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भारत-भूटान संबंधों के बदलते आयाम
July 30 , 2019 Alakh Ranjan
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भूटान महत्वपूर्ण पड़ोसी है और भारत के नए विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने पहले द्विपक्षीय दौरे पर दो दिन (7-8 जून) की यात्रा के लिए भूटान को ही चुना। इस यात्रा से दोनों देशों के बीच नियमित यात्राओं तथा सर्वोच्...

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , चीन की भूटान में बढ़ती पैठ , भारत-भूटान सहयोग , विदेश मंत्री भूटान यात्रा

Recurring Clashes on Tajik-Kyrgyz Border over Raising of National Flags
July 29 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5290
On 22 July 2019, the border authorities of Tajikistan informed that a skirmish took place on the border with Kyrgyzstan which resulted in killing of one local resident and several others wounded. Accord...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : border disputes in Central Asia , Border tension in Fergana Valley , Tajik-Kyrgyz spat

No Change in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Assertive Policies Despite Pressure
July 29 , 2019 Jayadeva Ranade
Commentary Views: 2967
Since more than the past 18 months Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been under increasing pressure because of the US-China Tariff war. Washington has also been try...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s aggressive posturing , China’s assertive policies

How Nepal is Negotiating its Federalist Contract between the Citizen and the State
July 26 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Article Views: 3252
After weeks of large-scale protests, in the last week of June the federal government of Nepal withdrew a controversial bill that would have allowed it greater control of the country’s numerous temple tr...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Devolution of Nepal state powers , Federalism in Nepal , Nepal constitution

Kargil War : Recollections
July 26 , 2019 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 5069
The Kargil war was fought from May through till 26 July 1999 across a trans-Himalayan front of about 150 km at dizzying heights of up to 18000 feet in what was the most inhospitable and unlikely battle...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Military Affairs

Tags : 20 years of Kargil War , Kargil Committee Report , Kargil Conflict

Lead Role of JK Police, Synergy in Anti-Terrorist Operations
July 25 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 4480
The security situation in the Kashmir region has been spiraling downward since 2008. This is essentially because Pakistan-backed separatists have devised a new strategy to sustain the unrest.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Policing against terrorism , Synergy in ant-terror operations , Terrorism in Kashmir

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