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China-Pakistan Strategic Nexus: Implications for India

April 16, 2021 Jayadeva Ranade Article

The growing China-Pakistan nexus raises the threat to India. Their strategic and territorial interests have been cemented by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the flow of Chinese military power into Pakistan, China veritably straddles....

Pakistan

Tags : Article , China , CCP , CPEC , PLA , Gwadar , Ladakh , Two Front war , Western Theatre Command , J &K

Russia-Pakistan Relationship is a Red Herring

April 15, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s visit to India on 5-6 April 2021 was devoted to the preparation for President Putin’s visit to India later this year for the regular summit with Prime Minister Modi. Undoubtedly, India Russia relations are de....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Russia

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , China , Russia , QUAD , Act Far East , Asian NATO , Lavrov

Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!

March 24, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is geopolit....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , QUAD , LoC , Taliban , DGMOs , FMS

CPEC: Chinese ‘Dragon’ in Pakistan’s ‘Tent'

March 02, 2021 Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

On Monday, 22 Feb 2021, Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CCoCPEC] instructed Ministries of Defence and Interior to ensure that Pakistan Navy and the Coast Guards immediately vacate 116 acres of real estate in Gwadar....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan

Tags : Article , China , CPEC , Gwadar , Pakistan Navy , BRI , Pishkuan

Pakistan- An Uncertain Road Ahead

February 01, 2021 Aakriti Vinayak Article

2020 was an unpredictable year. It was a year of everything and nothing! Covid-19 crisis turned the world upside down. There was a strange paranoia that gripped the world. It was catastrophic and exhausting, unsettling and unimaginable. However, for....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , foreign policy , Neighbourhood studies , COVID-19 , minorities , 2020 , Economic crisis , PDM , locusts attack

Pakistan: The Relentless Killings of the Hazaras¹

January 15, 2021 Tilak Devasher Article

The cold-blooded killing of 11 Shia Hazara miners in Geshtari area of Machh, Balochistan on 03 January 2021 by the Islamic State (IS) refocused attention on the brutal persecution of minorities in Pakistan in recent decades. However, even among the m....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Islamic State , Balochistan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Hazaras , Lashkar e Jhangvi , Shia

पाकिस्तान से आतंकवाद का खुलासा

November 27, 2020 Tilak Devasher Article

पाकिस्तान के विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री फवाद चौधरी ने 29 अक्टूबर को नेशनल असेंबली में शेख�....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान। आतंकवाद। एनआईए। जे ई एम। आईएसपीआर। पुलवामा। फवाद चौधरी। जनरल बाजवा। पाकिस्तान डेमोक्रेटिक मूवमेंट।

Pakistan: the Dossier Charade

November 23, 2020 Tilak Devasher Article

On 14 November 2020, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar in a joint press conference unveiled a dossier allegedly containing ‘irrefutable evidence’ of I....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , FATF , CPEC , ISPR , Qureshi , Jaish-e-Mohammad , Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan Democratic Movement , Baloch groups , Nagrota

पाकिस्तान का लोकतांत्रिक प्रारंभ?

November 20, 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

पाकिस्तान के विरोधी दलों ने पाकिस्तान लोकतांत्रिक आंदोलन (पीडीएम) के बैनर तले इमरान खान सरकार �....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान। लोकतंत्र। सेना। नवाज शरीफ। इमरान खान। विरोधी । कराची। मानवाधिकार। पीटीआई

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