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Pakistan: The Aasia Bibi Case and its Aftermath
November 13 , 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
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The controversy surrounding the blasphemy case of Pakistani citizen Aasia Noreen, better known as Aasia Bibi of village Ikkawali in Sheikhpura, Punjab, has drawn attention to the culture of extremism i...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Blasphemy law in Pakistan , Pakistan’s Aasia Bibi

The Middle East and the Israeli Gains – Bridging the Diplomatic Divide
November 13 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 21467
Gloom in Middle East
The Middle East has been wrenching and reeling under an unprecedented pressure during the last decade. In recent times, this has been further accentuated by self-inflicted goals and self-defeating regional diplomatic outreach and senseless military interventions.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Israel-Qatar Diplomacy , Khashoggi Affair , Saudi Regime

Relevance of India's Nuclear Triad
November 12 , 2018 Ajit Kumar
Commentary Views: 5864
It may be recalled that India's 1999 Draft Nuclear Doctrine had stated that its nuclear forces would be based on a triad of aircraft, mobile land-based missiles and sea-based assets. The summary of the official Nuclear Doctrine of 2003 also mentioned about maintaining a credible minimum deterrence, a posture of 'No First Use' and that any nuclear retaliation would be massive.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : INS Arihant SSBN , Nuclear Triad

Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?
November 10 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 2695
On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first ...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Russia’s Afghanistan initiative , Taliban-Afghan meeting

Bangladesh Elections: Growing Influence of ‘Hefazat’
November 8 , 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty
Article Views: 4727
The announcement on October 26th at a party forum by Sheikh Hasina that the two foremost hard-line fundamentalist groups, viz. the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Hefazat-e-Islam(HeI), should be treated d...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh Islamist hard-line party

Imran Khan’s China visit: China’s Deafening Silence on Financial Bailout
November 6 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2671
Imran Khan ’s much anticipated China visit took place from 2 to 5 November 2018 in the backdrop of Pakistan's desperate requirement of a financial bailout due to mounting balance of payment crisis, the...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : CPEC woes , Imran Khan’s China visit , Pakistan’s financial state

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