Domestic politics play an increasingly important role in shaping and constraining regional security dynamics throughout South Asia. Evolving developments including slowing macroeconomic growth, intensifying nationalism, challenged political institutions, rising populism and social movements, a diminishing U.S. military footprint, and the increasing economic influence and political presence of China have a profound impact on the region. This project leverages Stimson South Asia’s extensive network of regional and international scholars and analysts to explore these developments and their implications for regional interactions and geopolitical competition.
The US–India relationship—described as “a defining partnership for the 21st century”—has seen a dramatic rise over the past two decades.
January 15, 2021
The new administration is likely to be distracted by domestic circumstances; this could pave the way for a greater Indian agenda-setting role in the Indo-Pacific.
November 11, 2020
An in-depth analysis of India’s premier professional military education institution with implications for Indian military strategy
September 30, 2020
Why was India's security establishment blindsided by China and what will India do about it?
August 28, 2020
Since 2013, mass resistance and armed insurgency have returned and grown in India’s Kashmir Valley, partly in response to the government’s failed strategy
August 5, 2020
Reflections on security, economic, and political trends in Kashmir one year after India eliminated the region's semi-autonomy provisions.
August 5, 2020
May 7, 2020
Analysis of the U.S.-Taliban deal and the associated U.S.-Afghan joint statement
March 15, 2020
