Thursday 4th February

Af-Pak: what strategic depth?

Aziz Hakimi, 4 February 2010
Pakistan's military and political class have obsessed over gaining 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan for years, but the at times absurd concept is incompatible with Pakistan's zero-sum approach to regional politics.
Thursday 28th January

Sri Lanka votes against compromise

Melanie Gouby, 28 January 2010
Sri Lanka’s opposition talked of giving concessions to the country’s defeated Tamil minority. The Sinhalese majority said no. Melanie Gouby analyses Sri Lanka’s presidential election
Wednesday 27th January

Europe's bitter pill for India will cost lives

David Cronin, 27 January 2010
The EU's trade negotiations with India bring back memories of colonial exploitation
Sunday 17th January

Sri Lanka's war chiefs fight for the spoils of peace

Melanie Gouby, 17 January 2010
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksawas expected to win the January 26th election hands down - but he didn’t reckon on former army chief General Sarath Fonseka entering the fray
Thursday 24th December

Nepal's Tibetans pressured by China's growing influence

Alexander Sehmer, 24 December 2009
Some in Nepal fear that China is stirring up tensions between their countrymen and the Tibetan refugee population
Monday 21st December

Balochistan rejects deal and fights on for freedom

Peter Tatchell, 21 December 2009
Baloch nationalist leaders have rejected the latest settlement package proposed by the Pakistani government, on the grounds that it is inadequate and coincides with increased military repression
Wednesday 16th December

Keeping the corporation honest in Visakhapatnam, India

Peter Newell, Harsh Jaitli, and R.D. Sampath Kumar, 16 December 2009
When legal-constitutional guarantees fail, public hearings may be the only option available to those who have paid the price for India's rapid economic growth.
Tuesday 1st December

Honour killing: India's continuing shame

Spriha Srivastava, 1 December 2009
The number of love marriages might have increased in India's cities but the reality remains different in many of its villages
Friday 27th November

Balochistan: too small an olive branch

Qurratulain Zaman, 27 November 2009
Brutal rule by Pakistan’s security agencies in Balochistan has radicalised moderate Balochs in this largest and poorest province. Now Pakistan’s government has offered a conciliation package. But it looks as if it is too little, too late.
Thursday 26th November

Mumbai - one year on

Priyal Sanghavi, 26 November 2009
On the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, Priyal Sanghavi looks at the trial of the sole surviving terrorist and its impact on India-Pakistan relations
Monday 23rd November

Sri Lanka: what happens next?

Jake Lynch, 23 November 2009
International pressure may be closing the Tamil internment camps now. But it must be sustained, or the cycle of persecution will resume.
Sunday 22nd November

The Afghan anvil: breaking the Indo-Pakistani deadlock?

Raja Karthikeya, 22 November 2009
Can India and Pakistan resolve their differences and follow a course of enlightened self-interest in Afghanistan?
Monday 9th November

Urban siege in south Asia

John P. Sullivan and Adam Elkus, 9 November 2009
A new wave of urban assaults poses a severe challenge in the cities of south Asia and beyond.
Friday 6th November

India's primary duty

Rakesh Mani, 6 November 2009
Ten million children are born annually in India. Primary education should be a vital lifeline, for those who survive.
Thursday 5th November

India’s 21st-century war

Paul Rogers, 5 November 2009
In an age of climate change and deepening inequality, the spreading Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida - may show the world its future.
Friday 21st August

The felling of bungalows, the building of Dhaka

Delwar Hussain, 21 August 2009
The frenetic urban growth of Bangladesh's capital forces its inhabitants into new ways of living
Friday 24th July

Kashmir's democratic catharsis

Riyaz Wani, 24 July 2009
Local elections in the restive Indian state have reshaped Kashmir's landscape of conflict
Monday 20th July

India's rape victims lost in political row

Kanishk Tharoor, 20 July 2009
A war of words over compensation for rape victims has overshadowed the real issue, of violence against poor women
Friday 17th July

Bangladesh government seeks a return to secularism

Oliver Scanlan, 17 July 2009
This week in Bangladesh: the controversial move to abolish the Consitution's Fifth Amendment returns to the spotlight; the energy sector comes under renewed scrutiny in the wake of a crackdown on illegal power tapping; and Bangladesh's prime minister is voted in as Vice Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Northwest by northeast: a tale of two frontiers

Sanjib Baruah, 17 July 2009
History (not modern "radicalism" and "separatism") links India and Pakistan's restive borders
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