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“Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties” by Ranjit Rae, Vintage Books, New Delhi, pp. 224, 2021, ₹ 499
Dr Rishi Gupta

As one completes the immigration and security checks at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and passes through the boarding gates, one gets amused on why is there another set of security checks, just next to the runway, before boarding an Air I....

September 23, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Book Reviews , Air India , India-Nepal Ties , Janjati-Madhesi
अफगानिस्तान में तालिबानी हुकूमत के असर
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

अफगानिस्तान के हालिया घटनाक्रमों के वैश्विक एवं क्षेत्रीय स्थिरता के लिए अच्छे संकेत नहीं है�....

September 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary
India Nepal Economic Dialogue: Unleashing Potentials

In the ongoing VIF series on India and Its Neighbours, an interaction programme was organised on “India-Nepal Economic Dialogue: Unleashing Potentials” on 9 September 2021 in association with the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Stu....

September 17, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , Upper Karnali , Vishakhapatnam Port , Buddhist Circuit
अफ़ग़ानिस्तान की नई सरकार, पाकिस्तान और भारत
Amb JK Tripathi Article

7 सितम्बर को अफ़ग़ानिस्तान में नई सरकार की घोषणा हो गयी। तैतीस सदस्यीय मंत्रिमंडल में तीस मंत्री ....

September 14, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , पाकिस्तान , तालिबान , अफ़ग़ानिस्तान , मुल्ला ग़नी बरादर , हक़्क़ानी नेटवर्क , आईएसआई
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
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