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Talk on "India and Maldives Bilateral Relations"

On 06 September 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “India-Maldives-bilateral Relations”. India-Maldives relations had made progress in the last couple of years. These relations are backed by positive activity....

September 13, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Interaction , Economic , bilateral Relations , India-Maldives

The Idea of Bharatavarsha

Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Article

AS one who with his Indian passport finds it impossible to travel to Pakistan, I frequently treat myself to Pakistani travel videos available in ‘you tube’. I now know, for example, that Karim’s teashop in the old quarter of Gwadar at the we....

September 13, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Bharat , Bharatavarsha , Daimabad , Vishnupurana

Implications of Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The recent developments in Afghanistan do not augur well for global or regional stability. The region has become highly unstable with the return of the Taliban. The likelihood of terrorism and radicalisation emanating from Afghanistan engulfing the r....

September 11, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Taliban , UNSCR , Islamic State-Khorasan

A Tale of Two Cities: Dacca March 12, 1972 and Kabul August 30, 2021

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Two Events Separated by Five Decades and One and half Thousands Miles

Since the time the US decided to leave Afghanistan the media is full of its coverage and resultant reverberations across the world. Everyone agrees that it is too early....

September 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Article , Taliban , ISI , Operation Dacca

अफगानिस्तान; भारत की उससे संबंधित नीतियां और भारत पर उसके प्रभाव

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

दिनानुदिन इस बात के बढ़ते साक्ष्य के बावजूद कि मौजूदा तालिबान 2.0 तालिबान 1.0 में थोड़ा ही अलग है, क�....

September 08, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , भारत। पाकिस्तान। अमेरिका। तालिबान। आतंकवाद।

How Pakistan Outwitted the US on Taliban Peace

Abhinav Pandya Article

On 15th August, the Taliban, an insurgent group of Jihadi extremists with medieval values, captured Kabul in a bloodless coup. The 3,50,000¹ strong army of ANDSF, equipped with far superior weaponry and trained and developed by the US over....

September 06, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article

China’s Future Road to Afghanistan

Soumya Awasthi Article

The lightning speed with which the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, has enthralled the experts around the globe.¹ There are lot of speculations that are taking place, on what went wrong and how even after twenty years of r....

September 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , China , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Taliban , Geopolitics , US-China rivalry , CCWAEC

तालिबान की रंगाई-पुताई करने से बाज आएं

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

काबुल हवाई अड्डे एवं एक होटल करीब एक साथ दो विध्वंसक आतंकवादी हमलों में 160 से ज्यादा लोग मारे गए, �....

September 03, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , अमेरिका। तालिबान। अल कायदा। आइएसआइ। हक्कानी नेटवर्क। पड़ोसी देशों का अध्ययन।

The Two Tales of Pakistan’s Geography

Amit Kumar Article

Pakistan’s location, for long, has been a source of attraction in America’s foreign policy. However, Pakistan has leveraged its geography to continuously venture into strategic adventures that have endangered global peace and security. ....

September 02, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Article , US , geography , Terrorism , Soviet Union , Taliban , Cold War , Humanitarian Crisis , war on terror , Af-Pak region , Strategic Depth , Mujahideen , Nuclear Proliferation

BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Ahead

Dr Sreeradha Datta

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional organisation straddling five member states from South Asia and two from Southeast Asia. In the larger context of the global developments in....

August 31, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Indo-Pacific , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Book Published , COVID-19 pandemic , Free Trade Agreement