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Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?
August 29 , 2018 Sanjiv Khanna
Article Views: 3546
The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to accept the election results.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Imran and Islamists , Legitimacy of civilian leadership , Pakistan Government

Building Dams with Donations
August 28 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 3939
So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minister, Imran Khan said that Diamer-Bhasha Dam was crucial for Pakistan

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan’s dam building , Pakistan’s financial crisis

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats
August 28 , 2018 Pinaki Bhattacharya
Article Views: 4093
Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging from tens of billions of dollars

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , International order

National Register of Citizens (NRC) - The Next Steps
August 24 , 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty
Article Views: 5206
The process of filing appeals against the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the State of Assam, published on July 30, is underway. Individuals can file for review till October 28 and hearings will begin from December 15 this year.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Ilegal Immigration

Tags : Assam Accord , Illegal immigration , National Register of Citizens

ईरान का परमाणु समझौता, तेल और अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध
August 24 , 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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संयुक्त समग्र कार्य योजना (जेसीपीओए) के तहत गठित संयुक्त आयोग की बैठक 6 जुलाई को वियना में हुई। संयुक्त आयोग का गठन ईरान परमाणु समझौते के क्रियान्वयन के कारण होने वाले विवादों को सुलझाने की व्यवस्था के तौर पर किया गया था। अमेरिका के जेसीपीओए से बाहर निकलने के राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप के 9 मई के ऐलान के बाद इस प्रकार की यह पहली बैठक थी

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध , ईरान परमाणु विवाद

A Threat Looming Large: India must display Resolve and Unity
August 23 , 2018 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
Article Views: 6983
India is in transition in many ways: From agricultural to industrial to information age with constantly varying coincidence amongst them. There is transformation to digital economy, new tax regime, infrastructure development and extension of services to empower the common citizen as part

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : Controlling disinformation campaigns , Fake news , ICT and Media

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