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IS Growth Poses Threat to Several Countries
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The menace which has been created by the Sunni militant group, Islamic State (IS) is likely to stay for some time to come. Despite the United States (US)-led coalition airstrikes to destroy the terror organisation , there has been no significant decl

December 16, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Asia
Afghanistan Post-2014: The Pashtun Factor
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

There is an effort among some western commentaries – taken up and amplified by the Pakistanis - to try and project the situation in Afghanistan as a proxy war between India and Pakistan. The drumbeat of this thesis grows as the draw-down of western

November 25, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Turbulent Past Could Once Again Become Its Future
Sushant Sareen

More than a decade after the US and its allies ousted the monstrous Taliban regime and gave the people of Afghanistan a level of stability and progress that they had not known in decades, it seems that things could well be coming a full circle. Ironi

November 24, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Political Compromise, Security Challenge and Economic Constraint
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

After a keenly contested Presidential election, the result of which came under a serious cloud when Dr Ashraf Ghani Ahmedzai surprised the odds-on favourite Dr Abdullah Abdullah by crossing the half-way mark, it looked as though the all-important pol

October 09, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Between Brinkmanship and Statesmanship
Sushant Sareen

The worst fears about Afghanistan appear to be coming true. For more than a year now, there was a virtual consensus, not just in the international community but also within Afghanistan, that the future of the country was critically dependent on a cre

August 05, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
The Perception War in Afghanistan: Pessimism is No Policy
Sushant Sareen

During a visit to Afghanistan a couple of months ago, many top Afghan officials and politicians insisted that while the security situation was precarious and the political situation was fragile, the real cause for alarm was not so much the danger of

February 06, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Can India and Pakistan work Together?
Sushant Sareen

With the US drawdown (perhaps even complete withdrawal) from Afghanistan looming large over the horizon, there is growing pessimism (a lot of it unwarranted) over the prospect of the Afghan state’s ability to survive without the crutches of foreign

January 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan: Security Trends and Implications for India
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The events in Afghanistan seem to be turning a full circle. ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ that commenced in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is drawing to a close and plans are afoot to hand over Afghanistan to the very forces

December 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
Balochistan- The New Regional Tinderbox?
Monish Gulati

On 25 October 2013, the Iranian State News Agency reported that fourteen Iranian border guards were killed and five wounded in clashes with “armed bandits” near Saravan on Iran’s southeastern border with Pakistan. There were also reports of thr

November 06, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan Is Far from Being Lost: A Situation Report From The Ground
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

First Impressions: Uncertainty, yes; but also Optimism about future The creeping sense of despondency, even defeatism, over the future of Afghanistan post 2014 that seems to have set in among a section of the strategic community and top pol

October 23, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies, Afghanistan
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