Michael Kugelman is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief and a senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council. An analyst of the region for nearly two decades, he previously directed the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center.
Activists from the Hindu right-wing political party Shiv Sena (UBT) take part in a protest against an India-Pakistan cricket match in Mumbai on Sept. 14.
A man shouts with both hands raised in the air, pointing his index fingers at the sky, as he walks in front of a flaming pile of tires at the center of a city street. A crowd of people—mostly young men—stand circled around the tires, partly obscured by wafts of black smoke.
Bangladeshi Advisor for Foreign Affairs Md. Touhid Hossain addresses a press conference after a bilateral meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 24.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, on Feb. 13.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama leaves a prayer ceremony celebrating his 90th birthday at the main Tibetan temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamshala, India.
Dozens of people stand around a flaming pile of fabric in the middle of a road. The sky overhead is dim and cloudy; it appears to be dusk. One man standing behind the fire has his arms raised, as if in celebration.
