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Pakistan under Imran Khan - What’s in it for Indo-Pak Relations
July 28, 2018 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Whoever heard Pakistan’s Prime Minister (Designate) Imran Khan speak on 26 Jul 2018, after it became quite evident that the election had gone his way, would have had to change his image in the mind’s eye to make any sense of it at all. We have se....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Imran Khan , Indo-Pakistan relations
Putin-Trump Summit: Untangling the Knots
July 15, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Ensuring Peace is a global good and a responsibility of all countries and stake holders. But it is more so of the Hyper and Super powers, who always indulge in the political chess games and move their rooks adroitly and sometimes bluntly, to ensure t....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Commentary , Helsinki Summit , Trump-Putin meeting
A Significant Visit from the Land of the ‘Princess of Ayodhya’
July 13, 2018 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in paid a highly significant visit to India on 8-11 July 2018 to cement his ‘New Southern Policy’ of increased focus on India and ASEAN countries. President Moon repeatedly said that his administration’s objec....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South Korean President’s visit , India-South Korea relations
Pakistan on Financial Action Task Force ‘Grey List’
July 12, 2018 Shruti Punia Commentary

After a long period of dormancy Pakistan finally enters the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list which comes as no rude awakening to either of its neighbours, India as well as China. The FATF took the imminent decision to place Pakistan on its....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Grey-list FATF , Financing Terrorism
Iran’s Nuclear Deal, Oil and US Sanctions
July 09, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A meeting of the Joint Commission established under Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) took place in Vienna on 6th July. The Joint Commission was set up as the mechanism to resolve any disputes arising out of implementation of the Iran nucle....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Iran’s oil & gas exports , JCPOA Vienna meeting
Significance of President of Seychelles Danny Faure’s Visit to India
July 09, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Over the last few years, India’s outreach to Africa has been considerable, particularly the relation between Indian and Seychelles has always been worthy of attention. Since 1976, when Seychelles gained independence, the relationship between the t....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , Seychelles President’s visit , Assumption Island , Indo-Seychelles relationship
India’s Looming Drinking Water Crisis
July 06, 2018 Rajesh Singh Commentary

NITI Aayog has warned of a crisis that must make policymakers and the rest of us act now, and not later, because later could be too late. The danger the panel has spoken of has not been considered important enough for prime time television debates an....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Looming water crisis , Water Management Strategy
Middle East Peace Process- in the Docks
July 05, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Middle East Peace Process has been dormant and lying in a limbo for quite some time as a result of sporadic and non-sincere efforts, or for that matter, simple lip service. Last US initiative on reviving peace process was stalled in 2014. The Palest....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Middle East Peace Process , Trump’s Deal of Century
An Underrated Summit: Macedonia
July 05, 2018 Aayush Mohanty Commentary

The Greek Prime Minister and the Macedonian Prime Minister on June 17 concluded an agreement which led to Macedonia renaming itself as Northern Macedonia.1 This is expected to bring an end to a 27 year dispute over Macedonia’s name that ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Greek-Macedonia agreement , Renaming Macedonia
India’s Soft Power and Heritage: A Gift to the World
July 04, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Commentary

In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become as important a tool of diplomacy for States as hard power. It promotes inter-cultural dialogue, essential to counter the multiple challenges to the existing world order by non-State ....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India’s soft power , India’s civilisation heritage
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