Articles

Pakistan’s location, for long, has been a source of attraction in America’s foreign policy. However, Pakistan has leveraged its geography to continuously venture into strategic adventures that have endangered global peace and security. ....

September 02, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Article , US , geography , Terrorism , Soviet Union , Taliban , Cold War , Humanitarian Crisis , war on terror , Af-Pak region , Strategic Depth , Mujahideen , Nuclear Proliferation

Recognizing the Rise of the Private Military Contractors

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“The disjunction between the seriousness of international politics and the triviality of international relations theory is quite startling.” —Professor R. B. J. Walker Despite the current intern....

July 23, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , BRI , war on terror , PMCs , UNPKOs , Montreux Document , Clinton , Executive Outcomes , DynCorp , Frontier Services Group , SADAT

Doha Talks: a Long Road Ahead

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

The al-Qaeda led-terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, impelled America to wage ‘global war on terror’. Consequently, the United States toppled the Taliban regime (1996-2001) in Afghanistan for giving sanctuary to the terrorist group, al-Qaeda.....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Pakistan , US , Taliban , Peace talks , Ceasefire , Human Rights , war on terror , women rights , minority rights