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As conversations and research on Pacific Islands take on a new significance within policy discussions and international collaborations, it is a great privilege to hear from and understand the issues of priorities, perspectives, and urgency within the Pacific Island nations.
Imran Khan’s arrest is another case of business as usual in the country’s frustrating, illiberal democratic experiment.
The ways in which democracies interact with autocracies can also play a role in sustaining repressive regimes. Democratic governments must adopt more holistic approaches that offset the negative implications of international engagement.
While voters across South Asia were once optimistic about the future of democracy, recent political setbacks in the region have dampened these hopes. However, most accounts of democratic backsliding focus on the strategies and tactics of regime incumbents, leaving little room for close study of opposition forces.
The violence on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) has significantly harmed the mental health of the border communities over the past two decades. Given this, the current interval of peace should be utilized to develop and shore up the mental health resources in the border areas.
Program directors share the analysis and papers that stood out in this frenetic year.
China, India, and Pakistan could build predictability in the region and mitigate potential sources of conflict through new measures to manage common-pool resource competition, dangerous behaviors in space, and a range of crises and emergencies.
In a major boost to the lives and livelihoods of border communities, the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India recently removed restrictions on telecom connectivity. For those living along the Line of Control, this means better access to healthcare, educational resources and economic opportunity.
Cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade, which is generally seen only as a confidence-building measure, has benefits for the micro-economy in border areas, which are often overlooked.
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