Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP
Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP
Ramesh Thakur
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Opinion

Ramesh Thakur

Can South Asia put India-Pakistan hostilities behind to unite for greater good?

  • Hostility between the two giants of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has translated into disarray within the entire group
  • But common threats to its members, such as the coronavirus, poverty and threats to internal security, underscore the urgency to find shared solutions

Ramesh Thakur
Ramesh Thakur

Updated: 12:00pm, 29 Jan, 2021

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Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP
Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, the respective leaders of India and Pakistan, have much work to do to bridge the gap between the two countries. Photo: AFP
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Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur is an emeritus professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University, a fellow at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, a senior research fellow with the Toda Peace Institute, and a former United Nations assistant secretary general.