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Myanmar Round Up: October 2020
November 09, 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

Myanmar is scheduled to conduct the third general elections in November 2020. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, during the fifth anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October stated that....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , Arakan army , COVID-19 , Rohingya , Elections 2020 , Indiain Myanmar , Violence EAO , Chinainterventions , Online Media
Tatmadaw’s Strategic Perspective on the Coco Islands of Myanmar
November 04, 2020 Dr Naing Swe Oo Article

In the contemporary era, growing strategic competition among major powers and their power projection efforts in the Indo-Pacific region raise the importance of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Along with the changing security landsc....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , Myanmar , Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Coco Islands , Malacca Strait , SLOCs
Redefining Two-Front War
November 03, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj N....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , China , LoC , Information war , Cyber war , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , battle space , electromagnetic spectrum , multidomain
Terror Revelations from Pakistan
November 02, 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement
India Gifts Submarine to Myanmar – An initiative in Line with the SAGAR Vision for Collective Growth and Security of Maritime Neighbours
October 31, 2020 Shashank Sharma Article

India is gifting a Russian Kilo class submarine to Myanmar1. The diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhuvir, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 and continues to be in service. The submarine refurbished by the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd a De....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Maldives , Media Studies , Indian Ocean Region

Tags : Article , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Mauritius , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , SAGAR , Submarine , INS Sindhuvir , Sittwe , Kyaukphyu , Seychelles , EEZ Surveillance , Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?
October 27, 2020 Aakriti Vinayak Article

कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विव....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Hindi , Article , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , सीपीईसी , ग्वादर , आर्थिक संकट , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चीन की हिंस्रता।
Pakistan’s Democratic Opening?
October 23, 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

Pakistan’s opposition parties under the banner of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have unleashed a direct attack on Imran Khan Government and its military backers. After two rallies in Gujranwala and Karachi by PDM, Pakistan’s hybrid regime is....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , democracy , Army , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , Opposition , Karachi , Human Rights , PTI
नेपाल में संघवाद कितना टिकाऊ
October 20, 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

संघवाद सरकार के कामकाज की एक प्रणाली है, जिसमें शक्तियां केंद्र और राज्यों में विभाजित होती है�....

Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Tags : Hindi , Article , नेपाल। संघवाद। बजटीय आवंटन। सीपीएन माओवादी। जनजातियों। मधेशिया।
Myanmar Round Up: September 2020
October 09, 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

Myanmar entered a second wave of COVID-19 as the active cases reported as on 30 September 2020 are 12,427, and deaths reported are 284. The outbreak intensified since mid-August, and the maximum cases are reported from Yangon, Mandalay and Rakhine st....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , Arakan army , Rohingya , Tatmadaw clashes , Unilateral Ceasefires , Keywords: COVID-19 , Amnesty , Elections2020 , India in Myanmar , China interventions
Pakistan: Civil-Military Relations1
October 08, 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

Whatever be the constitutional position, one thing is clear that in the final analysis, political sovereignty in Pakistan resides … where the coercive power resides… which is the ultimate authority in the decision-making process in Pakistan. T....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , Gen Yaha Khan , JUI-F , Musharraf , PDM , PML-N , Quaid
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