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South Asia Chat

South Asia Chat podcast series will feature conversations with analysts, academics and thought leaders on topical issues impacting South Asia.

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Episode 111: Lakhimpur Kheri Violence

South Asia Chat ·

2021/11/02

The violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on 3 October 2021 led to the death of eight people, including four farmers. The subsequent arrest of Ashish Mishra, son of Minister of State in Ministry of Home Affairs Ajay Mishra, with murder charges in connection to the violence has resulted in intense politicking. To discuss the incident and its implications on the upcoming state elections in Uttar Pradesh early next year, Dr Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Politics, Society and

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Episode 110: Civil-Military Discord

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2021/10/26

In early October, the Pakistan Army's media arm announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum as the new Chief of the Inter Services Intelligence taking over from Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, who had been posted as the Peshawar Corps Commander. However, despite the passage of days, the notification confirming the new appointment has not be issued by Prime Minister Imran Khan's Office highlighting a strain in the relationship between the civil and military institutions. Dr

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Episode 109: Political Chaos in Punjab

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2021/10/19

Punjab has witnessed hectic political activity in the past few weeks after its chief minisiter, Amarinder Singh, resigned citing continued humiliation by the central Congress leadership. He has been replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi while former cricketer-turned-politician Navjyot Singh Sidhu remains the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. To explain these developments and the implications it will have on the state politics, we spoke to Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Professor and Chairperson

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Episode 108: Sri Lanka‘s New Strategy In India

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2021/10/12

In July 2021, Sri Lanka released a new Integrated Country Strategy 2021/2023 for its diplomatic missions in India, with an overarching goal to continuously maintain the momentum of the existing partnership between both countries and to elevate it to the level of a "special relationship". The document lays down seven mission goals including strengthening bilateral ties, increasing foreign investment, enhancing connectivity, promoting ocean resources and expanding strategic and cultural cooperation

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Episode 107: New Political Party in Pakistan

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2021/10/05

In early September, a new political party, the National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Pashtun leader Mohsin Dawar, was formed in Pakistan. This party sought to promote a federal democratic system and oppose the growing militarisation of the country. It has also been launched within a few weeks of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan. To discuss the role and the future of the NDM, we spoke to Dr Iqbal Singh Sevea, Visiting Research Associate Professor at ISAS. He is also an Associate Professor of

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Episode 106: Quad Summit and Indo-US Relations

South Asia Chat ·

2021/09/28

The first in-person meeting of the Quad leaders was held on 24 September 2021 followed by bilateral meetings between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and American President Joe Biden. The Quad statement clearly spelt out various areas of co-operation including vaccine diplomcy, climate change, new technologies and people-to-people engagement amongst others. Similarly, many of these issues also found place in the bilateral disccussions between the leaders. Prof C Raja Mohan, Director at ISAS,

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Episode 105: NMP - A Good Move?

South Asia Chat ·

2021/09/21

The Indian government recently announced the four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) aimed at unlocking the value of investments in brownfield public sector assets by tapping institutional and long-term capital. Through this, it expects to raise ₹6-lakh crore, that will go a long way in shoring up the economy. To share his views on the NMP and the challenges that the government would have to overcome to make it a success, we spoke to Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, Non-resident Senior Research

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Episode 104: Unravelling India‘s Economic Data

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2021/09/14

The Indian government recently released the economic growth numbers for the first quarter of 2022, with the gross domestic product growth standing at 20.1 per cent. But do these indicate a real revival of the economy? Dr Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow; and Research Lead (Trade and Economics) discusses the impact of several key issues such as inflation, low consumer spending, revival of key sectors and government's recent measures to boost the economy.

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Episode 103: BIMSTEC – The Way Ahead

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2021/09/07

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. While it was set up on 1997, it became active only in the late 2016. Recently the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, brought out an edited volume titled BIMSTEC: The Journey and Way Forward, which examines various aspects of this grouping. We spoke to Dr Sreeradha Datta, editor of this book to discuss the organisation’s

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Episode 102: Political Churn In Nepal

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2021/08/31

In the recent weeks, Nepal has witnessed many political changes with Mr Sher Bahadur Deuba replacing Mr KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister. A new Common Minimum Programme was also launched which touched upon issues relating to national interest, such as the border dispute with India, water resources and unfavourable treaties. To discuss the political and economic implications of these developments and what the future holds for Nepal, we spoke to Dr Nischal Pandey, a Non Resident Senior Fellow at ISAS

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Episode 101: Destination Lakshadweep

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2021/08/24

A slew of proposals were recently announced by Lakshadweep’s new administrator Praful Khoda Patel, which included land transfers without guaranteed compensation, banning panchayat poll aspirants with more than two children and inviting global tenders to develop eco-tourism. These proposed measures have invited opposition from all around. To discuss the implications of these announcements, Nithya Subramanian, Editor, ISAS spoke to Mr Shakti Sinha. Non-resident Senior Fellow at the institute. Mr Sinha

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Episode 100: The Return of the Taliban

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2021/08/17

With the Taliban taking over Kabul, Afghan politics and society will witness many challenges and changes. However the rapid pace of Taliban takeover was something that was not fathomed by either the United States or any other country. Discussing the run up to these developments, explaining the Taliban leadership structure and also the issues faced by the erstwhile Ashraf Ghani's presidency, Dr Imran Ahmed, Visiting Research Fellow at ISAS spoke to Dr Haroun Rahimi, Assistant Professor of Law, The

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Episode 99: Subscribe, Unsubscribe?

South Asia Chat ·

2021/08/10

The Indian government recently announced a new set of rules to hold social media companies and OTT platforms accountable for content. While the government believes that these will prevent the "misuse and abuse" of these platforms, others feel that they are aimed at policing the Big Tech companies. To discuss various facets of these new guidelines, Dr Karthik Nachiappan, Research Fellow at ISAS spoke to Dr Narayan Lakshman, Associate Editor, the Hindu and Prof Nalin Mehta, Dean, School of Modern

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Episode 98: The Kashmir Issue

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2021/08/03

Territorial disputes over the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan have been going on since 1947. To discuss the current situation in the four major regions of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan as well as the recent initiatives taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, we spoke to Mr Sanjeev Tripathi, former Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's premier intelligence agency. Mr Tripathi not only provides a good background to the problem here but also makes

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Episode 97: The Future of Afghanistan

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2021/07/27

Following President Joe Biden's announcement in April, more than 90 per cent of its troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan. With no substantial progress in the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the country faces an uncertain future. In this epsiode, Dr Imran Ahmed, Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS, speaks to Dr Srinjoy Bose on the impact of the American withdrawal, an advancing Taliban and other recent developments in the region. Dr Bose is Senior Lecturer in

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Episode 96: Disaster in the High Seas

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2021/07/21

On 20 May 2021, Sri Lanka witnessed the worst marine environment disaster in its waters. The X-Press Pearl, a cargo ship carrying chemicals that caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka, has left in its wake an environmental disaster that the island nation will have to live with for several decades. To discuss the environmental and economic consequences of the incident, Dr Chulanee Attanayake, Research Fellow at ISAS, spoke to Dr Ranil Nanayakkara. Dr Nanayakkara is a conservation biologist

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Episode 95: Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Currency Swap

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2021/07/13

Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh’s central bank, has in principle approved a S$200 million currency swap agreement with Sri Lanka, which will help Colombo deal with its foreign exchange crisis. This is unusual since Bangladesh, which has only recently qualified for graduation from the list of Least Developed Countries, has not been viewed so far as a provider of financial assistance to other countries. To discuss various aspects of the currency swap arrangement, including the changing economic balance of

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Episode 94: From Tourism to Terrorism

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2021/07/06

The recent bomb attack on former President Mohamed Nasheed clearly indicates the wave of radicalisation sweeping the Maldives. Some of the factors that have led to this development include socio-economic ills, societal tensions and political polarisations that have created social exclusions, especially among the youth. To discuss more on the impact of radicalistion, Amit Ranjan, Research Fellow at ISAS spoke to Dr Azim Zahir, Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Discipline of Political

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Episode 93: How China and Pakistan Negotiate

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2021/06/22

Since its official launch in April 2015, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the "flagship project" under Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative. While there has been much discussion on the geopolitical implications of this project, very little attention has been paid to how the two countries negotiate the terms of the CPEC deal. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently published a paper on this subject authored by Prof Katharine Adeney, Director of the

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Episode 92: India's New Vaccine Policy

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2021/06/15

Recently the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new vaccine policy wherein the central government would procure 75 per cent of the vaccines leaving 25 per cent for the private sector at a higher price. This is a departure from an earlier announcement where the Centre had allowed the States to procure vaccines independently. To share more insights into this policy and how India is ramping up vaccine supply, we spoke to Mr Vinod Rai, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at ISAS.

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