Justice and Security Research Programme

LSE’s engagement with South Asia

• Strategic Gamble: The Arakan Army, Rakhine and India
  As the Tatmadaw/military junta in Myanmar loses more territory to Ethnic Armed Groups, some are becoming increasingly important in the geopolitics of the region. Tin Shine Aung looks at how the Arakan Army’s capture of Paletwa in Chin state raises important questions for India. * Myanmar’s ongoing civil war has significantly altered the country’s internal […]
• AIDS, Stigma and Counter-Intuitive Advertising in India
  Grassroots-level advocacy by community organisations, collectives and networks has been central to AIDs awareness and control in India. The government too plays an important role. Yet, as Jo Krishnakumar discusses here, the government’s well-intended actions can sometimes be counter-intuitive and counter-productive, negatively impacting decades of carefully created awareness. The AIDS discourse has professed that women […]