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Sanctions: An Ineffective Tool in Myanmar

Imposing sanctions is not new to Myanmar and its economy and people. Since independence, the country has been under the impact of ethnic conflicts and a continuous fight for civilian versus the military rule. It took its worst shape in 1988, and sinc....

May 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , sanctions , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Ineffectiveness , Political Tool , Economic Implications , Russiain Myanmar , ASEAN role , Japan in Mynamar , China role , Coup in Myanmar

China and South Asian Neighborhood

Prof Veena Sikri

In an effort to build stronger linkages with South Asian countries China has emerged as a major supplier of economic resources that is infrastructure projects investments as well as military hardware and technology. This is understood in terms of Chi....

May 20, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , China , China interventions , South Asian region , Podcast , Diplomatic intrusions , Border engagements , India's role , Neighbourhood first policy

Nepal Urges International Community to help in fight against COVID-19

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

Being helpless to control the unbridled growth in coronavirus cases, the Nepalese Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli has appealed to the international community to help the Himalayan nation by supplying vaccines, coronavirus testing kits, oxygen kits, I....

May 18, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , KP Sharma Oli , COVID-19 , Vaccines , Oxygen , Mt. Everest

रूस-पाकिस्तान संबंध एक भुलावा

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

रूस के विदेश मंत्री लावरोव 5-6 अप्रैल 2021 को भारत दौरे पर आए था। उनका मकसद अपने राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमी....

May 18, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Russia , Article , पाकिस्तान। चीन। रूस। क्वाड। एक्ट फार ईस्ट। एशियाई नाटो। लावरोव।

US / NATO Withdrawal from Afghanistan and its Implications

Amb Amar Sinha Article

The author had the opportunity to attend on 5 May 2021 a very engaging round table jointly hosted by the Vivekananda Foundation, New Delhi, and Hudson Institute, Washington DC on the imminent US/NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on the ....

May 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Taliban , Biden , Doha Agreement

Afghanistan Stares at an Uncertain Future

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The American troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan without an agreed political system in place. After nearly 20 years of a democratic period, Afghanistan is at the risk of losing the gains it made in the last 20 years of a democratic system. ....

May 11, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , China , Russia , Afghanistan , Taliban , Al Qaeda , Biden , Doha Agreement , Iran Pakistan , President Ghani , Troops withdrawal

Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) Protests in Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) a politico-religious party is resorting to unprecedented rampage across the country. The protests escalated to unmanageable levels post the imposition of a ban on the party and arrest of its Emir (leader), Saad Hussain Rizvi.....

May 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Protests , Domestic politics , Podcast , TLP

Myanmar’s Return to Tragic Past, Set for a Long Haul

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

At a time when Myanmar was leapfrogging to give a sound footing to its nascent experiment of democracy after decades of military rule, the military takeover on 1 February put the clock back to where it was with debilitating consequences. The junta re....

May 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , Xi Jinping , Aung San Suu Kyi , POSCO , Free and open Indo-Pacific , junta , Min Aung Hlaing , Asian NATO , Rohingya Muslims , UN arms embargo.

तिब्बत बड़े बदलावों की ओर अग्रसर

Jayadeva Ranade Article

पीपुल्स डेली ने 25 मार्च 2021 को चे डलहा के 3975 शब्दों का एक विशालकाय लेख प्रकाशित किया था। चे तिब्बत स....

May 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , एनपीसी। सीपीपी। दलाई लामा। तिब्बती। मंदारिन। हान। पुतगहुआ। सिनिसाइजेशन। सिचुआन-तिब्बत रेलवे।

Politics of Geo-politics: Continuity and Change in India-Nepal Relations; Edited by Lok Raj Baral (2018); 256p; price: 799 ISBN-10: 81-8363-138-9; Publisher Adarsh Books, New Delhi

Dr Cchavi Vasisht

The edited volume includes multiple perspectives of former diplomats and academicians from India and Nepal. It theorises India-Nepal relations, focussing broadly on economic, security and geopolitical relations. The book was published in 2018, and wr....

April 28, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Book Reviews