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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: The Pakistan – Afghan Taliban rift widens after terror attack on Pakistani military base exposes the Army’s vulnerability

The Pakistan – Afghan Taliban rift widens after terror attack on Pakistani military base exposes the Army’s vulnerability

The terrorist attack that prompted Pakistan’s policy shift targeted the Mianwali Airbase in the early…
Publication: Exodus of Afghan refugees | Pakistan is using poor and vulnerable Afghans as pawns against the Taliban regime

Exodus of Afghan refugees | Pakistan is using poor and vulnerable Afghans as pawns against the Taliban regime

Pakistan’s new deportation policy, which discounts the widely-accepted notions of propriety and human…
Publication: Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan from exile – a repeat of the same damaging political engineering by the establishment

Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan from exile – a repeat of the same damaging political engineering by the establishment

The timing of Sharif’s return was dictated by the turbulent politics and economic disarray Pakistan has…
Publication: Pokhara International Airport, which Nepal insists is not part of China’s BRI, still has all the exploitative BRI aspects

Pokhara International Airport, which Nepal insists is not part of China’s BRI, still has all the exploitative BRI aspects

Many experts are convinced that the Pokhara International Airport is at risk of becoming yet another…
Publication: The many man-made crises across the globe should not detract from the urgent need for assistance to earthquake-hit Afghans

The many man-made crises across the globe should not detract from the urgent need for assistance to earthquake-hit Afghans

The pair of devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquakes that reverberated through western Afghanistan last…
Publication: Mohamed Muizzu’s victory in Presidential run-off brings China back into play, but is that good news for the Maldives?

Mohamed Muizzu’s victory in Presidential run-off brings China back into play, but is that good news for the Maldives?

Chinese activities in the Maldives began to increase noticeably a decade ago, when President Xi Jinping…
Publication: Expansion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor halted by China as Islamabad struggles to put its economy in order

Expansion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor halted by China as Islamabad struggles to put its economy in order

The Pakistani media painted a rather bleak picture of the prospects of further expansion of the China-Pakistan…
Publication: Afghanistan’s natural resources, not the betterment of its people, is driving China’s incessant push towards Kabul

Afghanistan’s natural resources, not the betterment of its people, is driving China’s incessant push towards Kabul

China this past week also formally posted a new envoy to Afghanistan, thereby becoming the first country…