Amna Saqib

Oct 22, 2024 | southasianvoices.org | Upamanyu Basu |Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed |Amna Saqib

On September 12, India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, to discuss tensions along the disputed India-China border, also called the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The meeting highlighted the stark difference between New Delhi and Beijing in terms of the urgency that they each accord to the resolution of the border dispute.

Oct 3, 2024 | southasianvoices.org | Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed |Upamanyu Basu |Amna Saqib

On 23 August, 2024, a small Indian drone was spotted across the Line of Control in the airspace over Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a reminder of the ever-present tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. While Pakistan claims it shot down the drone, India asserts that the drone inadvertently strayed due to a malfunction. This episode, though, is emblematic of a larger and more concerning trend—the rapid militarization of drone technology in South Asia.