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Pakistan Army and Imran Khan: From Macro to Micro Management Post Polls
August 2 , 2018 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Commentary Views: 2788
In surveying the outcome and post-election trends in Pakistan two clichés come to mind, “the more things change the more they remain the same,” and “while states have armies, Pakistan Army has a state”.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Military control in Pakistan , Post-Election trends in Pakistan

Marine Debris Worry Indian and Indonesian Leaders
August 2 , 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Commentary Views: 6345
The ‘Shared Vision of India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’1 announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia lists several issues for practical coope...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bay of Bengal plastic debris , Featured , India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation

Two Years of PCA Judgement on South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective
August 2 , 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commodore Somen Banerjee
Commentary Views: 4949
On January 22, 2013 the Philippines had instituted an arbitral proceeding against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under Annex VII of the United Nations Conventions on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) as case number 2013-19.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : South China Sea , The Philippines-China dispute

The Pakistan Elections 2018
August 1 , 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 4083
According to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)at the time of writing, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest political party in the country. It has won 115 of the 270 National Assembly (NA) seats on which the elections were held.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : New government in Pakistan , Pakistan Elections

No Need to Engage Imran Khan Prematurely
August 1 , 2018 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Article Views: 3403
The coverage that the Pakistani elections has received in our media has been out of proportion to our stakes in its outcome. Of course, the election process in a neighbouring country like Pakistan, with which our relations remain most difficult, should not be ignored.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Engaging Imran Khan , Featured , Imran’s platitudes

China-ASEAN Negotiations on Code of Conduct for the South China Sea
August 1 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4276
It has been reported in the media that China and the ten ASEAN countries have agreed on a single draft of a negotiating text for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS). The formal announce...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Code of Conduct , South China Sea

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