ISAS Insights

We are in the midst of a rapidly changing world where old paradigms are shifting, and traditional alliances and linkages are also transforming. Tensions in some parts of the world are rising. At such a time it is incumbent upon the States of South Asia not to allow their energies to be sapped by crises and disputes peripheral to their interests and to focus, instead, on progress and development in their own region, expand cooperation and connectivity, or run the risk of lagging far behind other parts of the contemporary world.