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Modi did what Nehru wanted to, but couldn’t, on Article 370
August 7 , 2019 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
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When Home Minister Amit Shah declared on August 6 that Article 370 has been scrapped and Kashmir fully integrated with the rest of India, whether or not he was aware, he said almost exactly what Jawahar...

Jammu & Kashmir, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Amit Shah , Article 370 , Congress Kashmir abrogation , Jawaharlal Nehru , Lok Sabha , RSS

अंतर-अफगान संवाद: एक परिप्रेक्ष्य
August 7 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 2249
जर्मनी और कतर के साझा प्रयास से 7 से 8 जुलाई 2019 को दोहा में दो दिवसीय अंतर-अफगान संवाद का आयोजन किया गया था। इस संवाद ने अफगानिस्तान में पिछले 18 वर्षो से चले आ रहे रोजाना के खून-खराबे के अब खत्म हो जाने की उम्मीदों को लहका दिया है।

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , अफगानिस्तान-तालिबान वार्ता , अफगानिस्तान-शांति , तालिबान का दोहरापन

Repeal of Temporary Articles 370 and the 35A Intrusion
August 6 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 4631
Those who had been wondering whether the Modi Government would bite the bullet on Article 370 and Article 35A got their answer on August 5. Not only did the government scrap the two provisions, the fir...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article 370 & 35A , Integration of J&K , Roots of separatism in Kashmir Valley

West Asia Review – July 2019
August 6 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
Article Views: 2186
The US-Iran spat continued despite some signs of a thaw and a possible dialogue since both sides continued with sabre rattling and mutual recriminations. Meanwhile the mutual detention of the cargo ships by Iran and the UK in the Gulf and despatch of the US naval assets there attested to the fragility of the situation.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : events in West Asia , shipping in Hormuz , US-Iran developments

Is there a trade war in East Asia?
August 5 , 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh
Commentary Views: 2690
On the margins of the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, Japan and South Korea are also involved in a similar tiff. As in any economic conflict, one country tries to strong-arm the o...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Featured , Japan-South Korea economic rift , Japan-South Korea tensions

US-Pakistan Relations after Imran Khan’s Visit
August 2 , 2019 Husain Haqqani
Commentary Views: 3079
Media attention and domestic praise aside, Imran Khan’s visit to the US has not really changed Pakistan’s fundamental challenges; its coffers remain depleted and economy stagnant, the country still rema...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Imran Khan in US , Pakistan’s policy difficulties , Trump-Khan meeting

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