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No Need to Engage Imran Khan Prematurely

The coverage that the Pakistani elections has received in our media has been out of proportion to our stakes in its outcome. Of course, the election process in a neighbouring country like Pakistan, with which our relations remain most difficult, shou....

August 01, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Featured , Article , Engaging Imran Khan , Imran’s platitudes

China-ASEAN Negotiations on Code of Conduct for the South China Sea

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It has been reported in the media that China and the ten ASEAN countries have agreed on a single draft of a negotiating text for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS). The formal announcement may be made soon. Negotiations on COC will ....

August 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , Code of Conduct

Swaran Singh Committee and 39th - 42nd Amendments

Dr Makkhan Lal Article

The Final Phase

Between the 1973 and 1975 several amendments came in but after the imposition of emergency on midnight of the 25 June, 1975, the Constitution was also made to suffer. One after another, amendments were carried out by a Par....

July 31, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Constitution Aamendments , 42 nd Amendment , Attack onFundamental Rights

Pakistan under Imran Khan - What’s in it for Indo-Pak Relations

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

Whoever heard Pakistan’s Prime Minister (Designate) Imran Khan speak on 26 Jul 2018, after it became quite evident that the election had gone his way, would have had to change his image in the mind’s eye to make any sense of it at all. We have se....

July 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Imran Khan , Indo-Pakistan relations

Visit of Delegation from the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) to China

A VIF Delegation comprising of Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) representative at Shanghai, Sh Madhav Sharma, visited China from 16th-18th of July. The Delegates in....

July 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , India-China trade , Cultural cooperation

कोरिया प्रायद्वीप में शुरू हुआ संवादः सामुद्रिक सुरक्षा के समाधान की उम्मीद

Commodore Somen Banerjee

इस साल 26 अप्रैल को दक्षिण कोरियाई धरती पर कदम रखते ही किम जोंग उन 1950 के दशक में कोरियाई युद्ध के बा....

July 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , उत्तर और दक्षिण कोरिया , सामुद्रिक विवादों के समाधान

Pakistan General Election 2018

Introduction Pakistan’s electoral contest on 25 July 2018 has been billed as being between Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) - even though he is debarred from contesting or holding a party office – and Imran’s Khan Pakistan Tehre....

July 24, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif , Pakistan politics , Pakistan General Election 2018 , Imran Khan , Pakistan Muslim League , Tehreek-e-Insaf

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस – भारत को खराब भूमि और बंजर भूमि की पारिस्थितिक बहाली के लिए शुरू करना चाहिए राष्ट्रीय अभियान

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

भारत इस वर्ष 43वें संयुक्त राष्ट्र विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस की मेजबानी कर रहा है, जो 5 जून को मनाया जात�....

July 24, 2018 Climate Change , Article , पर्यावरण दिवस , प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण

Roundtable on ‘Recent Developments in Nepal-China Relations: Implications’

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a roundtable on ‘Recent Developments in Nepal-China Relations: Implications’. The key speaker, Mr. Sunil KC, CEO of Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Kathmandu, touched upon ....

July 24, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , China , Nepal-China Relations , Prime Minister Oli , Hydropower projects , Sunil KC , BBIN initiative