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India - Maldives Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism: Why and How
Nidhi Narain-Bhatnagar

In a recently concluded three-day visit of the Indian Defence Minister, A. K. Antony to Malé, India and Maldives have agreed to work together to ensure that “the stability in the region is maintained; and above all… threats, particularly from te

October 22, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Maldives
A Visit that can Wait
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, while publicly expressing his keenness to visit Pakistan, has also voiced his expectation several times that the outcome would be substantial. It was earlier speculated that by something “substantial” he had ag

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
PM Visiting PAK Now A Bad Idea
Amb Kanwal Sibal

As the bigger country, India is often exhorted to be generous with Pakistan. Those advocating a sustained dialogue with Pakistan, irrespective of its conduct towards us, have such thinking, an off-shoot of which are current urgings to the Prime Min

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
The State of India-Sri Lanka Relations: Ethnic Issue as an Irritant
Dr N Manoharan

In the recent days, the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has figured in at least four issues pertaining to Sri Lanka: protests against training of Sri Lankan defence personnel in the state, threats to Sri Lankan pilgrims touring the state, turning

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka
India - Pakistan Relations: Lessons of History, Perils in the Present
Sushant Sareen

Folklore, if not history, has it that the King of Delhi, Prithviraj Chauhan, worsted in battle the Afghan invader, Mohammed of Ghor, some 17 times. After each victory, Prithviraj acted graciously and with typical, if also entirely misplaced, Rajput c

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Granting Pakistan the Upper Hand
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Another round of the India-Pakistan dialogue has been completed with External Affairs Minister Krishna’s visit to Islamabad on September 8. The agreement on relaxing the visa regime and holding the meeting of the Pakistan-India Joint Commission af

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Genuflecting before Pakistan
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The Indian external affairs minister’s visit to Pakistan from September 7-9 epitomised India’s composite re-engagement with Pakistan. It flies in the face of the assurances provided by the prime minister in his address to the Lok Sabha on July 29

February 11, 2010 Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Prepare Against Pakistan Nukes
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The rapidity of Pakistan’s nuclear weaponisation in recent years has been under constant scrutiny in the United States and has been well-documented in articles in the ‘Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and the Nuclear Threat Initiative’ as well as

February 11, 2010 National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Nuclear and Disarmament, Pakistan
The ISI’s Psychological Operations
Dr Prem Mahadevan

The government has stated that recent distress migrations of northeastern Indians were triggered by electronic messages originating from Pakistan. Investigators have found that the first hints of pogrom-style killings appeared on Pakistani internet f

October 22, 2012 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan
Sri Lanka: Where is the Reconciliation?
Dr M N Buch (late)

Sri Lanka has recently submitted the Universal Periodic Report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the status of implementation of recommendations made by Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). The Report cites draftin

October 22, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka
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