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Interaction on Situation in Pakistan and Regional Security

A delegation led by Ambassador Richard Oslon, US Ambassador to Pakistan visited VIF on 17 April 2013. The delegation interacted with members of the faculty led by Shri Ajit Doval, KC, Director VIF on recent occurrences in Pakistan and the overall sec....

April 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Interaction , Indo-Pak relations , Af-Pak region , US Ambassador to Pakistan , Security situation , US perspective
General in The Gaol: Musharraf’s Arrest and Its Implications
Sushant Sareen

In what is being called a first in Pakistan’s history, a former military strongman, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has been formally arrested on charges of terrorism and illegal confinement of judges. Musharraf’s detractors see his arrest as a sign of the....

April 24, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Pakistan’s Dangerous Quest for Tactical Nukes
Monika Chansoria

Pakistan’s quest to acquire tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) has added a dangerous dimension to the already precarious strategic equation in South Asia. The security discourse in the subcontinent revolves around the perennial apprehension of a conve....

March 29, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf Returns...From Exile into Oblivion?
Sushant Sareen

Pakistan’s former military dictator, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has ended his nearly five year long self-exile to return home to a tepid welcome by a handful of die-hard supporters and what was clearly a ‘rent-a-crowd’ bunch of people. While his ret....

March 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
India, Afghanistan and Developments in Pakistan
Dr M N Buch (late)

A wise man does not venture into unknown territory, at least not till he has reconnoitered it thoroughly. Perhaps I am not wise because I am trying, through this paper, to venture into an area about which my knowledge is sketchy at best. I do thi....

March 19, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan
Pakistan’s Lame Lawmakers’ Resolution on Kashmir a Challenge for India
Sushant Sareen

The highly provocative, extremely offensive, and utterly reprehensible resolution passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan condemning Indian ‘state sponsored brutalities’ and demanding the handing over the body of executed terrorist Afzal Guru....

March 16, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
As US goes Retrograde in Afghanistan Pakistan gets an Upgrade
Monish Gulati

Introduction Kicking-off the first phase of the US pull-out from Afghanistan, two convoys of 25 containers each crossed the Torkham and Chaman border check-posts in Pakistan on 10 Feb 2013. The containers, “part of the US redeployment of ....

February 20, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Pakistan
Dealing with the Neighbour from Hell – Slandering the Indian Army
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Since the recent episodes on our side of the Line of Control in January 2013, there has been a spate of articles seeking to justify and somehow explain the Pakistani actions, even if many are prefaced with the pro-forma demurral that the beheadings �....

February 05, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Defence , Pakistan
Pakistan Looks to Increase its Defence Footprint in Afghanistan
Monish Gulati

Introduction Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi, on 27 January 2013, led a six-member delegation for a five-day official tour to Pakistan for talks on defence cooperation and border coordination. Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, Gene....

February 05, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan
Stop Appeasing Pakistan
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The anger in India at the recent mutilation of its soldiers by Pakistani forces in J&K is natural and understandable. Quite unwarranted, however, are the calls for revenge and of internationalisation of the issue as also our feelings of surprise. The....

February 04, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
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