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Imran Khan's China Visit and the IMF
Prateek Joshi Commentary

One of the key challenges that faced Imran Khan as he took over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan was the economy, especially the precarious debt situation and current account deficit. An approach to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seemed inevi....

November 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s financial crisis , Pakistan’s bail-out loans
इमरान खान का चीन दौरा, राहत पैकेज पर चीन की चुप्पी
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान का बहुप्रतीक्षित चीन दौरा 2 से 5 नवंबर के बीच संपन्न हुआ। यह....

November 29, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , इमरान खान का चीन दौरा
Visit of the Financial Action Task Force to Pakistan
Shruti Punia Commentary

A nine-member delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) paid a 12-day visit to Pakistan from October 8-19. The FATF’s Asia Pacific Group (APG) was a team including experts from US Department of Treasury, British Scotland Yard, People’s....

November 27, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Terrorism Financing in Pakistan , Financial Action Task Force in Pakistan
Sri Lanka At Cross Roads: Political Crisis Defies Solution
PM Heblikar Commentary

President Maithripala Sirisena’s (MS) palace coup of October 25, 2018, aimed apparently at wresting absolute powers, has obviously failed to achieve its objectives, and in its stead, has created more chaos and confusion. The sacking of a sitting Pr....

November 26, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , Sri Lanka crisis , India-Sri Lanka relations
बांग्लादेश चुनाव: हिफाजत का बढ़ता प्रभाव
Abhijit Chakravertty Article

शेख हसीना ने 26 अक्टूबर को पार्टी के एक मंच पर ऐलान किया कि दो कट्टर चरमपंथी गुटों जमात-ए-इस्लामी �....

November 26, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , बांग्लादेश चुनाव , कट्टरपंथी ताकत
India-Nepal Relations under PM Oli
Sushmita Bharti Commentary

The landmark nation-wide elections in Nepal under the new Constitution, held in end-2017, ushered in a new era of democratic governance in the country. In these elections, the people’s verdict went overwhelmingly in favour of the Party of Nepal-Un....

November 22, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal politics , Indo-Nepal relations
मालदीव: लोकतंत्र की जीत
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

चुनाव अचंभे में डालते ही हैं। मालदीव में 23 सितंबर, 2018 को हुए राष्ट्रपति चुनाव इतिहास में ऐसे चुना....

November 16, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Article , मालदीव राष्ट्रपति चुनाव , मालदीव में साजिश
Pakistan: The Aasia Bibi Case and its Aftermath
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The controversy surrounding the blasphemy case of Pakistani citizen Aasia Noreen, better known as Aasia Bibi of village Ikkawali in Sheikhpura, Punjab, has drawn attention to the culture of extremism in Pakistan and showed the government and the arm....

November 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan’s Aasia Bibi , Blasphemy law in Pakistan
Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first time that the Taliban and the representatives ....

November 10, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Taliban-Afghan meeting , Russia’s Afghanistan initiative
Bangladesh Elections: Growing Influence of ‘Hefazat’
Abhijit Chakravertty Article

The announcement on October 26th at a party forum by Sheikh Hasina that the two foremost hard-line fundamentalist groups, viz. the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Hefazat-e-Islam(HeI), should be treated differently, was closely followed by t....

November 08, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh Islamist hard-line party
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