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The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

September 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri
Pakistan Puts its Foot into its Mouth
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Making a nuisance of yourself is a special art which only a few can master. This often happens when you are blinded by some misplaced priorities and others can see through your game. This is what happened when Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ....

August 26, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , CPEC , Pakistani Terrorists , Imran Khan , OIC , UAE , Qureshi , MBS , Saudis
Pakistan’s 14th Amendment Act: Forcible Annexation and Hidden Chinese Colonial Project
Abhinav Pandya Article

It seems that the Indian media is either completely oblivious of devastating developments happening in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, or they hardly seem to bother about it. As one can see, several mainstream media outlets of India ran fabricat....

August 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CPEC , Lashkar , Gilgit-Baltistan , 14th Amendment , POJK , Jaish , Jamaat-i-Islami proxies , Sunni-Jihadist groups
Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi’s Visit to China
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The recently concluded 2nd Round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue has drawn considerable media attention. The Joint Press Statement issued has come a long way from the statement issued in November 2018, when Prime Minister Im....

August 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Pakistan , China , CPEC , J & K , Taliban , Imran Khan , Qureshi , Uighur
Discussion on India, China and South Asian Neighbours

On 09 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “India, China and South Asian Neighbours”. Dr Arvind Gupta delivered the opening remarks followed by presentations by Dr Raj Verma and Dr Atul Aneja. F....

July 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Quad Plus , Sri Lanka , CPEC , South Asia , Indian Ocean , Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack— BLA’s Thwarted Attempt
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.”
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July 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Balochistan , Sindh , Baluchistan , BLA , Karachi , PSE , StockExchange

Pakistan: Worsening Economic Condition
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan was already going through an economic slowdown when the COVID outbreak took place. It had received the US $ 6 billion of assistance from the IMF under Extended Fund Facility last year. The money came with conditions. The IMF policy of inflat....

June 12, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , China , Saudi Arabia , CPEC , World Bank , Covid , IMF , Inflation , negative growth , oil revenues
Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 25, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Xi stresses analysing China's economy from comprehensive, dialectical, long-term perspective- CPPCC 2020
Xi called for consolidating the fundamental role of agriculture, ensuring stability on the six fronts and security....

May 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , CPEC , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Covid Surcharge , Corporate bailouts , Macau , Akademik Lomonosov , Digital tax , Savings , Arctic , Xi state visit , Iran-Venezuela , Cyclone Amphan
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative Concept, Context and Assessment by Siegfried O. Wolf, Springer, Switzerland, 2020, £88, ISBN 978-3-030-16198
Aakriti Vinayak

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative that was officially launched in April 2015, promised to be a game changer. The economic corridor that would link Kashgar in Xinjiang to Gwadar in....

May 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , China , Belt and Road Initiative , CPEC , China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , Book Reviews
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