Region
South Asia
Demography, growth, development, security and strategic rivalries across South Asia.
4 published articles
Overview
South Asia contains some of the world’s most populous societies and fastest-growing economies. The region is shaped by demographic growth, industrialisation, social transformation, territorial tensions and expanding power ambitions. This section examines development trajectories, economic policy, security balances and the region’s integration into international trade.
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Southeast Asia Is Diversifying Its Factories, but Not Yet Industrial Power
The global redistribution of manufacturing does not necessarily imply a redistribution of economic power. Across Southeast Asia, the expansion of battery, electric vehicle and clean energy technology industries reveals a fundamental contradiction in contemporary globalization: pr
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South AsiaPakistan–Afghanistan: The Border Disappears
For a long time, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan was above all a disputed line on a map. It separated two states without truly separating the populations, commercial networks, tribes or armed groups moving across the Durand Line.
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South AsiaIndus: When Water Stops Being a Treaty
For more than sixty years, an invisible boundary ran through the conflict between India and Pakistan. It separated neither territories nor armies. It separated politics from water.
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South AsiaIndia: The Rise of a Civilizational Power in a Changing World Order
Part I — A Civilization Older Than the Modern State India cannot be understood solely through the prism of the modern state established in 1947. Its contemporary influence is rooted in a civilization that stretches back several millennia, making it one of the oldest continuous ci