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July 19, 2019 Rajesh Soami Commentary View: 487

Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan parti....

Keywords : Chabahar Port , US Sanctions , Iran’s changed priorities , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

The Spirit of Indian Federalism

July 18, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article View: 184

The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Centre of violating the federal spirit through po....

Keywords : Indian Union , Federalism in India , Indian Constitution , Article , Governance and Political Studies

बिम्सटेक - एक सुरक्षा ढांचे की तरफ

July 18, 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article View: 123

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के दूसरी बार जनादेश पाने के भारत के घरेलू और विदेश नीति दोनों के लि�....

Keywords : बिम्सटेक प्रतिबद्धता , भारत के दक्षिण-पूर्व एशियाई सम्बन्ध , साझा कारोबार-सुरक्षा मसले , Hindi , Article , Neighbourhood Studies

Challenges for the New President of European Commission

July 16, 2019 Gautam Sen Article View: 178

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

Keywords : European Commission , new president of EC , EC president’s challenges , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir

July 16, 2019 Bashir Assad Article View: 308

In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the last week of June. They showed up on social media s....

Keywords : Kashmir militancy , Burhan Wani factor , New hot bed of militancy , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

पश्चिमी एशिया की समीक्षा- मई, 2019

July 16, 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article View: 202

अमेरिका और ईरान पवित्र रमजान का महीना मई, अमन बहाली के बजाय, मध्य-पूर्व में तनाव बढ़ने का गवाह र�....

Keywords : मध्य-पूर्व तनाव , ईरान पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध , इस्राइल-फिलिस्तीन विवाद , सीरिया शांति प्रक्रिया , Hindi , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Fortnightly Notes from the South Asian Sub-Continent

July 15, 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary View: 198

Bangladesh: No justice in extrajudicial killing After a murder accused was killed in an encounter with the police earlier this month, Bangladesh’s apex court made clear that it did not approve of such ‘extrajudicial’ killings. The judges sai....

Keywords : Bangladesh killings , Pakistan’s debt , Death penalty in Sri Lanka , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies

US Policy and India’s Energy Needs

July 15, 2019 Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article View: 284

The United States of America has decided to roll back the waivers on its sanctions on entities or countries engaged in oil trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The waivers known as Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) expired on 2 May 2019. Non....

Keywords : Iran sanctions , Oil supply , India’s energy security , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy

New Breed of Kashmiri Terrorists

July 12, 2019 Bashir Assad Commentary View: 425

The current phase of militancy in Kashmir has a very strong ideological basis. It is completely different from what it was in the early 1990s. Islamist theology originating from Wahabism and Maududism provides the requisite ideological input to the c....

Keywords : Kashmir militancy , money and propaganda in radicalization , Kashmiri radicalization , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Pakistan Federal Budget 2019-20 - Unrealistic Ambitions

July 11, 2019 Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary View: 311

Pakistan’s Federal Budget was unveiled on June 11, 2019, under the looming shadow of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) conditionalities seeking to curb the consistently misused fiscal space as well as the gloomy growth projection of 2.4 percent....

Keywords : Pakistan budget , Pakistan’s fiscal distress , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan