A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

Former Secretary R&AW

Contributions

The Arab Spring: Opening A Pandorra’s Box?

July 06, 2011 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

The so called Arab spring represents a massive popular movement, not seen or predicted in the Arab world ever since the Suez sponsored Nasserite upheaval. It is as significant as the falling of the Berlin wall. The effects of the falling of the Berli...

Tags: Indo-Pacific

India’s Trajectory to Regional and Global Power: Risks, Obstacles and Strengths

August 29, 2010 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

Many observers have commented that the 21st century belongs to India (and China). Since economics is increasingly becoming the currency of power this statement acknowledges the changing balance of power in the world and is a tribute to the growing ec...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies

Pakistan's Islamic Odyssey: Dangers Ahead

August 29, 2010 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

The movement for Pakistan, as envisaged by its chief promoter Mohammed Ali Jinnah, was not intended to produce a religion dominated theocratic state. No doubt he engaged in communal tactics and successfully executed a spurious doctrine, the two nati...

Tags: Pakistan

Religion Needs Fresh Look in Pakistan

August 29, 2010 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

The nuclear threat in the subcontinent has led to renewed and redoubled efforts to find a solution to the antagonism between India and Pakistan. One is led to believe that if cross border terrorism ceases, a dialogue can be facilitated between the t...

Tags: Pakistan

Islam’s Dilemmas: Perspectives From a Non Islamic Angle

August 29, 2010 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)

Islam encompasses all the nobilities that every other religion has, compassion, love, justice, brotherhood, equality etc. but it also poses several dilemmas. The dilemmas arise, as the values instilled by Islam were those needed for bringing order...

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies