Gateway House is represented at the Nepal-India Think Tank Summit by our Fellow, National Security Studies and Director, Centre for International Security, Sameer Patil. The summit received wide coverage by the local press including a mention of Gateway House in Read more

Religious parties, some of them founded by anti-India terrorist groups, have dramatically risen to the fore in the Pakistan elections held this week. The 2018 polls mark a milestone as the military has enabled their entry into the political mainstream

The postponing of high level ‘2+2′ talks are setbacks, but they could be temporary, said our security expert Sameer Patil in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s South Asia Bureau Chief, Bill Spindle. Read the full article here.

Our security expert, Sameer Patil, was quoted in Al-Jazeera on this year’s Amarnath Yatra  taking place with an enhanced threat perception and robust security measures. Read the full article here.

Our Fellow for National Security Studies, Sameer Patil, was mentioned and quoted in a write-up on his most recent article on China’s increasing influence in Ladakh. Read the full article here.

Border regions and communities, some of them far from the heartland, constitute India’s first line of defence, a critical link in its national security. India’s 15,000-km borders touch seven neighbouring countries: Afghanistan (abutting Gilgit), Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar. Border regions have their own local dynamics, often shaped by subnational and religious identities that do not necessarily align neatly with political borders. Some also serve as flourishing corridors for illegal smuggling of goods and humans. Technology plays an important role in better protecting borders, but in some cases it has made borders obsolete. Despite their importance, border regions do not receive the full attention of the Indian mainstream, except when border tensions arise.

With India distracted in the Kashmir Valley, the critical border region of Ladakh has become a target of Chinese attention. Beijing appears to be exploiting Buddhist sectarian rivalries as it did in Tibet

Our Defense expert, Sameer Patil, was quoted in Anadolu Agency, in an article analysing cautious approach to changes in India-China bilateral ties. Read the full article here.