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Seminar on India-Europe Relations

VIF, in collaboration with the Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS), Germany, held a seminar titled ‘Contemporary India-Europe Relations: Prospects and Issues’ on 16 February 2015. Participants to the conference, a mix of diplomatic, securit....

February 24, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Germany , Maritime Silk Road , India-Europe Relations , Af-Pak conundrum
Expectations from the Union Budget 2015-16
N K Singh

It is said that no success is final, nor failure fatal- it is the courage to continue that counts. The Delhi electoral outcome has rekindled a fresh debate on the preferred model of development. Apart from other factors, some analysts argue tha....

February 24, 2015 Economic Studies
Will India’s Latest Gamble on Pakistan Yield Results?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Going by past experience, India’s latest initiative to engage Pakistan will not deliver the results it expects. The Government cancelled the Foreign Secretary level talks in August last year because the Pakistani High Commissioner in Delhi chose to....

February 23, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
India-Iran Relations: Prospects and Challenges
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

India’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over the last few years have been marked by various hurdles. These pertained to the unresolved payment imbroglio for the import of Iranian crude oil; inability to streamline trade between the two ....

February 19, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , West Asia
Developments in Maldives: Challenges for India
Anushree Ghisad

With fears of confrontation between the supporters of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and former President and human right activist Mohamed Nasheed sparking a wave of unrest in this littoral nation, Maldives has yet again attracted world attent....

February 19, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives
Conference on the Plight of Kashmiri Pandits

VIF, together with All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS), organised a day-long conference ‘Revisiting the displaced Kashmiri Pandits issue’ on 13 February 2015. ‘J&K: the fractured electorate mandate and its implications,’ and ‘Creation of a legi....

February 19, 2015 Jammu & Kashmir , Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , POK , Kashmir Valley , Article 370 , Kashmiri Pandits , Armed Forces Special Powers Act , All India Kashmiri Samaj
The Obama Visit: An Assessment
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The hype over the nuclear deal has obscured the main achievement of the Obama visit: this is in the Joint Strategic Vision Statement for the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region, to give the full name of the separate document issued by the two leader....

February 18, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
The Ukraine Crisis and The Challenges Ahead
Dr Harinder Sekhon

A ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Eastern Ukraine was reached in Minsk after a marathon session of negotiations running into almost seventeen hours amongst the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. This seeks to end a year of bitter f....

February 16, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
Seminar on Indo-US Relations: The Way Forward

VIF and the Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based think tank, jointly organised a seminar ‘India-US Relations: the Way Forward’ on 05 February 2015. The seminar was a take off from the Quad-plus dialogue held recently in Bali, Indonesia, where ....

February 12, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Seminars , India’s Act East Policy , Quad-Plus Dialogue , Indo-US relations
ZARB-e-AZB: An Evaluation of Pakistan Army's Anti-Taliban Operations in North Waziristan
Sushant Sareen

Preface Terrorism has been synonymous with Pakistan for years. Post 9/11, Pakistan had an opportunity to make a break with its use of jihadist terrorism as an instrument of state policy. But despite all the international pressure and notwit....

February 12, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Zarb-e-Azb , Monograph , Pakistan Army's Anti-Taliban Operations , North Waziristan , Jihadist terrorism , Global War on Terror
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