The Near Abroad
ANANTA INSIGHTS The Near Abroad | December 2025 This month in The Near Abroad, we examine how South Asia’s landscape is evolving. Sri Lanka faces a disaster exacerbated by climate change, Bangladesh deals with the aftermath of Hasina’s sentencing, and India maintains a cautious approach. Pakistan is restructuring its government through its 27th Amendment, while […]
The Near Abroad
ANANTA INSIGHTS India and Neighbourhood | April-May 2025 Welcome to the April-May edition of Ananta Insights on India and its Neighbourhood, our monthly survey of developments in South Asia. The region has seen fast-moving developments over the past week, the implications of which continue to evolve. Message to Pakistan: India’s Suspension of the Indus Waters […]
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ANANTA INSIGHTS India and Neighbourhood | February 2025 Welcome to the February edition of Ananta Insights on India and its Neighbourhood, our monthly survey of developments in South Asia. AFGHANISTAN Evolving Dynamics: India’s Engagement with the Taliban The recent high-level meeting between Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of India and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban Foreign Minister, in […]
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ANANTA INSIGHTS India and Neighbourhood | January 2025 Welcome to the January edition of Ananta Insights on India and its Neighbourhood, our monthly survey of developments in South Asia. MALDIVES Continuing Thaw The Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Khaleel, was the first foreign dignitary to visit India in the new year. The three-day visit that began on […]
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ANANTA INSIGHTS India and Neighbourhood | October 2024 Welcome to the October edition of Ananta Insights on India and its Neighbourhood, our monthly survey of developments in South Asia. SRI LANKA The new President’s acid test The September 21, 2024 election propelled the Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to the presidency in Sri Lanka. Dissanayake assumed office […]
India and the Neighbourhood
ANANTA INSIGHTS India and Neighbourhood Welcome to the first edition of Ananta Insights on India and its Neighbourhood, our monthly survey of developments in South Asia. 1. Afghanistan Taliban Institutionalise Gender Apartheid Image Courtesy: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi The Taliban regime has codified its rules of morality and virtuous conduct, and has formally published a decree issued by their supreme leader in 2022 as law. The severe restrictions on women’s freedoms in […]