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Bangladesh: Demand for Elections under Caretaker Government

Election times are quintessentially interesting, more so when some of the South Asian countries are involved. The element of unpredictability and host of other varied considerations surrounding any election in the region, makes these events an analys....

July 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh caretaker government

Pakistan on Financial Action Task Force ‘Grey List’

Shruti Punia Commentary

After a long period of dormancy Pakistan finally enters the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list which comes as no rude awakening to either of its neighbours, India as well as China. The FATF took the imminent decision to place Pakistan on its....

July 12, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Grey-list FATF , Financing Terrorism

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की नेपाल यात्रा – नए अध्याय का आरंभ

Abhigya Langeh Article

नेपाल के नए प्रधानमंत्री के पी शर्मा फरवरी, 2018 में पद संभालने के दो महीने के भीतर ही अपनी पहली आधि....

July 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , प्रधानमंत्री की नेपाल यात्रा , भारत नेपाल संबंध

पाकिस्तान के रक्षा बजट में वृद्धि: निहितार्थ

Prateek Joshi

पाकिस्तान का बजट पिछले महीने पेश किया गया, जो अगले कुछ महीनों में होने वाले चुनावों से पहले सत्त....

June 22, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , पाकिस्तान रक्षा बजट , पाकिस्तान रक्षा बजट बढ़ोतरी

Interaction with Mr. AKM Chowdhury of Bangladesh Nationalist Party

A Roundtable interaction with Mr. AKM Chowdhury, former minister of Commerce and a ranking leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was organised at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on June 8, 2018. Introducing the gue....

June 18, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Bangladesh-India relations , AKM Chowdhury , Bangladesh Nationalist Party

An update on Developments in Maldives

Akash Sahu Article

Political Developments Political developments in Maldives over the past couple of months do not indicate any significant change in the approach and attitude of the Yameen Government towards resolution of contentious issues with t....

June 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Article , Maldives foreign policy , Maldives elections

Current Military Situation in Afghanistan

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

... insurgency in Afghanistan is a political problem; the military can create the right conditions for diplomatic talks to begin ... currently, Taliban is in no mood to negotiate ... Taliban who are ready to come around must be granted favourable opt....

June 12, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Situation in Afghanistan , US strategy for Afghanistan

Pakistan - Heightening Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Woes

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

A two-day plenary session of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)¹ was held in Bangkok from 22 May 2018. Pakistan had submitted an action plan on 25 April in line with the decision taken at the February pl....

June 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Financial Action Task Force , Financing Terrorism in Pakistan

The Rise in Pakistan Defence Budget: What to Read?

Prateek Joshi Commentary

Pakistan’s Budget was unveiled last month, as part of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-led government’s last budget for its term before the elections kick-in in the coming months. Of all the allocations, the allocation to defence sector generated he....

May 24, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s defence budget , Pakistan’s higher defence spending

Bangladesh: Quota Politics

Abhijit Chakravertty Commentary

What began as a small protest against quotas in government jobs in Dhaka University on 17 February 2018 soon spread to Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh, Sylhet and some other parts of the country. It reached its peak on 8 April when students b....

May 18, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh student agitation , Reservation in jobs