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India-Bangladesh: Moving beyond the Bilateral

What does it take for a bilateral relation to cross the Rubicon? As recent developments were unfolding, if any two neighbours in South Asia were capable of making the turnaround it was presumed India and Bangladesh could and would. And given the ong....

September 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Indo-Bangladesh relations , Bangladesh PM’s visit , Bangladesh’s concerns

इमरान खान की यात्रा के बाद अमेरिका-पाकिस्तान संबंध

Husain Haqqani Article

मीडिया की गहमागहमी और घर में मिली सराहना को किनारे रख दें तो इमरान खान की अमेरिका यात्रा से पाकि....

September 24, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , खान की खोखली अमेरिका यात्रा , तालिबान- पाकिस्तान के रिश्ते , पाकिस्तान-अफगानिस्तान प्रासंगिक

Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A Long Struggle Ahead

Dr Yatharth Kachiar

… there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women, no policy is more important in preventing conflict, or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended .. international community must continue to provide the n....

September 19, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghan women issues , emancipation of Afghan women , women’s rights in Afghanistan

Deadlock in Afghanistan

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

In a dramatic turn of events, the US President announced in a tweet on September 7 that he has called-off the secret meeting with the Taliban leaders at Camp David, and ended the peace talks with the armed group.¹ Further, keeping alive th....

September 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , US-Taliban talks , Taliban intransigence , Afghanistan violence

Myanmar Round Up: August 2019

Jaideep Chanda Article

8888 Uprising Celebrations

The month of August holds reverence in the Myanmar political calendar due to the 8888 Pro-Democracy Uprising, named so since the uprising for democracy peaked on 8 Aug 1988 at Yangon University. This eventually ....

September 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Myanmar politics , China-Myanmar engagements , Myanmar’s internal wars

Sri Lanka-US military Ties in the Indo-Pacific

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

On August 18, Sri Lankan media reported that the United States had decided to suspend bilateral negotiations with Colombo on the controversial Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) until after the presidential election in the island nation¹. W....

September 05, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Sri Lanka-US force agreements , Sri Lanka-US-China relations

Repeal of Article 370: Pakistan’s reaction, UN Resolutions and Contemporary Realities

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract

Repeal of Articles 370 and 35 A has brought sharp reaction from Pakistan. These were provisions of Indian Constitution, which had long outlived their historical relevance. Their repeal represents an internal change defining relat....

September 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan’s false propaganda , Pakistan’s hypocrisy on PoK

दक्षिण एशियाई उपमहाद्वीप में पखवाड़े की हलचल

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

बांग्लादेश: न्यायिक प्रक्रिया के बगैर हत्याओं में न्याय नहीं

हत्या के एक आरोपी की जुलाई मे....

August 27, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , बांग्लादेश न्यायिक प्रक्रिया , पाकिस्तान का कर्ज , नेपाल फिल्म समारोह , श्री लंका में मृत्युदंड विरोध

Education and Technology: The New Frontier of Indo-Bhutan Relationship

Alakh Ranjan Article

India and Bhutan share a very close relationship not only in terms of geography but also in terms of history, traditions, culture and spirituality. The relationship between India-Bhutan runs very deep and there are regular high-level visits between b....

August 22, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan , Article , Indo-Bhutan relations , PM Modi’s Bhutan visit , Indo-Bhutan cooperation

What are the Chinese up to on the Other Side of the Indian Borders in Tibet and the Implications

Brigadier V Mahalingam (Retd)

… China considers areas such as the South China Sea, Taiwan and Tibet as its core interests .. for India Tibet is a core area .. Chinese intentions are unambiguous .. No amount of talks or confidence building measures will induce China into giving....

August 20, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Chinese subjugation of Tibet , China’s steady expansionism , Chinese threat to Arunachal Pradesh