devastating Blow in Pakistan
New ‘Oil Shock’ – Impact on South Asia
Competitive Diplomacy of India and China
G20 Agenda and India’s Priorities: An Appraisal
India-Myanmar Ties: New Hope, Old Despair
Prime Minister Modi Expands his Team
Thames to Teesta and the Himalayas
Pakistani Militants Strike Back
‘Neighbourhood First’: Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra
Indo-US 'Spirit' Regained
Beyond the Japan-India Symphony of Sentiments
People, Power, and Politics - Confrontation Pakistan Style
Is Pakistan Sliding Towards a Coup?
Pakistan: Moving Towards a Solution
What India’s By-elections Tell Us
Is Imran Khan Losing Political Traction?
Pakistan: Populism and Real Politics
Pakistan’s Democracy Dilemma
Modi’s India in the WTO: Politics Trumps Economics
Narendra Modi’s Visit to Bhutan: A Meeting of Friendly Minds
The RCEP Negotiations and India
India and Afghanistan: A Deepening Defence Engagement
Pakistan at the Centre of Muslim World’s Convulsion
Bangladesh: Six Months after the Elections
Deciphering China's Oil-Rig Move in South China Sea
Managing Inflation: Modi Government’s Biggest Economic Challenge
Counterterrorism in South Asia: 'Low Hanging Fruits' of Cooperation
A Poll-Time Indian Narrative
The Election Scene in Uttar Pradesh
The Afghan Election: A New Beginning?
Indian Elections – Welfare Economics versus the Market
Implementation Deficit in Northeast India
Pakistan Selling Family Silver: Hard Times Make Privatization Necessary
Northeast India-Myanmar: Search for Cooperation and New Approaches
Upazila Elections in Bangladesh: Is It a Road to Political Stability?
India's Interim Budget: Credit and Concerns
Ankara Summit: A Possible Road to Afghan Peace?
Chinese Navy in Eastern Indian Ocean: Implications for Delhi and Jakarta
Challenging Times in Indo-US Ties
Abe’s Visit to India: The Strategic Implications
Abe in India: High on Loans, Low on Trade
Bangladesh: Slow Settling of Post-Poll Dust
Afghanistan - The Endless Challenge
Painful Polls and Dhaka's Dilemmas
Testing the Air: China’s Defence-Move
India at Bali: Saving Itself and the WTO
India Woos its Northeast: Development and Diplomacy Factors
Reining in the Military in Pakistan
Delhi Elections in India: Middle Class Anger and New Political Equations
Rajasthan Elections in India: A Mix of Royalty and Caste Equations
Bangladesh: Unfolding Drama of Deadly Politics
Madhya Pradesh State Polls in India: ‘Anti-Incumbency’ No Longer Applies?
Focus on Policies and Personalities in Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013
Pakistan’s New Taliban Challenge
Elections in Chhattisgarh: Maoists, Turnout, NOTA and Clues for India
Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Creating Tourism Synergy
Dilemma of Drones: Peace Prospects in Pieces
US Government Shutdown and the South Asian Diaspora
Pakistan: Politics of Promises, Perils and Progress
A New Strategy to Revive India’s Economic Growth
Pakistan’s Water Woes
China's 'Look-West' Policy
Pakistan Elects a New President
Afghan Peace Talks and the Changing Character of Taliban Insurgency
Indian Economy, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati
Indian Rupee: Tortuous Travails
China’s Gwadar Pearl: The Port Acquisition and Implications for India
The Sliding Rupee
A ‘New’ Pakistan: Implications for Indo-Pak Relations
War-head Worries: Asia's Expanding Nuclear Arsenals
Decoding India-Japan and Sino-Pak Talks
China Reinforces the Bridge to Pakistan
Bangladesh’s Growth Enablers
Post-Poll Pakistan’s Economic Priorities
Mixed Fortunes for the Congress
The Reincarnation of Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan's Deepening Democracy
Pakistan Goes to Polls: Imran Khan’s Tumble and the Youth Surge
Politics in Pakistan: The Judge and the General
The Political Elevation of Narendra Modi
Afghanistan’s Economic Transition
The New Great Game in Asia
Pakistan Prepares for Polls: Dilemmas of its Democracy
Chittagong Port – Prospects for Revival
Sri Lanka at the UNHRC
Asia and Obama’s New Trade Initiative
State Elections in Northeast India
New Focus on Stable China-India Ties
The Delhi Rape Protests
Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric
India-Pakistan Peace Process
Direct Cash Transfer of Subsidies
India ASEAN FTA in Services
Media and Counter Terrorism Responses
UN Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia
US-Pakistan Relations and the ‘End-Game’ in Afghanistan
China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue Gains Momentum
‘Something of a Homecoming’: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Visit to India
What Does Obama’s Re-election Mean to South Asia
What to Make of India’s Latest Ministerial Reshuffle
A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan
Do the Bold Reforms Signal End of Policy Paralysis in India?
China-India Defence Diplomacy: Weaving a New Sense of Stability
India-Pakistan Ties: Do Signs of Warming Indicate Climate Change?
Violence in Assam: Resource Wars, Illegal Migration or Governance Deficit?
India’s Infrastructure Needs
Tokyo Summit and Afghanistan’s Business Potential
Gilani’s Removal: A Step in the Right Direction
Delhi Investment Summit: Building on the Narrative of ‘Opportunity’ in Afghanistan
Siachen: Too Slow a Solution
Pakistan's 2012-13 Budget: A Political Rather Than an Economic Document
Nepal’s Constitutional Crisis
Politics of the Indian Presidency
Performance of the Indian Rupee: A Comment
A New Myanmar on South Asia’s Borders
Capital Loss for Congress in India
Beyond the Sparks and Fumes of India's Agni-V Test
Taliban, Spring Offensive and Transition in Afghanistan
Zardari's Pilgrimage to Ajmer
An Indo-Pak Search for the China-India Model
India's Diaspora Vote
The Haves and the Have-Nots
Is the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership in the Doldrums?
Pakistan's Economic Troubles
A Musharraf Order Haunts Pakistan
Painful Politics in 'Paradise': Changes in the Maldives
India Eyeing a New Gateway to Southeast Asia
Politics, Strategy and the Lokpal Bill
The Lokpal Bill: An Opportunity for the Government and the Economy
US-Pak Relations: Reflecting on 2011
Atomic Fuel for Australia-India Synergy
The Mohmand Mayhem and its Impact on Pakistan-US Alliance
The Afghanistan Enigma
India and Pakistan Prime Minsters' Meeting: Looking to the Future
Pakistan, India and the Security Council: Thinking the Unthinkables
India-Afghanistan Strategic Agreement
The Meaning of Anna Hazare's Movement
Al Qaeda, A Decade After the 9/11 Attacks
Growth in the Indian Economy - Some Thoughts
Come September, Manmohan Comes To Dhaka
Opportunities for South Asia in the Revolutions in the West
Exploding Karachi
The Emerging Faultlines of the US-Afghan Strategic Partnership
Pakistan - India Trade
India and Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
America Attempting to Find its Way in Asia
Pakistan’s Afghan Dilemma
‘Ye Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan…’
The ‘US-Pak’ Relationship
NMIZs in India: Haunted by SEZs?
The Challenge of Ethnic Federalism in Nepal
India-Australia: Moving Beyond the Periphery
A No-Win Situation for Pakistan
Kerala: Communist Survival – Now What?
How the Red Fortress was Won
Tamil Nadu Election Results
Census 2011: The Curious Case of Changes in Tamil Nadu Demographics
Post-Osama: Is it the Beginning of the ‘End’ in Afghanistan?
Prospects for ‘Transition’ in the Afghan Security Sector
The TAPI Pipeline: A Recipe for Peace or Instability?
China and India: Competitors or Collaborators?
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections
The Raymond Davis Case
Restoring Order in Grameen
India's Tourist Visa on Arrival
India Budget 2011-12
Much Ado About Nothing
Global Realignment
India's Inflation: An Alternate Hypothesis
History May Not Repeat Itself For Pakistan
World Powers Beeline to Delhi
AfPak: President Obama's Two Wars
Chinese Premier's Visits to India and Pakistan
Wen Jiabao in India: Mission Business
India and China at Cancun
The Bihar Election
Scams in India
President Obama’s India Visit
QEII and India’s Responses
India Looks East
Indian Prime Minister’s Visit to East and Southeast Asia
Untangling the Ayodhya Verdict
Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan
Pakistan Floods: Coping with Disaster
H1B Visa Fee Hike
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: Will India Pull It Off?
South Asian University: Catalyst for Regional Cooperation?
India-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Meeting: The Impasse Continues
The 2010 Commonwealth Games: India's Triumph or Disaster?
The Bhopal Tragedy Verdict
United States-India Strategic Dialogue: Still Waiting for Obama?
The West Bengal Municipal Polls
Karzai Visits the United States
India and Pakistan Meeting: Third Time Lucky?
SAARC at Twenty Five
Monetary Policy Pressures in India
Restoring Parliamentary Democracy in Pakistan
Setting the Stage for a New Global Nuclear Order
India’s Changing Priorities
The Pakistan Military Proves its Mettle
Afghanistan: The London Meeting
Sri Lanka Polls: Incumbency is Endorsed
The ‘Free-Market’ and ‘Social Concerns’
Rescuing Afghanistan: Let the Region Take Charge
Mr Jyoti Basu: A Gentleman and a Communist
Hasina’s Visit to India and Emerging Indo-Bangla Relations
Sri Lanka's Presidential Election 2010
Pakistan’s Supreme Court and the National Reconciliation Ordinance
The Dubai Debt Debacle: Likely Impact on South Asia
Unwinding the Fiscal Stimulus – Dilemmas for India and China
Climate Change Challenges: Leading up to Copenhagen
A Tale of Two Visits: The India-US-China Relationship
The United States in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai's Second Term as Afghanistan's President
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
A 'New' Japan and Possible Implications for Japan-India Relations
President Obama’s First Asian Visit
Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009
Hillary Clinton’s Visit to Pakistan
Indian Assembly Elections 2009
Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009
South Waziristan
Suffering Terrorism but Flirting with Populism: Pakistan's Current Predicaments
The Kerry-Lugar Bill: Difficult Choices for Pakistan
Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Japan Joins Changing Asia
The New Irritant in United States-Pakistan Relations
Afghanistan Elections 2009
The Afghanistan Presidential Elections
'Silence is Golden': India's Current Position on Myanmar
Afghanistan Presidential Election 2009
Taleban Leader Baitullah Mehsud Dead
Inflationary Pressures in the Indian Economy
Hillary Clinton's Visit to India
Hillary Clinton’s Visit to India
India and Pakistan: The Message from Sharm-el-Sheikh
Can One Still Do Business in Nepal?
The Indian Budget: A Failure to Confront the Challenges
The Indian Budget 2009-10: Opportunities for Singapore Investments
Indian Budget 2009-10: Carefully Crafted but Not Without Risks
Pakistan’s Taliban Crisis
Booms and Busts in Private Capital Flows to Emerging Asia Since the 1990s
America’s New Approach Towards Pakistan
Foreign Bank Entry Reconsidered
The Global Financial Crisis and Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in Developing Asia
Pakistan: Finally Taking Ownership of the War Against Terrorism?
Two Victories and a Defeat: India, Sri Lanka and the Minority Question
Indian Elections 2009 - A Return to the Centre
Sri Lanka: What Next?
The Maldives: A Paradise in Peril?
Pakistan's India Fixation Can Bring the Taliban Into Power
Sino-Indian Naval Engagement
The South Asian Nuclear Genie: Out of the Bottle, It Can Be Useful
Asia's Economic Revival
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Manifesto: Assessing Its Electoral Implications
Attack on Sri Lanka's Cricket Team: Is Pakistan in Total Chaos and Anarchy?
Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire:' A Boost for India's Global Image?
Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden
Sino-Indian Naval 'Encounter' in the Gulf of Aden
Sukhbir Badal as Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister - Implications and Prospects for the Akalis
Fate of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Satyam Fiasco – Impact on Corporate India
The Return of Democracy in Bangladesh
India’s External Sector: Emergence of New Structural Trends
State Assembly Election Results in India: Dispelling the Many Commonly-held Notions of Indian Elections
The Fall of the Indian Rupee and the Unholy Trinity
The Mumbai Mayhem: The Global War on Terror Comes to India
National Treasury Management Agency Proposal: Implications for India's Financial Policies
Global Economic Slowdown: Can Bangladesh Remain Resilient?
India's Tamil Politics and the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict
Maldives: Toward Open Polity
Return of the Two Begums: A ´Hobson´s Choice´ for Bangladesh?
Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the Indian Markets - An Update
Crisis in the United States Markets and Consequences for the Indian Markets
It is Getting More Difficult to do Business in South Asia
Elections in Pakistan: New President, Same Old Story
Musharraf's Resignation - A Cause for Celebration and Concern for Pakistan
Pakistan's New Trade Policy Initiatives: Implications for India and Pakistan
Will the United Progressive Alliance Victory in the Trust Vote Result in Faster Economic Reforms?
Development of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul: Time to Sober Up
Recent Bomb Blasts in South Asia: Are the Terrorists on a Killing Spree Again?
The Walkout in India: No Longer 'Left' in the Lurch
India's Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable
India’s Trade Deficit: Increasing Fast but Still Manageable
The Third Oil Shock: The Path Forward for Bangladesh
Karnataka State Assembly Elections: Implications for the UPA Government
Modifications of the External Commercial Borrowings Policy: Implications for Overseas Investments
Indian Management Education: Regulatory Structure is Still Confused
India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue: Towards a ´Grand Reconciliation´?
The Unravelling of Coalition Politics in Pakistan
India's Annual Policy Statement for FY 2008-09: Achieving a 'Neither Tight, Nor Liberal' Monetary Policy
Nepal Constituent Assembly Elections: A Dawn of a New Era?
Bhutan: Marching Towards Democracy
Post-election Pakistan: Is there Hope or Despair for the People?
Yousaf Raza Gilani: Pakistan's New Prime Minister
The Third Tibetan Uprising: India's Response
The Indian Budget 2008-09: An Assessment
India's Economic Survey 2007-08: Impressive Growth and a Promising Future
Nepal: Political Uncertainties and Economic Challenges
Developing India-Malaysia Relations - Managing Issues of the Diaspora
The Pakistan Elections: A Political Analysis
Russian Premier Viktor Zubkov in India: Reinvigorating Relations
Economic Slowdown in the United States: Importance of Domestic Market Leverage in South Asia
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Arunachal Pradesh: Buttressing the Claims
Urban Transport in India: Beyond the
Urban Transport in India: The
Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of the Pro-Musharraf Political Parties
Analysing India's Credit Policy: Keeping an Eye on Inflation and the Elections
The 21st Century - Will it Belong to Asia?
Sino-Indian Trade Relations: Understanding the Bilateral and Regional Implications
India and China: Towards Slow and Steady Cooperation
The Appreciating Rupee and India's Exports: Should Policy Makers Worry?
One Year in Office: An Assessment of Bangladesh's Caretaker Government
The Sub-prime Crisis - Likely Consequences for the Indian Economy
Ms Benazir Bhutto's Will
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Assassinated - Pakistan in Turmoil
Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on the Islamic Parties
Who Wins in the Gujarat Elections?
Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Nawaz Sharif
Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile of Benazir Bhutto
Forthcoming Pakistan Elections: A Profile on Imran Khan
The Battle of Nandigram and West Bengal's Political and Economic Future
Cyclone Sidr's Deadly Trail and Bangladesh's Humanitarian Crisis
Political Intrigue in Karnataka: Implications for India
Emergency Rule in Pakistan: Making Sense of the Reasons and Rationale
Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy - How Should India Respond?
Development Blues in Urban India: Failure of Accountability-Responsibility Mechanism
Cold Feet in Autumn – Climb Down from Elections in India
Climate Change, Conflict over Scarce Resources and the Nobel Peace Prize
General Pervez Musharraf: A Profile
Musharraf's Future – Legality Versus Legitimacy
Trouble with the Gods: Religion and Public Policy in India
The Grand Jirga Imperative: Is this the Solution to the Taliban Insurgency?
Clearly Troubled: The Indian Government and a Nuclear Deal
Hyderabad Burning - A Domestic Challenge with Regional Implications
Time to Look Down Under: Australia may Hold the Key to India's Nuclear Energy
Floods in Bangladesh, Changes in Monsoon Pattern and a Wake-up Call for South Asia
Worries and Hopes for India's IT Industry
India at 60: Banking on the Demographic Dividend
Pakistan at Sixty: It's Time to Give Democracy a Chance
Redefining India: The Recent Policy Changes and the Second National Commission on Urbanisation
Raising Money in Indian Markets - The Indian Depository Receipts Option
Electing the Next Vice-President of India - A Unanimous Choice
The Lal Masjid Saga: Has Musharraf Finally Triumphed over Extremism in Pakistan?
Monetary Policy in India - The Current Conjuncture
Achieving Economic Growth in China and India - At What Environmental Cost?
The Uttar Pradesh State Election - Will it Change the Political Equation at the Centre?
There's something abouth Maya: Changing Politics in India's Largest State
Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis - What's next for Masharraf?
Recent State Assembly Elections in India: How Big a Setback for the Congress?
The Train Blasts: Impact on Indo-Pakistan Relations
The Special Economic Zones in India – An Update
Capital Account Convertibility for India
Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: A Case of Path Dependence in Industrialization?
The South Asian Trade Labyrinth & India's Regional Trade Policies
Singapore-India CECA Dialogue: Issues and Options