Articles by TCA Raghavan
Multiple crisis vectors destabilising Pakistan
The glue of self-interest binds the government and the military firmly together.

Updated on Dec 02, 2024 08:15 PM IST
The many voices of the Quit India Movement
Apart from the geopolitics, the high politics and internal dynamics of the Congress of that time, many other stories emerged from the movement launched on August 8, 1942

Published on Aug 10, 2024 09:08 PM IST
Making sense of the Islamabad mandate
A government with doubts about its legitimacy makes it difficult to be optimistic about Pakistan in the short term

Published on Feb 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Strategic mistrust key to Iran-Pak relations
Both countries have sought to maintain the veneer of a harmonious bilateral ties as befitting neighbouring Islamic nations with historical associations.

Published on Jan 22, 2024 04:16 PM IST
In Pakistan, new script, old actors
Nawaz Sharif’s homecoming seems to be part of a structured script that underwrites the country’s politics and the fluid nature of its civil-military relations

Published on Oct 25, 2023 10:16 PM IST
In transition, Pak set for more turbulence
Pakistan’s future will get some sense of clarity as it prepares to be guided by a caretaker government. But more fissures remain for the distressed country

Published on Aug 11, 2023 07:58 AM IST
Don’t hold out hope for better ties with Pakistan
India-Pak relationship is minimally stable. But the political flux in Pak, the troubles of the army and terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir do not bode well

Updated on May 08, 2023 06:42 PM IST
Musharraf leaves behind a tangled political legacy
Musharraf also came to realise that stability in Pakistan would remain precarious if its western and eastern borders were simultaneously active. Egged on by the US, he showed a willingness to engage with India that left many flabbergasted

Updated on Feb 07, 2023 08:48 AM IST
Maintain equanimity in dealing with Pakistan
Recent statements by Pakistan PM Sharif on bilateral ties come at a time when the country is mired in political and economic uncertainties. While not letting its guard down, it won’t be wrong to view this development positively

Published on Jan 19, 2023 07:47 PM IST
Pakistan’s period of calm is temporary
The recent appointment of a new army chief has stemmed the turmoil, but only temporarily, in Pakistan. Only an election can settle the political conflict. Till then, contestations will continue, and India will have to remain alert

Updated on Dec 07, 2022 08:11 PM IST
Pakistan is battling headwinds, yet again
Imran Khan’s decision to take on the army and whip up popular opinion has coincided with the retirement of army chief Qamar Bajwa at the end of November. This sets the stage for protracted uncertainty at a time the country is facing a raft of economic and social problems

Updated on Oct 27, 2022 07:36 PM IST
Pakistan’s immediate future looks bleak
It is clear that a smooth transition will be resisted at every stage, including by those loyalists who hold high office, beginning with the President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, who proceeded on leave rather than administer the oath of office to the new PM-elect

Updated on Apr 12, 2022 07:24 PM IST
Pakistan’s opposition, public increasingly irked by the military’s role in politics
Whether this present front of opposition unity and better atmospherics between the leaders of the PML-(N) and the PPP, therefore, heralds something new happening in Pakistan is too early to say.

Published on Sep 28, 2020 07:54 PM IST
Balakot highlighted lowering of India’s threshold on terror
In many ways, the Balakot strike shares features with the 1965 India-Pakistan war. Many in the international community saw our response as a dangerous escalation of a localised conflict over Kashmir to the full spectrum of an India-Pakistan war.

Updated on Feb 14, 2020 05:08 AM IST
HTLS 2019: Knowledge is essential to create $5-trillion economy
Knowledge production and foreign policy go hand in hand. Thus, stronger investment in the university system will ensure multidisciplinary and indigenously driven scholarship.

Updated on Nov 26, 2019 04:14 PM IST
India has done well to go ahead with Kartarpur | Opinion
Security concerns should be addressed. But they cannot be allowed to trump landmark political initiatives

Updated on Nov 11, 2019 08:03 PM IST
Opinion | What the US-Iran tensions mean for India
The recent spike in tensions between the United States (US) and Iran has a familiar ring to it. But that does not reduce the risks for the two parties as well as the other countries in the region and beyond it. Hydrocarbon flows through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian or Arabian Gulf have been a permanent cause of worry when the US-Iran relations have moved into the high-tension zone.

Updated on Jul 04, 2019 11:58 AM IST
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Pakistan is on a path of its own
Downturns in relations with India often have their origins in the internal civil-military equations in Pakistan and this is a factor which we have no real policy instrument to deal with

Updated on Jun 13, 2019 03:45 PM IST
Islamabad must now act decisively on terror
It is high time that Pakistan recognised the incubation of several terrorist groups operating on its territory.

Updated on Mar 07, 2019 07:31 AM IST
In 2019, India must be open to opportunities and vigilant against threats
The challenge for 2019 and indeed for the years ahead is of how to interface with this new power within us and which effects all equations with our neighbours or will inevitably do so

Updated on Dec 28, 2018 09:35 AM IST
Global scrutiny may not bring changes in Pakistan
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: The Mumbai carnage saw an international condemnation that cut across all divisions in demanding that action be taken against its planners and perpetrators. None of that happened

Updated on Nov 25, 2018 08:03 AM IST
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Opinion | India must lead the way but also step aside in South Asia
Regional engagements have their own logic and it is to our advantage to follow that logic to the full. Our neighbourhood has never been so narrowly defined.

Updated on Oct 04, 2018 12:15 PM IST
1988 and the beginning of the Barelvi assertion
The Barelvis asserted themselves as a political force in the recent Pakistan general election carving out space for themselves in the area hitherto occupied by mainstream Islamist parties many of whom are affiliated to the Deobandis. Massive demonstrations of street power have generally characterized Barelvi assertion in Pakistan in the past two years.

Published on Sep 22, 2018 06:31 PM IST
For Imran Khan, the real battle against Nawaz Sharif lies in the villages and towns of Punjab
As Pakistan heads for its next general election, Khan’s strengths are obvious. For his followers, he retains the aura of the cricket captain and represents the principle of merit and performance

Updated on Jun 21, 2018 08:02 AM IST
Nawaz Sharif’s comments expose Pakistan’s duplicitous stand on terrorism
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s comments on the Mumbai 26/11 attacks trial expose the civil-military tensions in Pakistan

Updated on May 25, 2018 08:26 AM IST
What Indo-Pacific means for India
It is the most recent and the most nebulous (in terms of defining with clarity), and the most straightforwardly strategic in its orientation. From an Indian perspective, it appears a natural evolution of our ‘Look/Act policy’ as an increasingly larger share of our GDP is accounted for by external trade of which a growing proportion traverses through this region. The term also has obvious linkages to ‘Asia Pacific’, which has been in use for a long time but with the obvious difference that the Indo-Pacific strongly evokes a maritime perspective.

Updated on Mar 31, 2018 03:25 PM IST
Pakistan remains the epicentre of terror and unrest
Pressure from the United States on Pakistan is after a series of terror attacks in Afghanistan; and this is likely to continue

Updated on Feb 15, 2018 12:23 PM IST
India-Asean ties: An incremental relationship that’s set to move ahead
As seen in history, India-Asean ties will be influenced by the wider world, and it will be test the strength of this relationship. The China factor must be seen in this context

Updated on Jan 24, 2018 06:32 PM IST
Another December in Pakistan: A legacy of accumulated history
This December is however also witnessing an intense contest between a weakened government and what appears to be the rest of Pakistan’s political spectrum. Is this the normal raised level of static as the country enters the last lap before the general election? Or is the next act of the so called ‘creeping coup’?

Updated on Dec 23, 2017 08:30 AM IST
This political turmoil in Pakistan marks the coming out of the Barelvis
The Barelvis are generally regarded as pluralistic and adherents of a softer, more moderate approach; although this image is gradually changing much like everything else in Pakistan

Updated on Dec 05, 2017 08:36 AM IST
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