bstract: In this talk, we intend to discuss the major conflicts in 2024 at the global and the regional (read South Asia) levels. In doing so, we will reflect on the major developments in 2024 to watch. At the global level, the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are likely to gain more attention and continue in 2024. Besides these two, the return of proxies and Iran in the Middle East, Sudan in Africa, and Myanmar in Southeast Asia are likely to be the major issues at the global level. At the regional level, the anarchy of extremism in Pakistan, Taliban consolidating its position in Afghanistan and aggressively spreading its tentacles in Pakistan, the one-sided elections in Bangladesh leading to further division between the Islamist and secular forces in Bangladesh, the Terai-Hill conflict in Nepal and the Ethnic conflicts in the Northeastern states of India are the important conflicts to be watched in 2024. Apart from the internal conflicts in the South Asian nations, interventions of the external actors (read China, Russia and US) will have critical implications on the ongoing and potential conflicts in South Asia.
About the speakers: Prof D Suba Chandran is the Dean of the School of Conflict and Security Studies. He teaches a course on global politics and contemporary world affairs and is the editor of two NIAS weeklies – The World This Week (TWTW) and Conflict Weekly.
Dr. Anshuman Behera is an Associate Professor in the School of Conflict and Security Studies programme at NIAS.