We are pleased to announce the release of our comprehensive report, Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024: Political and Economic Analysis. Launched on September 9, 2024, at the National Press Club, this critical study provides an in-depth examination of Sri Lanka’s political and economic landscape as the country approaches its pivotal presidential election on September 21, 2024….
By Lateef Johar Baloch & Joshua Bowes Introduction Balochistan is an understudied and underreported region of the world, caught in a violent inter-state conflict. The Baloch people, an ethnic group homing and tied culturally to Balochistan for centuries, have been a minority in Pakistan’s administrative boundaries since 1948. Neighboring Iran also has a province within the…
By Shagun Thapliyal “Myanmar is a crucial player for India, which acts as a bridge between South and Southeast Asia” When people talk about India’s relationship with its neighbours, we tend to forget about its South-East Asian Neighbour, Myanmar. It is an important country for India due to its role as a gateway towards the…
SAFN Press Release 15th July 2024, Washington DC. The South Asia Foresight Network SAFN in Washington DC and the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) in Myanmar entered into a Working Protocol for research collaboration and exchange. MISIS is the first think tank in Myanmar, established in July 1992. It serves as a think tank for…
By Poonam Sharma, SAFN Fellow India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, has spoken plainly about Canada providing a safe haven to extremist elements, saying that “people have organized themselves politically and become a political lobby. In some democratic countries, politicians are made to believe that if they pander to these people, they can gain…
By Dr. Reena Marwah, Senior Fellow SAFN With fissures and fractures in the multilateral world order, Bharat offers a unique leadership template not only for the Global South, but for an inclusive, equitable and peaceful world order.. Modi was different from his predecessors. His ascent to the highest position in the Indian polity and his…
By C. Raja Mohan Pic Credit: WikiMediaCommons The five imperatives outlined below are by no means the only challenges that will confront the new government, but they are among the main geopolitical imperatives. While its newfound self-assurance is welcome, Delhi should avoid the evident dangers of overreach. Overestimating India’s strength and underestimating the challenges at…
By Joshua Bowes, Research Associate SAFN Despite India’s national elections revealing an unexpected drop in support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the 2024 voting period saw no change in the BJP’s anti-minority stance. Modi and the all-powerful BJP regularly portray the country’s more than 200 million Muslims as a scapegoat for the social and political…
By Muhammad Siddique Ali Pirzada* Credit: Wikimedia Commons Over the past thirty years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has attracted significant global attention due to its broad range of capabilities. In the field of public administration, AI has the potential to profoundly alter and improve government operations, fostering better collaboration between the public and private sectors and…
