17/07/2025
🎙️ NEW Episode: Power, Paranoia and Proxy Wars: Michael Kugelman Maps the Strategic Storms of South Asia
South Asia is caught in a whirlwind of rising tensions, geopolitical rivalries, and fragile alliances. From the latest clash between India and Pakistan, to China’s growing influence, and Afghanistan’s ongoing instability under Taliban rule—what’s driving this regional volatility, and what might come next?
In this episode of Geopulse, host Tamim Asey is joined by Michael Kugelman, former Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, to navigate the strategic currents shaping the subcontinent. Kugelman dives deep into Modi’s nationalism, Pakistan’s military-led governance, China’s strategic ambitions, regional repercussions of the Iran–Israel conflict, and the worrying rise of authoritarianism across South Asia.
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