@ashoswai.bsky.social
Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden UNESCO Chair on International Water Cooperation Editor-in-Chief, 'Environment and Security' Journal (Sage) https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=AA64
My interview with Nikkei Asia:
After keeping the India Water Treaty in abeyance, India is carrying out Tulbul project - It could be weaponized politically both Pakistani civilian & military elites, & during war, it could be a legitimate target. asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...
The Board of Peace waged a war before bringing any peace. In an interview with @hammadsarfraz of Pakistan's @etribune, I explain how Muslim countries, who are part of this Board are not for peace in Gaza but for their transactional politics with the US. tribune.com.pk/story/259512...
01.03.2026 14:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After Nepal’s March election, no leader—however pragmatic—will be able to openly pursue a pro-India policy, because Modi’s coercive and nationalist approach has made political distance from New Delhi a domestic necessity in Kathmandu. #MyPiece
28.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0As South Asia slides into democratic decline, Nepal’s March 2026 election stands out as a rare test of whether youth power, republican values, and real electoral choice can still keep the idea of democracy alive. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1090...
28.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Newly Released Report of Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2022 Violence in Leicester:
"The failure to confront Hindutva supremacism risks deepening and entrenching communal tensions within
UK South Asian communities." www.leicesterinquiry.org
Bangladesh’s toughest foreign policy test under PM Tarique Rahman won’t be Hasina’s exile in India, it will be water. With the Ganges Water Treaty expiring in Dec 2026 amid climate stress & West Bengal election, failure is not an option. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/tari...
22.02.2026 11:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“Global politics was never truly based on rules — and today’s world is proof.” In my long interview with Nepali news outlet Ratopati, I unpack the decline of Western order, the myth of multipolarity, rising populism & what it means for South Asia & Nepal. www.ratopati.com/story/545110...
20.02.2026 23:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“The Indus Waters Treaty operates in a relationship defined by deep mistrust, where technical legality rarely settles political fears” - My Two cents in this 'Foreign Policy' piece on India and Pakistan's Water Politics. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/16/i...
16.02.2026 22:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rebuilding occupied Gaza, after the war is not just a diplomatic or security challenge. It is an environmental one. Without safe water, clean land, and managed debris, reconstruction will only reproduce crisis. #MyPiece National Herald, 15 February 2026.
14.02.2026 22:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bangladesh votes on Feb 12 in a post-Hasina moment. For India, clinging to old loyalties is a strategic mistake. With Jamaat’s rise fueled by anti-India sentiment, Delhi’s safest bet is pragmatic engagement the BNP under Tarique Rahman. #MyPiece www.hardnewsmedia.com/2026/02/indi...
09.02.2026 14:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to Moderate This Important Conversation!
I’ll be moderating the “Environmental Peacebuilding in Transboundary River Catchments” webinar — part of the Path to Ottawa series on 10 Feb 2026 at 14:00 GMT.
www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/events/show/...
The US–Iran standoff is no longer theoretical. Drones shot down, ships harassed, airstrikes already tested. Regime change by force will not contain Iran - it will ignite the region. Diplomacy is not weakness. It is necessity. #MyPiece
07.02.2026 08:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead
The speakers:
Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute
Geoff Dabelko (Moderator), Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Service
Ashok Swain, Uppsala University a
Sarah Njeri, University of London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Wp...
"Have you heard the saying: when you meet an Indian and a snake, kill the Indian first."
Terje Rod-Larsen to Jeffery Epstein on the Christmas Day, 2015.
This Racist Rod-Larsen is now a minister in Norway, and he wrote it as the President of International Peace Institute (2004-2020).
We are recruiting 2 fully funded PhD positions in Peace & Conflict Research (Uppsala University, Sweden).
1 General PhD position (open topic within peace & conflict research)
1 PhD position focused on Nuclear Disarmament
Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We are hiring a Professor!
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, the world’s leading research environments in the field, is now recruiting a Professor. We welcome applications from internationally recognized scholars. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Chabahar in Iran was India’s strategic gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia, and a quiet counter to Gwadar. Now, under renewed US pressure and tariff threats, New Delhi is winding down in all but name. The real winners? Beijing and Islamabad. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/chab...
24.01.2026 09:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My podcast with Newsweek — we break down what Trump is really up to with Greenland and what it might mean for NATO, Arctic security, and global power dynamics.
👉 Watch and listen here ▶️ youtu.be/YXdFYEHw2kM
In an interview for Newsweek, Professor Ashok Swain discusses Trump's plans for Greenland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXdF...
@ashoswai.bsky.social
A Nobel Peace Prize cannot be given away. But it can be dishonored. Machado handing her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump has done precisely that, trading peace for proximity, law for leverage and principle for power. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1090...
17.01.2026 08:52 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Iranians deserve freedom from theocracy, not a return to dynastic rule or foreign military “liberation”. Replacing clerical authoritarianism with exiled monarchy backed by bombs would be a second betrayal, not a revolution. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/iran...
17.01.2026 08:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Condemning Iran’s brutal repression of protesters is necessary, but turning to military threats risks worsening the suffering of ordinary Iranians rather than holding the regime accountable. My comments to DW News. www.dw.com/en/us-donald...
16.01.2026 16:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“When the US shows it is willing to use force unilaterally in its own neighborhood, countries like China and Russia will assume the same logic applies elsewhere, including Asia" - My comments to AA v.aa.com.tr/3799385
15.01.2026 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An illegal US military operation in Venezuela & Europe’s uneasy silence are not isolated events but warning signs of a world where power replaces law, and where Europe may soon discover that losing moral courage today means losing leverage tomorrow, even over Greenland. #MyPiece
10.01.2026 09:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Trump withdraws the US from 66 international organizations - 31 UN bodies, and 35-non UN multilateral institutions. It is a signal that Trump doesn't see multilateral institutions serve American interests. Also, to show the US doesn't need NATO, the NATO needs the US.
08.01.2026 09:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Those dreaming of a European army are day-dreaming.
No shared strategic culture.
No unified political authority.
No common threat perception.
National armies answer to national voters—not Brussels.
Europe can coordinate and cooperate, but a real army needs sovereignty, not slogans.
Europe’s silence on Trump’s abduction of Venezuela’s president Maduro is not caution, it is consent. If Trump moves on Greenland tomorrow, Europe will have no moral or diplomatic leverage left to stop him. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/trum...
05.01.2026 14:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland will not erase Gaza, weaken Palestinian solidarity, or enhance security. It exposes legal hypocrisy, fuels instability in the Horn of Africa, and risks opening new fronts along the Red Sea. Strategic theatre, not statesmanship. #MyPiece
03.01.2026 08:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Wishing everyone a hopeful New Year 2026 — may it bring greater peace, deeper understanding, and renewed tolerance in our world. #HappyNewYear2026
31.12.2025 20:07 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0