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Bangladesh FM’s Delhi Visit: Can India help?

The first overseas visit of the Bangladesh Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen to India during 7-9 February 2019 was important for a variety of reasons. The visit was more than validation of the existing strength of the bilateral relations, it was also ....

February 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Bangladesh-India relations , Rohingya issue , Bangladesh Foreign Minister’s visit

Vivekananda International Foundation’s (VIF) Interaction with Maldives Delegation

On 29th of January 2019, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an interaction with a delegation from the Maldives. The Maldives’ delegation was led by Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, former Vice President of the Maldives. Other members of the....

February 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Interaction , regional cooperation , Radicalisation , SAARC , Maldivian Democratic Party , India-Maldives relations

Imran Khan's Pulwama Statement: Indecent and Insensitive

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

Imran Khan's brief televised address on 19th February 2019 on the Pulwama terror attack provides an invaluable insight into his persona. It reveals a leader short on common decency and sensitivity, devoid of statesmanship and gravitas, and completely....

February 21, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Imran Khan , Pulwama terror , JeM

Moscow Talks: Divided We Fall

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

In an unprecedented move, the Taliban delegation held two-day talks with the Afghan politicians in a Kremlin-owned President Hotel in Moscow to discuss the future of Afghanistan. However, in a rather typical manner, the Afghan Government was once aga....

February 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Moscow Taliban talks , Afghanistan civil war

The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement after one Year: Killing of Arman Luni

Prateek Joshi Commentary

In yet another instance of the state-directed intimidation, the death of a senior Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activist Arman Loni on 2nd February has sparked protests across Pakistan's Pashtun belt. Loni was killed after the police attacked a pea....

February 11, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Balochistan atrocities , Pakistan’s intimidation of Pashtuns

Afghanistan’s Landlocked Trap

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

Pakistan’s denial of the air passage to the Indian cargo flights bound to Afghanistan comes as a major impediment in enhancing the regional connectivity of landlocked Afghanistan.¹ In September 2018, Spice Jet has signed up a contract wi....

February 08, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghanistan trade connectivity , Pakistan-Afghan issue

Pakistan-US Relationship under Donald Trump

Ankit Singh Article

Pakistan-US relations from 2017 provides an opportunity to understand the symbiotic relationship between these two countries. This article looks at the major developments under President Trump in order to analyse the interdependent bilateral relation....

February 05, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan’s double-game , US-Pak relations

Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, tweeted at the end of six-day long peace talks with Taliban in Qatar that discussions have made “significant progress”. According to the media reports, the two sides ....

February 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US-Taliban talks , Afghan peace process

Pakistan’s Nuclear and Missile Programme: An Assessment

Introduction

The closest formulation of Pakistan’s Nuclear Security doctrine, if any, was enunciated in an article appearing in The News, in October 1999, written by former Foreign Minister Agha Shahi, former Foreign Secretary Abdus Sat....

February 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Nuclear Doctrine , No War Pact , Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme , Ghauri

Myanmar: Challenges before Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Myanmar’s quasi democratic government has completed over half of its constitutionally mandated term but has to yet make a major progress in a number of areas, especially those related to political and economic reforms. While the peace and reconcili....

January 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Myanmar Peace Process , Myanmar in 2019