The Subcontinental - SAV Podcast

Podcast Short - January 2018 Visiting Fellowship by South Asian Voices

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring emerging South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues with a special focus on nuclear issues.

This episode of The Subcontinental podcast features guest Dr. Moeed Pirzada. Pirzada is a well-known television journalist, analyst, and political commentator in Pakistan. Currently, he is Editor, Strategic Affairs, at Dunya News and hosts a show called Tonight with Moeed Pirzada. Previously, he was Director, World Affairs at PTV News and hosted the popular show Sochta Pakistan.

Pirzada joins host Dr. Sameer Lalwani over Skype to discuss Pakistan's response to the United States' new strategy in Afghanistan, and the domestic and foreign policy implications of the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring emerging South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues, with a special focus on nuclear matters.

This special short podcast on The Subcontinental features discussion on the South Asian Voices Visiting Fellowship. SAV Managing Editor, Akriti Vasudeva, interviews the four Summer 2017 SAV Visiting Fellows: Kishwar Munir, Monish Tourangbam, Ruhee Neog, and Yasir Hussain.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring emerging South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues with a special focus on nuclear issues.

This episode of The Subcontinental podcast features three guests: Dr. Manpreet Sethi, a Senior Fellow and head of the Nuclear Security Project at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi, Sadia Tasleem, a lecturer at Quaid-i-Azam University, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies in Islamabad, and the Stimson Center's own Co-Founder Michael Krepon!

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring emerging South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues, with a special focus on nuclear matters.

This special short podcast on The Subcontinental features discussion on the South Asian Voices Visiting Fellowship. Host Dr. Sameer Lalwani gives an overview of what the Fellowship entails. Then, SAV Editor, Akriti Vasudeva, interviews three of the four January 2017 SAV Visiting Fellows: Farhan Siddiqi, Pushan Das, and Mayuri Mukherjee.

The month-long SAV Visiting Fellowship combines writing and research with exposure to the D.C. security community. Fellows meet with senior scholars at universities and think tanks along with leading practitioners working on South Asian security issues in the U.S. government. Research begun by Fellows during their month in D.C. culminates in a presentation in Washington, D.C. and a short co-authored report published by the Stimson Center. Fellows also contribute analysis to SAV during the Fellowship. Twice a year the SAV Editorial Team invites outstanding, regular SAV contributors to apply for a Visiting Fellowship with the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program in Washington, D.C.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring emerging South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues with a special focus on nuclear issues.

This episode of the The Subcontinental podcast features guest Dr. Manoj Joshi. Joshi had a three-decade career in journalism with stints at The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, India Today, Mail Today, The Financial Express, and The Hindu. He was most recently a member of the Task Force on National Security chaired by Naresh Chandra to propose reforms in the security apparatus of the country and previously served on the National Security Advisory Board. Joshi is a graduate from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University and a PhD from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is one of the preeminent strategic thinkers and the author of two books on Kashmir.

Joshi joins Host Dr. Sameer Lalwani on the podcast to discuss current events in South Asia including: implications of the U.S. elections for the subcontinent, tension in South Asia after the Uri attack, the role of China in the region, and the tense situation in Kashmir.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online magazine featuring rising South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia's security, economic, and political issues with a special focus on nuclear issues.

This episode of the The Subcontinental features guest Michael Kugelman. Michael is a senior associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the security, development, and politics of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and on U.S.-South Asian relations. He has edited several volumes on issues such as energy, water, and urbanization in South Asia, and his work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy, The New York Times, and The Diplomat.

Michael Kugelman joins Host Dr. Sameer Lalwani to discuss the spiraling situation in South Asia after the Uri attack, responses to it, and its impact on regional stability. Specifically, they discuss India’s “surgical strikes,” the postponement of the SAARC summit, India potentially reviewing the Most Favored Nation status it has granted Pakistan, and most significantly, the implications of abrogating the Indus Waters Treaty.

Questions submitted by listeners on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #SAVPodcast are also featured!

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online policy platform featuring rising South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues, with a special focus on nuclear matters.

This special short podcast on The Subcontinental features discussion on the South Asian Voices Visiting Fellowship. The month-long SAV Visiting Fellowship combines writing and research with exposure to the D.C. security community. Fellows meet with senior scholars at universities and think tanks along with leading practitioners working on South Asian security issues in the U.S. government. Research begun by Fellows during their month in D.C. culminates in presentation in Washington, D.C. and a short co-authored report published by the Stimson Center. Fellows also contribute analysis to SAV during the Fellowship. Twice a year he SAV Editorial Team invites outstanding, regular SAV contributors to apply for a Visiting Fellowship with the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program in Washington, D.C.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online magazine featuring rising South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues, with a special focus on nuclear matters.

This episode of The Subcontinental features guest Salman Ahmad, the founder of Pakistani rock band Junoon. Salman and his wife, Samina, run the Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative (SSGWI), dedicated to increasing understanding, cooperation and mutual enrichment among cultures. He recently produced the film Open Your Eyes, a documentary about love and life in Nepal, and is the author of Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution.

Salman joins Host Dr. Sameer Lalwani to discuss a number of contemporary issues on the subcontinent including: art as a bridge for building peace with India, social initiatives and domestic insecurity, and the future of Pakistan. Questions submitted by listeners on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #SAVPodcast are also featured! Plus, Salman previews the upcoming silver anniversary album of Junoon, set to come out in August! Want to hear more from Salman and Junoon? Well, Salman graciously allowed The Subcontinental to take its theme music from Junoon's famous "musical conversation" "Jugal Bandi"! Check out the list of links to additional songs at the bottom of the page while you wait for the release of the #Junoon25.

The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in South Asia. SAV is an online magazine featuring rising South Asian analysts. It aims to foster free-flowing, critical debate on South Asia’s security, economic, and political issues, with a special focus on nuclear matters.

This episode of The Subcontinental features guest Professor Stephen Cohen, a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. He joined Brookings after a career as a Professor of political science and history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Professor Cohen joins Host Dr. Sameer Lalwani to discuss a number of contemporary issues on the subcontinent including: civil-military relations, U.S.-Pakistan relations, U.S. India defense cooperation, and Chinese regional expansion. Professor Cohen also answers questions about his newly released book, The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen.

Questions submitted by listeners on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #SAVPodcast are also featured!