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SCO Summit and Afghanistan: Looking for a Regional Solution
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s twelfth Summit held at Beijing in first week of June this year deliberated upon Afghanistan at length. Even though Afghanistan has not been either a member or observer of this group President Karzai has been

October 22, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, Central Asia, Afghanistan
India’s Myanmar Policy Gains Momentum
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Myanmar after a gap of 25 years was recognition of the fact that the positive changes occurring on Myanmar’s political firmament had created conditions for enabling such a high level visit. Though India had

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar
What after CA Dissolution in Nepal?
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

The Nepalese Constituent Assembly (CA), which had jumbo size of 601-members, was expected to make constitution within the stipulated time of two years from 2008. But despite its repeated extensions for four times, it could not make the constitution d

October 23, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Nepal
India Needs to Seize the Initiative in Myanmar
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Forthcoming visit of Prime Minister to Myanmar after a gap of 25 years is an historic opportunity to seize the initiative in a country which has been described by many strategic thinkers as the lynchpin of our ‘Look East Policy’. M

October 22, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, Indo-Pacific, Myanmar
Why A Siachen Agreement Should Be A Non Starter
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

Following Zardari’s recent visit to India a reciprocal visit to Pakistan by Dr Manmohan Singh in the next few months is a strong probability. In order to make the visit a “success” a clutch of agreements would need to be signed of which the one

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
India-Pakistan Relations: A Misplaced Euphoria
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

It is ironical that at a time when Pakistan’s standing in the international community is down in the dumps its relationship with India is on the mend. While the rationale for the former is clear there is no such simple explanation for the latter.

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
No Ground to Vacate Siachen
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Peace with Pakistan is a desirable goal, but peace should be equally desired by both sides and both should contribute to it in equal measure. The burden of making peace should not fall on India while Pakistan retains the freedom to disrupt it at will

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
China’s Footprints in Sri Lanka and India’s Concerns
Dr N Manoharan

China’s footprints in Sri Lanka go beyond the so called “String of Pearls” framework. Being a “time-tested friend” of Sri Lanka, China is one of the major players in the island in many fields. The diplomatic engagement goes to 1950s though

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies
Gilani’s Conviction: A Soft Constitutional Coup and The Crisis of State
Sushant Sareen

Even before the Supreme Court of Pakistan had pronounced the verdict against Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, the writing on the wall was very clear: the so-called ‘independent’ judiciary was hell bent on gaining the dubious distinction of break

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Pakistanitis Bug Bites Yet Again
Sushant Sareen

For over six decades now, there is one issue on which successive Indian Prime Ministers have insisted on committing the same mistake again and again, refusing to learn anything from the bitter experiences of their predecessors. This peculiar Indian s

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
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