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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
Interaction with members of Goodwill Delegation from China Association for International Friendly Contacts (CAIFC)

On 18th March 2013, VIF team led by Ambassador P.P. Shukla interacted with members of Goodwill Delegation from the China Association of International Friendly Contacts (CAIFC). The VIF team included Sandhya Jain, Prof. Makkhan Lal, and Pro....

March 28, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Goodwill Delegation , CAIFC
Stance on Sri Lanka a Blunder
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Our conduct at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva on the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights violations of the tamilian population has raised questions about the coherence, maturity and objectivity of our ....

March 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
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
Anti-Lanka vote was a bad idea
Amb Kanwal Sibal

India has once again joined the US and other western countries to censure Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on the Tamil issue. This is objectionable on many counts. For many years we have fought our own battles w....

March 25, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
When the Periphery becomes Peripheral : Perils And Pitfalls of India's Neighbourhood Policy
Sushant Sareen

The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, best articulated the sentiment sweeping through large parts of India in the recent months. Reacting to the resolution of the Pakistan National Assembly on Kashmir and Afzal Guru’s hanging, ....

March 24, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies
Vimarsha: “Decolonising the Indian Mind” with Prof. Kapil Kapoor, former Pro-Vice Chancellor, JNU

On 16 March 2013, VIF welcomed Prof. Kapil Kapoor, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, as the guest speaker on its Vimarsha series of talks by eminent persons.....

March 22, 2013 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Encyclopedia of Hinduism , Indian Mind , Self-knowledge
The United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka, 2013

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March 22, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
Interaction of VIF Delegation with China Institute for International Strategic Studies at Beijing

A VIF delegation led by Mr. Ajit Doval and comprising of Gen. (Retd.) NC Vij, Amb. PP Shukla, Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney and Brig (Retd.) Vinod Anand visited China Institute for International Strategic Studies at Beijing on 15th March 2013 and ....

March 21, 2013 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , China-India relations
The Justice System
Dr M N Buch (late)

The justice system in India is passing through an extremely difficult period, for which there are a number of reasons. Let us start with the basics, that is, the separation of powers. In this a very special position is given to the Judiciary which m....

March 21, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
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