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किर्गिज़स्तान में जारी सियासी उठापटक : कौन है इसका जवाबदेह?
November 21 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary View: 65
मध्य एशिया में बसा किर्गिज़स्तान एक छोटा-सा गणराज्य है। यह सोवियत संघ के 1991 में ऐतिहासिक विघटन होने के बाद अपने स्वतंत्र अस्तित्व में आया। तब से ही यह लगातार राजनीतिक झंझावातों से गुजरता रहा है। इन सबके बावजूद किर्गिज़स्तान मध्य एशिया का एकमात्र ऐसा गणराज्य है, जिसकी शासन प्रणाली लोकतांत्रिक है। हालांकि यह देश राजनीतिक रूप से अस्थिर रहा है और यहां हुई दो प्रसिद्ध क्रांतियों के चलते तात्कालीन दो राष्ट्रपतियों को गद्दी तक छोड़नी पड़ी है। यहां अस्थिरता की बनी हुई चुनौती के दो खास कारक हैं। पहला, राजनीतिक अभिजनों और स्थानिक आबादी के बीच परवान चढ़ता जातीय स्तर पर विभाजन। और दूसरा, उत्तरी तथा दक्ष
Tags : Central Asia , Hindi , Kyrgyz politicspolitical violence in KyrgyzstanKyrgyz presidency rivalry , International Relations and Diplomacy
Myanmar Round Up: October 2019
November 21 , 2019 Aakriti Vinayak, Young Professional, VIF Alakh Ranjan, Young Professional, VIF Jaideep Chanda, Senior Fellow, VIF Article View: 130
The irony of the democratic process in the ‘imperfect’ democracy that is Myanmar, is the military attempting to use the democratic mechanisms to elbow out the modicum of civilian control that exists!
Tags : democracy in Myanmar , ethnic armed groups in Myanmar , Rohingiya problem , Myanmar , Indian Ocean Region
Rohingya Refugee Children : Que Sara Sara?
November 18 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Commentary View: 423
A recent visit to a Rohingya camp near Cox bazar at Samlapore in Bangladesh revealed a reality that had been known about but not quite understood nor realised its full implications till the prevailing conditions for were seen.
Tags : Rohingiya refugees , Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies
Political Unrest in Hong Kong: Where is it Headed?
November 18 , 2019 Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article View: 425
Introduction The current protests in Hong Kong doesn’t seem to be ending. The protestors are working on the weekdays and staging protests on the weekends. Recently, the clash between the police and the demonstrators have become fierce; two protestor have been killed, a police officer has been stabbed in the neck, and a homemade bomb was detonated.
Tags : China’s autarkical policies , Freedom in Hong Kong , Situation in Hong Kong , China , Neighbourhood Studies
Islamic State’s Attack on Border Outpost in Tajikistan
November 15 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary View: 344
In the night of 6 November 2019, a deadly attack on a Tajik outpost near to Uzbekistan’s border took place. According to the Tajik authorities, the clash between the attackers and security forces claimed 17 lives. Tajik authorities also claimed that these attackers belonged to Islamic state (IS).
Tags : Central Asia , IS threat in Central Asia , Terror attack in Tajikistan , International Relations and Diplomacy
भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना के चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ पर फैसले का क्रियान्वयन
November 15 , 2019 VIF Study Group Report Article View: 302
स्टडी ग्रुप का गठन भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना का चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ (सीडीएस) नियुक्त करने का बहुतप्रतीक्षित निर्णय सरकार ने आखिरकार ले ही लिया है और यह स्वागत योग्य कदम है। निश्चित रूप से इस सुधार से विभिन्न सेवाओं (सेना, नौसेना और वायुसेना) के बीच बेहतर एकीकरण और तालमेल होगा तथा सैन्य बलों के सामर्थ्य विकास की कोशिशों का सबसे अच्छा नतीजा निकलेगा। इस पद पर आने वाले व्यक्ति की भूमिका एवं जिम्मेदारियां गंभीरता के साथ तय करना और उसे उच्चतर रक्षा संगठन एवं राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा ढांचे में उचित स्थान पर बिठाना अगला महत्वपूर्ण काम होगा।
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Hindi , डिफेंस सुधार , सीडीएस की भूमिका , सेना में एकल नियंत्रण’ , Defence
The ‘Trumpeachment’ Clouds
November 14 , 2019 Amb K P Fabian Commentary View: 317
The clouds are thickening, and we do not know whether there will be thunder and lightning that can cause peril to the occupant of the White House. But, we do know that it will get worse before it gets better, if it ever does, and we see a cloudless blue sky.
Tags : American election , Impeaching US President , Trump’s Ukraine episode , US , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
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