earth systems
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BRIEFER: Converging Risks in South Asia: Is a Disruptive Transition on the Horizon?
By Sarang Shidore South Asia spans multiple countries that were formerly either directly or effectively a component of British India. These include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives.[1] The subcontinent has had a traumatic history in modern times. Political partition in the wake of independence from colonial rule in 1947 left…