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Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most fam....

June 03, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Terrorism , India’s Policy , Ayub Khan

Round Table Discussion on Situation in Kashmir and the Way Forward

In continuation of a series of dialogues and conferences held over the years on Kashmir, a Round Table Discussion was arranged at the VIF when some of the prominent voices on Kashmir - Mr KM Singh, Air Vice Mshl Kapil Kak, Dr Sudhir S Bloeria, Ms See....

May 29, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , POK , Kashmir Valley , Situation in Kashmir , Sudhir S Bloeria

Talk on ‘Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors and the Way Forward’

The VIF invited Mr. Zafar Iqbal Manhas, MLC from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for an informal session on the evolving dynamics in Kashmir. The discussion revolved around a broad set of issues - sense of alienation, autonomy and democratic d....

May 29, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Kashmir , POK , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir , Zafar Iqbal Manhas

The Kashmir Narrative

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

ISBN: 9788182748996 Publication Year: 2017 Binding: PB Pages: 100 Price: Rs. 295 Online Available at Pentagon Press ....

May 25, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , POK , governance , Kashmir Valley , Book Published , Anti National , Paradox

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: India Must Stay Out

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Article

Furthering China’s Grand Strategy Leaders from almost 30 countries gathered in Beijing this week to endorse President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, now called ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The p....

May 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , POK , OBOR , China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Visit of Delegation from Peking University, China

Mr Liu Xianjing, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Center (ICC) for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), led a delegation from Peking University (China) to visit the VIF. The visit was aimed furthering the bilate....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , POK , Terrorism , CPEC , Af-Pak region , Peking University

VIF-Sichuan University Dialogue on Sino-Indian Relations

Asix-member delegation from Chengdu-based Sichuan University (China), led by Yang Wenwu, Senior Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of South Asian Studies (Sichuan University), and comprising Mr. Zhen Bo, Assistant Director, Institute of South A....

April 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , POK , CPEC , Sichuan University , Maritime Silk Route

Review Essay: ‘Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century’, Dr Sumit Ganguly

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The terrorist attack at an army camp in Uri in mid-September 2016 was followed by several surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) by the Special Forces of the Indian Army. Since then, India-Pakistan relations have deteriorated steadily and ....

December 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , POK , Indian Army , LoC , Ballistic Missile , Surgical Strikes , Book Reviews , SAARC summit , India-Pakistan

China’s Stance towards Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Recent Developments

Dr Teshu Singh

Background Given its geo-strategic location, China has been keenly interested in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) for long. The Chinese plan, to use Pakistan card against India dates back to the 1950’s when Zhou En Lai suggested....

November 28, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , China , Kashmir , POK , OBOR , CPEC , Gwadar , Karakoram Highway , NDRC , National Development Reform Commission , Zarb-e-Azb , XUAR in China