Asia

We, the undersigned, express our concern regarding the deteriorating state of democracy in Indonesia.

As the dust settles after the latest clash between India and Pakistan, Ammar Ali Jan reflects on its wider significance.

Sonny Melencio — The situation can be summarised as follows: “All the forces of heaven and hell are in formation, ready for the battle to come.” 

The India-Pakistan war is apparently over for now — but it has not stopped for peaceniks, recounts Farooq Sulehria.

Dipankar Bhattacharya — Events from the terrorist attack in Pahalgam to the announced ceasefire have given rise to questions regarding India's national security and foreign policy.

Feminists from India and Pakistan call for immediate de-escalation, dialogue, and justice in the wake of renewed hostilities between the two nations.

Farooq Sulehria — While the hawks dominate the mosque and media in Pakistan, the hearts and minds of Pakistan’s ordinary people have always been captivated by her Dervish poets.

Ammar Ali Jan discusses the current India-Pakistan ceasefire deal, self-determination for Kashmir and steps towards peace in the region. 

Farooq Tariq — Many friends and comrades have asked if I think a full-fledged war is now erupting between two nuclear-armed neighbours. My reply has been that war has already started.

Chris Slee — ‘China in Global Capitalism’ is an excellent introduction to China today, which looks at the nature of Chinese society and the reasons for China’s growing conflict with the United States.

Statements by Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation, Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist Liberation, Haqooq-e-Khalq Party (Pakistan), Southasia Peace Action Network, and Asia Europe People’s Forum on the escalating threat of an India-Pakistan war.

The struggle in Arakan is not merely a local ethnic or sectarian clash but a microcosm of Myanmar’s broader civil war, where competing nationalisms, geopolitical interests and survival instincts collide.