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Project

South Asian Voices

A platform for strategic analysis featuring emerging scholars and practitioners from across Southern Asia

About the Project

South Asian Voices (SAV) provides a platform for emerging policy analysts and academics from the region to engage in critical inquiry and free-flowing debate on South Asia’s security, political, and economic affairs. Contributors put forth innovative analysis, challenge misperceptions, and engage in respectful, thoughtful commentary to enhance understanding of the region. The project publishes a wide breadth of articles, providing greater visibility and deepened debate across borders to a rising generation of strategic thinkers on the Subcontinent and beyond.

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South Asian Voices

SAV seeks to encourage emerging policy analysts and academics from the region to engage in critical inquiry and free-flowing debate on South Asia’s security, political, and economic affairs.

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Project Team

Akriti (Vasudeva) Kalyankar Akriti (Vasudeva) Kalyankar Fellow Andrew Gordan Andrew Gordan Former Junior Fellow Elizabeth Zazycki Elizabeth Zazycki Former Junior Fellow Jupiter Huang Jupiter Huang Former Junior Fellow

Akriti (Vasudeva) Kalyankar

Fellow

Elizabeth Zazycki

Former Junior Fellow

Akriti (Vasudeva) Kalyankar

Fellow

Elizabeth Zazycki

Former Junior Fellow

Research & Writing

Recent Publications

Resource

TRANSCRIPT – BNP Returns to Power: Assessing the Results and Implications of Bangladesh’s Elections

Resource

TRANSCRIPT – Democratizing AI: Conceptualizing US-India Collaboration

Resource

TRANSCRIPT – South Asia 2025: A Year of Shocks and Shifts

Commentary

India-Pakistan Cyber Skirmishes and the Challenge of Attribution

By Kashoon Leeza
Commentary

Assessing Cyber Risks and Resilience in India and Pakistan

Arindrajit Basu
Commentary

SAV Q&A with Bidushi Dhungel: Nepal’s Political Revolution and Quest for a More Equitable Future

Commentary

Cyber Quicksand? Uncharted Risks and Escalatory Dynamics in a Future India-Pakistan Crisis

Haleema Saadia
Resource

TRANSCRIPT – Taliban Rule and Regional Realignments Four Years On

Commentary

Implications of Recent US Trade Policy for India and South Asia

Elizabeth Threlkeld
Commentary

How the United States and India can Promote Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace Through the Quad

Lokendra Sharma
Commentary

How Does International Law Byte into Pakistan’s Cyber Governance?

Gulraiz Iqbal
Commentary

Protecting Critical Infrastructure in South Asia: Cyber Threats and Solutions

Ambika Vishwanath

Sub-Projects

There are no subprojects associated with this project.

Events

Past Event

Taliban Rule and Regional Realignments Four Years On

The Taliban’s August 2021 return to power in Afghanistan dramatically altered regional geopolitics and security dynamics across South Asia. Four years later, the country’s economic recovery is precarious, restrictions on women and girls…

  • August 15, 2025
  • 10:00 - 11:15 AM ET (US Eastern)
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Past Event

Climate Diplomacy in South Asia: Transboundary Challenges, Collective Solutions

Full Event Transcript (PDF) Climate change has no borders. In the face of escalating climate-induced vulnerabilities and transboundary disasters, South Asian states find themselves at a crossroads where regional cooperation is imperative for…

  • May 1, 2024
  • 9:00 - 10:00 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online Only

Past Event

China in South Asia: Understanding Beijing’s Evolving Influence in Smaller South Asian States

You can read the full transcript here. The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s trillion-dollar global infrastructure project, marks a decade this year. This anniversary provides an opportune moment to reflect on the local…

  • October 31, 2023
  • 9:00 - 10:15 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online Only

Past Event

China in South Asia: Examining Beijing’s Strategic Role in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Read the full event transcript here. The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan marked a significant shift in the economic, political, and security make up of South and Central Asia. With Afghanistan and Pakistan…

  • July 26, 2023
  • 9:00 - 10:00 AM (US Eastern)
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