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Expect a Recalibration in the Pakistan- Taliban Relationship

The picture of former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansour Ahmed Khan enjoying tea at Kabul’s Serena Hotel in a relaxed mood just before the announcement of Taliban’s ‘interim’ government in September ....

May 23, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Afghan Taliban , Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan , Pak airstrikes , Taliban-Pakistan relations

China: Daily Scan, May 23, 2022

China FM applauds "BRICS Plus" cooperation model: Xinhuanet

May 20, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Thursday said that all parties should use the "BRICS Plus" cooperation model to jointly create bright ....

May 23, 2022 Pakistan , Indo-Pacific , Beijing , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Xizang , Qinghai , Washington

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance

Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two p....

May 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , CPEC , Balochistan , ISI , Gwadar , Karachi , Baloch Liberation Army , free baloch , Voice Of Missing Baloch , By waahin Baloch

China: Daily Scan, May 17, 2022

Charting roadmap for China's modern infrastructure system: Xinhunaet

May 13, 2022

In the face of COVID-19 flare-ups and increasing downward pressure on the economy, the Chinese leadership is looking at infrastructure investmen....

May 17, 2022 Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Japan , Beijing , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Uighur , hypersonic missile

China: Daily Scan, May 12, 2022

China to prioritize employment in fiscal and monetary policies, mobilize existing assets to boost effective investment: Xinhunaet

May 12, 2022

China will adopt fiscal and monetary policies that prioritize job reation, as part ....

May 12, 2022 Pakistan , BRICS , Asia , Beijing , Hong Kong , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Guangxi

What does Taliban Governance mean for the region?

Michael Kugelman

Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan nearly nine months ago, the group’s governance has been marked by human rights violations, harsh restrictions on women, and the dominance of radical ideas. In this latest episode of the VIF podcast, we addr....

May 04, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , foreign policy , Afghanistan , Taliban , minorities , Human Rights , Podcast , Shahbaz Sharif

China: Daily Scan, April 29, 2022

Land-sea trade corridor connects 107 countries, regions: Xinhuanet

April 27, 2022

The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage, has expanded its reach to 315 ports in 107 countries and regions, ....

April 29, 2022 Pakistan , Beijing , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Peking University , Canton Fair , Tianjin , Guangzhou , Morrison Lee

China: Daily Scan, April 13, 2022

Xi tells Party cadres to make every possible effort to ensure people's happy lives: Xinhuanet

April 12, 2022

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called on Party cadres....

April 13, 2022 Pakistan , Russia , Uyghur , Beijing , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Jilin

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: March 2022

Naval Jagota

In the month of March 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized six expert group interactions with most of them being hybrid, the interaction of the strategic discussions group on the Ukraine crisis are for the first time being includ....

April 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Israel , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , West Asia , Imran Khan , Ukraine Crisis , Russia Ukraine war

Global Terrorism Trends in 2021 & Projections for 2022

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

संधिविग्रहयोस्तुल्यायां वृद्धौ संधिमुपेयात्।

[Translation: If there is an equal benefit in peace or war, he (the king) should choose peace.] ....

April 12, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Israel , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Terrorism , Iraq , ISIS , Syria , West Asia , Counter terrorism , America , Sub Saharan Africa , Al Qaida