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Future of Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: An Assessment
April 15, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Article View: 265

In a historic announcement on 19 March 2019, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev declared his resignation through a state television message. He stated that this decision was not easy, but he wanted to pave the way for the young generation o....

Keywords : Presidential succession in Kazakhstan , Kazakhstan Presidential election , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
पश्चिम एशिया राउंड अप फरवरी 2019
April 12, 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article View: 188

सऊदी शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलमान की एशिया की धुरी शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलाम की लोकप्रियता सऊदी महि....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Hindi , सीरिया , सऊदी अरब , ईरान , इस्लामी सहयोग संगठन
Limitations of Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Strategy on North Korea
April 11, 2019 Kapil Patil, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary View: 264

On 30 November 2018, the Japanese agencies spotted the North Korean vessels engaged in offshore ship-to-ship transfers with foreign vessels conducting illegal activities on the consecutive days.1 The offshore couplings is among the scores of illicit ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , North Korea sanctions , North Korea economic downturn , DPRK denuclearisation
Hypersonic Weapons - An Analysis
April 10, 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM,AVSM,VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article View: 933

On 14 Mar 2019, Moscow's State controlled news agency TASS reported that Russia is getting ready to launch the Zircon Hypersonic Missile from a naval vessel. The Missile will have a capability of flying at Mach 8 (9878.4 Km per hour) and will be simp....

Keywords : Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Hypersonic weapons , Development of hypersonic missiles
West Asia Round-up: March 2019
April 10, 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article View: 230

Abstract President Trump continues to surprise the world as far as the foreign policy domain is concerned especially with regard to West Asia. After his Jerusalem Salvo and the proposal in making “Deal of the Century” for the Middle East, he....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Kurdish rebellion , India at the OIC , Golan Heights
Initial Assessment of China’s CPPCC Plenary Session, 2019
April 09, 2019 Jayadeva Ranade Article View: 275

Earlier in March this year, China successfully concluded plenary meetings of the Party’s top two bodies, which set the agenda for the year ahead. 2158 delegates of China's top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Con....

Keywords : China’s CPPCC plenary , 2019 , Xi Jinping’s policies with Chinese characteristics , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China
Special Provisions for Jammu & Kashmir: Facts
April 08, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article View: 309

It would appear from statements by certain political leaders that Article 370 is the critical element which binds Jammu & Kashmir with India. Former State Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti says that the withdrawal of th....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Article , special provisions for J&K , Kashmir misconceptions , Article 370 & 35 A
Assessing US Recognition of Golan Heights
April 05, 2019 Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article View: 543

On 21 March 2019, the US President Donald Trump announced his decision in a tweet stating that the US after 52 years have recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. The reason according to President Trump is that the region ho....

Keywords : Russia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US-Israel alliance , occupation of Golan Heights , Israel-Syria dispute
Pakistani Estimates of the Eastern River Water Flows
April 04, 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary View: 981

It may be recalled that the Indus Water Treaty, 1960 (IWT) between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World bank, allocated three rivers each, known as the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India, and the Western Rivers (Indus, Chenab, Jhelum) ....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , water usage , Indus Water Treaty , India-Pakistan relations , Eastern Rivers
Kabul’s Muscle-Flexing amidst recent Tensions
April 04, 2019 Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary View: 276

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent assertion that Pakistan would play a key role in the Afghan peace settlement has contributed to the latest downswing of ties between these two nations.1 In his address to journalists, Imran Khan not only blamed th....

Keywords : Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Afghanistan’s government’s strong stance , Afghanistan peace process
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