The centre’s South Asia blog features in-depth analyses of political developments in South Asia, authored by the centre’s members and their collaborators. Read on below!
A new special issue of the Journal of Bangladesh Studies edited by CSAD members Arild Engelsen Ruud and Mubashar Hasan analyses the drivers and dynamics that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.
A new book details how autocratic regimes in South Asia and elsewhere seek to silence critics across borders.
New research by Laur Kiik explores dictatorship and democracy in Burma (Myanmar) through a close-up study of ethnic-minority villages around a famous Chinese mega-project.
A new special issue of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics puts the spotlight on the rise in violence against Indian Christians.
New research by Jostein Jakobsen sheds light on the socio-political consequences of India's integration into the global food regime.
A new edited book puts the spotlight on the dynamics and inequalities of urban expansion in diverse South Asian contexts.
New research by Ankita Barthwal and Francesca R. Jensenius debunks the myth of the fickle-minded Indian voter and examines the deeper ideological reasons that underlie party preferences.
An uprising brought down the long-entrenched autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina last year. Arild Engelsen Ruud and Mubashar Hasan discuss if this is an opportunity for Bangladesh to become democratic once more.
Kenneth Bo Nielsen and M. Sudhir Selvaraj analyse how and why India’s Hindu nationalists seek to criminalise religious conversions.
