Articles By Dr Priyanka Singh
Pakistan’s Dam Despair
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 24 Jan , 2018
The Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) project to be built in Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is showing signs of distress yet again with Pakistan’s November 2017 decision not to let the...
Why disclaiming Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is not prudent
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Date: 13 Dec , 2017
Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah recently raised a furore by stating: “I tell them in plain terms– not only the people of India, but also to the world – that the part (of...
US-Pakistan ties at a Crossroads
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 12 Sep , 2017
Amidst high anticipation, on August 21, 2017, US President Donald Trump unveiled his strategy on Afghanistan and South Asia. Given the new strategy’s continued commitment to the previously-held...
China-Pakistan Water Axis on the Indus
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 21 Jul , 2017
Before the Belt and Road summit held at Beijing in mid-May 2017, several memoranda of understanding (MoU) were finalised between China and Pakistan. Significant among these was an agreement to...
Severing Gilgit-Baltistan’s Kashmir link
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 21 Apr , 2017
In late March 2017, a motion tabled in the British Parliament titled “Annexation of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan as its fifth frontier” stridently condemned Pakistan for attempting to...
India’s Participation in CPEC: The Ifs and Buts
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 20 Feb , 2017
At the recently concluded Raisina Dialogue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that “only by respecting the sovereignty of countries involved, can regional connectivity corridors fulfil their...
CPEC: Corridor of Discontent
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 27 Nov , 2016
The flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative – the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been seen as a ‘game changer’ in the regional geopolitical discourse since its formal...
Beyond Cartographic Assertion: A Roadmap on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Aug , 2016
Most of India’s geopolitical vexations stem from a contested northern periphery, entailing disputes born either in the aftermath of independence or inherited from British rule. Principal among...
Inserting PoK into the Kashmir Conundrum
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 04 May , 2016
Enwrapped in the conventional atmospherics of cautious optimism at one level and politico-diplomatic acrimony at another, the recent meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan...
Gilgit Baltistan as Fifth Province: Reconciling with the Status Quo?
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Date: 08 Mar , 2016
A high level committee in Islamabad is cogitating over a proposal to amalgamate Gilgit Baltistan as Pakistan’s fifth province. Previously referred to as Northern Areas, Gilgit Baltistan...
Will Diamer Bhasha Dam get a share in the CPEC Pie?
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Date: 27 Jan , 2016
In early January 2016, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, emphasised his government’s commitment towards the much anticipated, controversial and delayed Diamer...
Gilgit Baltistan: Province, No Province?
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 13 Jan , 2016
Gilgit Baltistan, part of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), has been subjected to political and constitutional exclusion. It remained disenfranchised and was denied representative governance for...
Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: The Future Trajectory
By: Dr Priyanka Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 30 Sep , 2015
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) historically belonged to the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Soon after the partition of India in 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir...