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Budget crunch: Sri Lankan government weighs economy, unrest 0
- Deep Dive, South Asia
- January 4, 2023
WHAT’S HAPPENING? President Ranil Wickremesinghe presented Sri Lanka’s national budget on November 14 for the first time since taking office.
Exit Strategy: Is Afghanistan Lost to the Taliban?0
- South Asia
- July 29, 2021
The United States is leaving Afghanistan just as Taliban insurgents make significant land grabs.
Taliban in Afghanistan: making peace, missing pieces 0
- Security & Terrorism, South Asia
- February 14, 2021
Clashing incentives risk splintering the Taliban as its leadership seeks an end to decades of conflict.
Not a zero-sum proxy: Bangladesh asserts its sovereignty 0
- South Asia
- October 1, 2020
Dhaka is exploiting its strategic position to benefit from both Chinese and Indian largesse.
Political normalisation in Jammu and Kashmir 0
- South Asia
- July 10, 2020
New Delhi faces a rebellious population in Kashmir and hostile neighbours on the region’s borders.
Sri Lanka and the fallout from the Easter bombings 0
- South Asia
- January 25, 2020
The return of the Rajapaksa brothers marks a turning point in communal harmony for the island nation.

Afghans head to the polls for presidential elections 0
- Asia Pacific, Daily Brief, South Asia
- September 28, 2019
Presidential elections will be held across Afghanistan today. Incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival, the country’s Chief Executive
Historic drought affects Indian water security 0
- South Asia
- August 23, 2019
Water shortages are putting lives at risk, jeopardising industries and driving internal migration.
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A fractured Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings 0
- South Asia
- June 27, 2019
The ISIS-backed attacks appear to have succeeded in reigniting communal tensions.
Indians at the polls: Modi projected to stay in power 0
- South Asia
- May 10, 2019
Though Modi’s BJP is expected to win, voters may punish the PM for failing to meet high expectations.
Pakistan’s undemocratic transition: what next for Khan?0
- South Asia
- August 24, 2018
A financial crisis, political instability, and foreign pressure — the new PM has a lot on his plate.
Is peace finally on the horizon in Afghanistan?0
- Security & Terrorism, South Asia
- July 15, 2018
The Eid ceasefire demonstrated the viability of peace – but it weighs numerous competing interests.

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