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 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…
By N.G Ishini Shashipraba The general elections in India 2024 , which occurred over seven phases from April 19th to June 1st, announced the results through the Election Commission of India on June 4th, 2024. India , world’s largest democracy where the Election Commission has estimated the number of eligible voters as 968 million in 2024 election. This election…
23rd May 2024, Kathmandu, Nepal. The South Asia Foresight Network SAFN in Washington DC and the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement(NIICE) in Nepal entered into an MOU for research collaboration and exchange. The collaboration will enable joint research in Nepal and the region of South Asia, where the SAFN network will conduct foreign policy, security and Futures…
By Syed Imran Sardar[i] For political parties, compelling narratives and inspiring slogans are important vehicles to mobilize mass support ahead of elections. The importance of such narratives increase manifold when the existence of a certain political party is at stake in a particular constituency. This is the case with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
By Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala
