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EFSAS Commentary

EFSAS Commentary

 

Weekly analytical commentary - EFSAS Commentary -  by the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) on news, current affairs and political developments in South Asia.  

Publication: Boisterous outcry over the Rohingyas and deafening silence on Uyghurs, exhibits the brutal price of China’s Belt and Road Initiative     

Boisterous outcry over the Rohingyas and deafening silence on Uyghurs, exhibits the brutal price of China’s Belt and Road Initiative     

China’s oppression of the Muslim minority and silence of the Islamic world have established a reality…
Publication: The format of the Modi - Xi Jinping informal summit can help overcome challenges in bilateral ties

The format of the Modi - Xi Jinping informal summit can help overcome challenges in bilateral ties

Among the issues discussed at the summit, trade, unsurprisingly, figured prominently given that the volume…
Publication: Despite scathing indictment by Asia Pacific Group, Pakistan likely to remain on FATF’s grey list

Despite scathing indictment by Asia Pacific Group, Pakistan likely to remain on FATF’s grey list

The upcoming Paris meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from 13 to 18 October has been tense…
Publication: The unmistakable bluster in Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s harangue at the UNGA

The unmistakable bluster in Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s harangue at the UNGA

Khan’s reiteration of some of his more sensational, divisive and dangerous thoughts and views in the…
Publication: India seems to dominate the Jammu & Kashmir narrative on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly

India seems to dominate the Jammu & Kashmir narrative on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly

The direction in which the India–Pakistan confabulation was heading became strikingly evident at the…
Publication: The United States – Taliban talks are “dead”, and it is the Taliban that has gained

The United States – Taliban talks are “dead”, and it is the Taliban that has gained

It is astounding that without gaining anything tangible in return, the United States gifted the Taliban…
Publication: The ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’ between Russia and India

The ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’ between Russia and India

Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held the 20th India-Russia annual bilateral…
Publication: Strange negotiations in an incongruous environment do not portend well for peace in Afghanistan

Strange negotiations in an incongruous environment do not portend well for peace in Afghanistan

The milieu in which Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, has…