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Round Table Discussion on India-Nepal Relations

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Round Table Discussion to discuss India-Nepal relations on 7th November 2019. This everlasting friendship is now also being called a ‘strategic partnership’. This relationship was analyse....

December 26, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , China , BIMSTEC , India-Nepal relations , FDI , Madhesi , China policy

भारत-बांग्लादेश : द्विपक्षीय संबंधों के आगे की बात

Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

द्विपक्षीय संबंध नई ऊँचाइयों को छुए इसके लिए किस बात की ज़रूरत होती है? हाल की स्थितियों को देखते....

December 17, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , बांग्लादेश के सरोकार , बांग्लादेश प्रधानमंत्री की य़ात्रा , भारत-बांग्लादेश संबंध

Notes from the Sub-continent (Dec 1-15)

Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh’s coverage of Myanmar’s Rohingya trial and note how the country which has shouldered a large part of t....

December 15, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Myanmar , Rohingya trial , International Court of Justice , Rohingya population

Myanmar Round Up: November 2019

Aakriti Vinayak Article

November saw Myanmar come under coordinated international legal offensive with three cases filed against it in a span of four days, centered around the Rohingya crisis. Internally, the peace process remains stalled and the skirmishes between the Arak....

December 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Rohingya issue , Myanmar rebel armies , Myanmar clashes , Myanmar peace

Afghanistan: Reopening of peace talks

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

President Trump, during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on 28 November, has once again shifted the contour of US foreign policy towards the Taliban by declaring that the US has renewed the peace talks with the armed group. What is unique in this re....

December 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghanistan peace , US-Taliban engagements , Taliban’s intransigence

Notes from the Sub-continent (Nov 16-30)

Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh’s success in holding to account those who had attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery inn 2016. This is follow....

November 30, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Radicalisation , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka’s presidential election , The Rajapaksas return , Bajwa , Kalapani region

Supreme Court’s Verdict on Ramjanmbhoomi and its Impact on Nepal

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

The recent verdict as given by India’s Supreme Court to allow the construction of Lord Ram’s temple at in Ayodhya has been heartily welcomed by over a billion-plus Hindus in India and other parts of the world, including in Nepal. In Janakpur, the....

November 29, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Ayodhya-Janakpur connection , Ramjanambhoomi in Nepalese heart

Sri Lanka Presidential Elections: Reinforcement of Security Concerns

Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

As the latest election in Sri Lanka results reveal, issues of national security continues to be predominant for this island’s population. More generic issues of social welfare, gender sensitivity and local development did not find the similar reson....

November 26, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , New government in Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka’s challenges , Sri Lanka-India-China equation

Rohingya Refugee Children : Que Sara Sara?

Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

A recent visit to a Rohingya camp near Cox bazar at Samlapore in Bangladesh revealed a reality that had been known about but not quite understood nor realised its full implications till the prevailing conditions for were seen. As is well documen....

November 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Rohingiya refugees

Notes from the Sub-continent (Nov 1-15)

Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with the coverage of the Ayodhya verdict in Bangladesh and Pakistan--where the issue generated significant interest, as ex....

November 15, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Ayodhya verdict