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The large turnout at the first India Nepal Think tank Summit held in Kathmandu on 31 July 2018 was a reflection of the deep interest people of Nepal cherish about India. While the numbers did thin a bit towards the end but the constant interactions t....

August 14, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India-Nepal relations , Indo-Nepal think tanks

Nepal’s March Towards Constitutional Democracy

C D Sahay

… India-Nepal relations are a vast confluence of socio political and economic engagements …evolved from age-old ties and permeate our socio-cultural aspects …multi-faceted and multi-dimensional approach is required on both sides to study and an....

August 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal relations

Imran Khan: Political Inclinations

Shruti Punia Article

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party with 115 seats in the National Assembly, besides winning two-third seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) provincial assembly and emerging as the second largest party in the Punjab assembly....

August 09, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , New government in Pakistan , Politician Imran Khan

Myanmar Peace Process Inches Forward: Key Issues Remain

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The third session of 21^st Century Panglong Conference to fast track the peace process was held in Nay Pyi Taw from 11 to 16 July 2018. When Daw Aung San Suu Kyi led democratic government had taken over the reins of power in March 2016 she ....

August 09, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Myanmar Peace Process , Panglong conference

Pakistan’s Elections and ‘Naya’ Pakistan?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Election for Pakistan’s National Assembly saw Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Party doubling its vote share from 16.32 percent in the 2013 elections to 31.8 percent. Its seat share went up from 28 to 115. In case of Pakistan Muslim L....

August 08, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Elections , Pakistan voting trend

Pakistan Army and Imran Khan: From Macro to Micro Management Post Polls

Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle Commentary

In surveying the outcome and post-election trends in Pakistan two clichés come to mind, “the more things change the more they remain the same,” and “while states have armies, Pakistan Army has a state”. To the world, elections to the Nat....

August 02, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Post-Election trends in Pakistan , Military control in Pakistan

The Pakistan Elections 2018

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

According to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)at the time of writing, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest political party in the country. It has won 115 of the 270 Nati....

August 01, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Elections , New government in Pakistan

No Need to Engage Imran Khan Prematurely

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

The coverage that the Pakistani elections has received in our media has been out of proportion to our stakes in its outcome. Of course, the election process in a neighbouring country like Pakistan, with which our relations remain most difficult, shou....

August 01, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Featured , Article , Engaging Imran Khan , Imran’s platitudes

Pakistan under Imran Khan - What’s in it for Indo-Pak Relations

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Whoever heard Pakistan’s Prime Minister (Designate) Imran Khan speak on 26 Jul 2018, after it became quite evident that the election had gone his way, would have had to change his image in the mind’s eye to make any sense of it at all. We have se....

July 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Imran Khan , Indo-Pakistan relations

Pakistan General Election 2018

Introduction Pakistan’s electoral contest on 25 July 2018 has been billed as being between Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) - even though he is debarred from contesting or holding a party office – and Imran’s Khan Pakistan Tehre....

July 24, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif , Pakistan politics , Pakistan General Election 2018 , Imran Khan , Pakistan Muslim League , Tehreek-e-Insaf