As Pakistan Hosts SCO, India’s Diplomatic Dilemmas Unfold
SAT Commentary
October 16, 2024
As Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, India’s diplomatic dilemmas come into sharp focus.
As Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, India’s diplomatic dilemmas come into sharp focus.
![Explore the humanitarian crisis in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and how SAARC and SCO contribute to crisis diplomacy in South Asia. [Wikimedia Commons]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Activists_demanding_an_end_to_human_rights_violations_in_Kashmir_during_a_protest_in_central_London-1600x1067.webp "Activists_demanding_an_end_to_human_rights_violations_in_Kashmir_during_a_protest_in_central_London")
For over seventy years, Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has been embroiled in conflict, facing a dire humanitarian crisis; thus, it raises the question of how regional bodies like SAARC and SCO can pivot from geopolitical tensions to address urgent humanitarian needs.
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The Sindh Higher Education Commission partners with Tech Valley Google for Education to enhance learning through technology.
![Behind every crisis lies a Manufactured Crisis narrative, crafted to uphold power structures and maintain the status quo. [SAT Creatives]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Manufactured-Crisis-1-1600x917.webp "Manufactured Crisis (1)")
Behind every crisis lies a Manufactured Crisis narrative, crafted to uphold power structures and maintain the status quo.
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![Indian Statecraft [Image via Getty].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2H2H3OCBXAI6TERMMTLLPBALQI-1600x1024.webp "Indian Statecraft [Image via Getty].")
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