India-Pakistan Competition News & Analysis

Rhetoric or Reality? Unpacking Lashkar-e-Taiba Terror Warnings against India

Elite Indian PARA Commandos, modified, Panky2sharma / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_PARA4.jpg

Operation Sindoor changed the game for proxy terrorist attacks within India, and Pakistan-based groups are starting to adapt their tactics.

China’s Wakhan Corridor Dilemma: Economic Development or Security?

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China is moving forward on the development of the Wakhan Corridor, creating a direct land link with Afghanistan. Yet the slow pace of cooperation reflects justified concerns over the security of the route.

Breaking the Dam: How India Can Abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty

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Exploring the legal arguments behind India potentially abrogating the Indus Waters Treaty - an agreement with no formal exit clause.

Will India Strike Back? Strategic Fallout of the Kashmir Attack

US DOD, modified, Soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 2nd Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, stand in formation. After ascending Chaperi Mountain, they discovered no survivors of the Kam Air flight that crashed Feb. 4. The team shifted its operation to a victim recovery operation. The ANA will support the International Security Assistance Force in the recovery efforts when weather will permit helicopter flight to the area. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mack Davis, USA

Assessing limited strikes, geographic constraints, and the nuclear ceiling amid rising tensions following the Kashmir attack of April 22.

Unrest in Bangladesh: The Collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s Government

Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee amid ongoing unrest in Bangladesh; cc DelwarHossain, modified, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheikh_Hasina_2023.jpg

A wave of political unrest in Bangladesh has brought down the longstanding government of Sheikh Hasina, and the path forward remains unclear.

Backgrounder: Student Protests in Bangladesh

CC Sharahdraws, The government has deployed riot police who fired tear gas and charged with batons on Tuesday during violent clashes between the protesters and a pro-government student group. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Students_Attacked_in_2024_Bangladesh_Quota_Reform_Movement_(3).png

While student protests in Bangladesh have managed to partially achieve their initial goal of eroding the post-independence job quota system, the movement’s wider political objectives of regime change will likely remain out-of-reach.

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