From Ladakh to Kathmandu to Jakarta: Gen Z protests surge across South Asia

Youth-led protests over restrictions on freedom of speech, frustrations with a lack of economic mobility, and anger over authoritarian governments have been breaking out across Southeast Asia, specifically in the Ladakh region of India, Nepal, and Indonesia.   Ladakh, a Buddhist…

Future of the Gurkhas and the India-Nepal Relationship

In rural Nepal, thousands of boys and young men undergo rigorous military training. They aspire to become Gurkhas, some of the most feared and respected soldiers in the world, whose military prowess is so highly regarded that foreign militaries and…