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Politics and Implications of US Withdrawal from the UNESCO
Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee

On Thursday, 12th October, 2017, the Trump Administration abruptly announced that United States would withdraw from its membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation or the UNESCO. Israel made a similar....

October 23, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , UNESCO , Trump , Bhaswati Mukherjee , US Withdrawal
Nepal’s Experiment with Democracy - A Game of Shifting Alliances
RNP Singh

As is well known to political and strategic analysts dealing with Nepal, the only constant in the country’s recent political history has been the game of alliances and re-alliances, played by the political parties with a view to retaining power. In....

October 23, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , Nepal elections , Nepal politics , Prime Minister Deuba , Nepali Congress
14th EU-India Summit : The Need For A Fresh Perspective
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Summit The 14th European Union (EU)-India Summit was held in New Delhi on 6th October, 2017. It showed the maturity of the process that began in 2000 with Lisbon Summit. Both the partners have gone through major changes since....

October 23, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , EU-India Summit , EU trade
US Policy: The India Card
Sushant Sareen

After US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Pakistan a ‘reliable partner’ and Defense Secretary Gen James Mattis talked of trying “one more time” to work with Pakistan to stabilise Afghanistan, it appeared for a moment as though the US c....

October 18, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , India , Pakistan’s double-game , US punitive options , US Secretary , Trump. Pakistan
The False Euphemism of ‘New Cold War’
Vivek Sugandh

Introduction Russia’s relationship with West has been on a downward trajectory for a very long period of time. It is under this pretext that an eminent discourse of ‘A New Cold War’ has emerged in the official and academic c....

October 17, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , US , Russia , Trump , New Cold War , Asia pivot , geo-politics in Asia , Edward Lucas , Putin
आतंकवाद पर पाकिस्तान की बकवास की पड़ताल
Sushant Sareen

पाकिस्तान में केवल भोले-भाले आम आदमी ही नहीं बल्कि तथाकथित ‘बुद्धिजीवियों’ (ज्यादातर पाकिस्त�....

October 17, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , आतंकवाद , पाकिस्तान , झूठा प्रचार , Terrorism
What to expect from the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

At the forthcoming Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing on 18th October, 2017, President Xi is set to enter the hall of fame of Chinese leaders alongside Mao and Deng. This was indicated in a party communique issued on October 14, 2....

October 16, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , Sino-Indian relations , Chinese Party Congress , Xi’s core leadership , 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China , Congress Party , CMC , President X
Rawalpindi’s Strategic Calculus and the Emergence of Militant Parties in Pakistani Electoral Politics
Varun Nambiar

When Pakistan’s erstwhile Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was declared ineligible to hold his office by the country’s Supreme Court on a corruption charge in August,1 Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), the public charity wing of the Lashkar-e Taiba (Le....

October 16, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
From Electoral to Alliance Politics in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

As per the constitutional provisions, Nepal was expected to hold elections for the local units, apart from the provincial assemblies and the federal parliament, until January 21, 2018. Accordingly, the country has already completed the local unit’s....

October 16, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal elections , Nepal Local Units Elections , Nepal Parties , Madhesh , CPN-MC , CPN-UML , NC
Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran: What Next?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

In a hard hitting speech on Friday the 13 October, 2017, President Trump announced that he would not certify to the Congress that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with Iran is in US’ national security interest. He accused Iran ....

October 15, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , national security , Iran nuclear deal , President Trump , Iran , US decertification , sanctions , Islam
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