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RTD on the Current Situation in Bangladesh

Even as Bangladesh continues to face the worst political turmoil in its history, a Round Table Discussion was held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on April 7th, 2015 to discuss the current political situation in Bangladesh. The inte....

April 08, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Bangladesh Nationalist Party , Awami League , Jamaat-e-Islami

Saudi-Maldivian Ties: An Opportunity or Threat for India?

Anushree Ghisad

The President of Maldives Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia from 18th March. A joint statement issued at the conclusion of Yameen’s visit to the Kingdom said that the two sides have expressed their desire to strengt....

March 31, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Indian Ocean Region

Interaction with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of Afghanistan

Amidst growing uncertainties about Afghanistan’s future, the VIF hosted the Chief Executive Officer of the national unity government in Afghanistan His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to deliberate upon a wide spectrum of issues, including, among ....

March 18, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Abdullah Abdullah , Afghanistan National Army , CEO of Afghanistan

Joint VIF-RUSI-CICIR Conference on Afghanistan

A trilateral conference on the theme of “China, India, UK and Afghanistan- A partnership for Stability” was organized at the VIF premises from 02 to 05 March 2015. The main objective of the deliberations was to find ways and means of cooperation ....

March 13, 2015 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , CICIR , RUSI , India’s approach

Sri Lankan President’s Visit: A New Chapter in Bilateral Relations

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Newly elected President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to India from Feb 15-18 had justifiably raised hopes and expectations, both in Colombo and in New Delhi, of a major‘course correction’ that could mark the onset of a new, vigorou....

February 27, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka

Will India’s Latest Gamble on Pakistan Yield Results?

Amb Kanwal Sibal

Going by past experience, India’s latest initiative to engage Pakistan will not deliver the results it expects. The Government cancelled the Foreign Secretary level talks in August last year because the Pakistani High Commissioner in Delhi chose to....

February 23, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Developments in Maldives: Challenges for India

Anushree Ghisad

With fears of confrontation between the supporters of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and former President and human right activist Mohamed Nasheed sparking a wave of unrest in this littoral nation, Maldives has yet again attracted world attent....

February 19, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives

ZARB-e-AZB: An Evaluation of Pakistan Army's Anti-Taliban Operations in North Waziristan

Sushant Sareen

Preface Terrorism has been synonymous with Pakistan for years. Post 9/11, Pakistan had an opportunity to make a break with its use of jihadist terrorism as an instrument of state policy. But despite all the international pressure and notwit....

February 12, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Zarb-e-Azb , Monograph , Pakistan Army's Anti-Taliban Operations , North Waziristan , Jihadist terrorism , Global War on Terror

Pakistan Loses Its Centrality in India-US Tango

Sushant Sareen

Apart from all the other seminal outcomes of the visit of the US President Barack Obama to New Delhi, the complete absence of any reference to Pakistan is quite remarkable. Although Pakistan was never really mentioned by name in any of the previous d....

January 28, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Pakistan

Banning the Strategic Assets: What Pakistan’s Action against the Haqqanis and Jamaat Ud Dawa Means

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

The media is alive with reports of a potential ban on the Haqqani network and the Jamatud Dawaby the Pakistan authorities and last reports say that it has been put into effect. Similar bans on JuD, a clone of the Markaazul-Dawa-e-Ershad, the LeT’s ....

January 24, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan