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SAFN collaborates with China’s Overseas Safety and Security(OSS) Institute

South Asia Foresight Network(SAFN) collaborates for research with China’s Overseas Safety and Security(OSS) Institute at Zhejiang University on the 17th Oct 2023. . Executive Director SAFN Asanga Abeyagoonasekera signed an MOU with Dr. ZHOU Zhanggui, Director of OSS, at the 3rd Belt and Road Forum(BRF) in Beijing Hotel. The collaboration is a significant milestone in…

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76 Years of Indian Independence – What is On the Rise for Indian Global Politics

By Shreya Krishna – Research Assistant SAFN* India celebrated its 76th year of independence in August 2023. From 1947 to 2023, India’s foreign policy decisions and tactics have shifted. In Aparna Pande’s From Chanakya to Modi: The Evolution of India’s’ Foreign Policy, she discusses how Indian exceptionalism and its historic strategy of autonomy have guided its…

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SAFN collaborates with CPG in Thailand

4th September 2023, Bangkok, Thailand. South Asia Foresight Network SAFN and the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, entered into an MOU on research collaboration and exchange in regard to East Asia and South Asia foreign policy, good governance, security, peacebuilding and Futures…

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SAFN collaborates with BCIPA in Bangladesh

30th August 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The South Asia Foresight Network SAFN (SAFN) collaborates with the Bangladesh Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs(BCIPA) on Security, foreign policy, and Futures research. With the rising challenges in the Indo-Pacific, the South Asian region plays an integral role. The collaboration between SAFN at The Millennium Project in Washington D.C. and BCIPA…

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Pressure from international partners must to address Sri Lanka’s corruption: Governance Diagnostic Report 

By Rathindra Kuruwita – Associate Fellow SAFN Several Sri Lankan civil society organizations, led by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), published a Governance Diagnostic Report on Sri Lanka on September 13 in Colombo. This document is publicized at a time when there is a great demand on Sri Lankan government to tackle bribery and corruption in the country,…

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Global cooperation urgently needed to govern risks of advanced AI, warns new report. 

World leaders in artificial intelligence explain future possibilities. Washington, DC August 22, 2023 – A new report by The Millennium Project warns that advanced artificial intelligence systems could emerge sooner than expected, posing unprecedented risks unless prudent governance frameworks are rapidly put in place. The report titled International Governance Issues of the Transition from Artificial Narrow Intelligence…

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Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in the Maldives with Regional Partnerships to Secure Democratic Sovereignty

By Josh Bowes – Research Assistant SAFN Pic: WikiCommons – Public demonstration calling for Sharia Islamic Law in Maldives Extremism in the Maldives is not a new phenomenon. The South Asian country has long experienced Islamist terrorist activity that has been utilized for political gain in an effort to weaken democratic principles and freedom of expression. Opposition…

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