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    India and the United States: Pax Silica and the AI Partnership

    India’s entry into the United States (US)-led Pax Silica Initiative and the…

    C Raja Mohan

    23 February 2026 View All

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    India’s AI Diplomacy through the AI Impact Summit

    India’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit in February 2026 illustrates how New…

    Karthik Nachiappan

    23 February 2026 View All

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    Between Continuity and Transformation:
    Interpreting Bangladesh’s Election

    Bangladesh’s election on 12 February 2026 returned a familiar dynastic party to…

    Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Ul Haque

    23 February 2026 View All

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    Bangladesh’s New Government:
    Navigating Challenges on Multiple Fronts

    The newly elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party confronts a…

    Amit Ranjan

    23 February 2026 View All

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    Trump’s Board of Peace:
    Pakistan’s Strategic Calculus

    Pakistan’s participation in the United States (US)-led Board of Peace (BoP), a…

    Vinay Kaura

    23 February 2026 View All

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    Structural Ties, Political Change:
    Bangladesh, China and the Next Government

    China’s growing economic and political presence in Bangladesh is embedded in the…

    Imran Ahmed, Mriganika Singh Tanwar

    11 February 2026 View All

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    Bangladesh’s Post-Uprising Political Order:
    Resurgence of Jamaat-e-Islami

    Jamaat-e-Islami’s resurgence reflects the broader transformation of Bangladesh’s political landscape following the…

    Imran Ahmed, Mriganika Singh Tanwar

    10 February 2026 View All

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    Bangladesh’s Election and Referendum:
    Contesting Reform and Political Futures

    Bangladesh’s election in February 2026 is taking place alongside a national referendum…

    Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Ul Haque

    9 February 2026 View All

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    Five Years after the Galwan Clashes:
    Reassessing India’s Indian Ocean Strategy

    The Indian Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs recently concluded a year-long assessment…

    Sandeep Bhardwaj

    9 February 2026 View All

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    Indian Budget 2026-27:
    Focus on Stability and Fiscal Prudence

    The Indian Budget 2026-27, presented on 1 February 2026, can be seen…

    Vinod Rai

    3 February 2026 View All

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    ISAS Seminar: “Turkey in South Asia: Turkey’s Growing Political, Military, and Economic Role in South Asia”

    A/P Murat Aslan

    12 February 2026

    Call for Papers: Asian Think Tank Network Forum 2026

    Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains:
    The Strategic Role of FDI

    6-8 October 2026 | ISAS, Singapore

    The Asian Development Bank, under its Asian Think Tank Network (ATTN) platform, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank Institute, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and its Asia Training and Research Network, and the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Singapore, is organising a project titled ‘Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains: The Strategic Role of FDI’.

    The project has two main objectives:

    • To address knowledge gaps on how foreign direct investment can strengthen resilient and sustainable supply chains and support Asia-Pacific economies in upgrading within global value chains.
    • To build research capacity in developing countries to support evidence-based policymaking.

    The initiative will provide small grants (US$1,000) to selected authors to develop research papers under the mentorship of established scholars. Papers will be presented at the ATTN Forum 2026, to be held at ISAS, Singapore, from 6 to 8 October 2026.

    Up to 15 abstracts (due 15 April 2026) will be selected. Authors must submit a 5,000-word draft by 15 June 2026, revise it following review, and submit a final version by 15 August 2026. Ten papers will be selected for full presentation at the Forum.

    For further details on the ‘Call for Papers’, please click here!



    ISAS Turns 20
    This year marks a significant milestone for all of us at ISAS. We celebrate the Institute's 20th anniversary. We have planned several exciting initiatives and events during the course of the year to commemorate this momentous occasion. Look out for these announcements on the ISAS website and social media platforms.

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    In Memoriam

    We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of ISAS Honorary Fellow and former Visiting Research Professor, Professor Riaz Ul Hassan. On behalf of all of us at ISAS, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Professor Hassan’s family.

    Podcasts

    Episode 311: The 2026 Bangladesh Elections and Referendum
    23 February 2026

    In this episode, we dive into Bangladesh’s February 12 elections and referendum—a pivotal moment that brought a familiar party back to power while calling for deep structural change. The central question is whether a status-quo political force can carry forward an agenda born out of anti-establishment protest, and what this means for Bangladesh’s democratic trajectory. To discuss this unfolding situation, Saeeduddin Faridi, Research Analyst, ISAS-NUS is in conversation with Professor Asif M. Shahan, Professor, Department of Development Studies, Dhaka University and Senior Research Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development. They discuss the expectations around institutional reforms, the fragmented political landscape in the country, issues of inclusion and representation and the foreign policy challenges.

    Professor Asif M Shahan

    Department of Development Studies, Dhaka University

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