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India and North Korea: Future Directions
May 29, 2018 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has always maintained a good working relationship with North Korea. Our bilateral trade, in recent years at best has been in the range of US$ 200-250 million but North Korea has always valued Indian food aid which was made available at regular ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India-North Korea relations , Denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula
Fifty-Fourth Death Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the First Prime Minister of India
May 25, 2018 RNP Singh Commentary

It is over fifty years that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru passed away and his ashes, as he had wished, were flown and scattered all over the lands and heights of Himalayas and immersed in the Ganges to mingle with the earth and water of the country he love....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Nehru’s role and legacy , Nehru’s policies
20 Years of India’s Nuclearisation: Retrospect and Prospect
May 24, 2018 Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

On 11th & 13th May 1998, India surprised the world by conducting five nuclear tests in the Pokhran deserts of Rajasthan.1 The tests marked the end of India’s long ambivalence vis-à-vis the nuclear weapons and set i....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Commentary , India’s nuclearisation , India’s nuclear doctrine
The Rise in Pakistan Defence Budget: What to Read?
May 24, 2018 Prateek Joshi Commentary

Pakistan’s Budget was unveiled last month, as part of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-led government’s last budget for its term before the elections kick-in in the coming months. Of all the allocations, the allocation to defence sector generated he....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s defence budget , Pakistan’s higher defence spending
Commentary: India Should Be Innovative in the Challenging Times Ahead
May 21, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Modi has shown remarkable innovativeness in foreign policy arena recently. This shows that he is cognisant of the challenges for India that are looming ahead. The ‘informal summit’ with Xi Jinping in April 2018 was an attempt to....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Indian foreign policy , India’s foreign policy challenges
Changing Political Landscape in the Middle East
May 21, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump’s announcement of US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal comes at a time, when the political landscape in the Middle East is changing fast. Hizbullah won the majority in Lebanon elections in early May. The Iraqi election results ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Middle East politics , Elections in Iraq
Bangladesh: Quota Politics
May 18, 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty Commentary

What began as a small protest against quotas in government jobs in Dhaka University on 17 February 2018 soon spread to Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh, Sylhet and some other parts of the country. It reached its peak on 8 April when students b....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh student agitation , Reservation in jobs
Commentary: PM Modi’s Visit to Nepal - the Beginning of a New Chapter
May 17, 2018 Abhigya Langeh Commentary

Within a month of the first official foreign trip under taken by Nepal’s new Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to New Delhi (Apr 6-8, 2018) which came within two months of his assumption of office in February 2018, the Indian Prime Minister Modi paid a....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Indian PM’s Nepal visit , Indo-Nepal relations
Commentary: India’s Lines of Credit Dilemma
May 16, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his third visit to Nepal at the end of the week from May 11-12, closely on the heels of visit of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. Speaking at the India Foundation function PM Oli appreciated India’s assist....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , Economic diplomacy , Diplomatic Lines of Credit
Commentary: Will Japan Carry the Bastion of Constitution Amendment After Abe?
May 16, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

“角を矯めて牛を殺す”
(Kill a bull by straightening its horns, meaning: Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem)
The above quote succinctly ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Japanese Constitution , Japan’s Defence Policy
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