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India's Relations with its SAARC Neighbours
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's relations with its SAARC neighbours have, over the decades, oscillated from very good to stressed barring Pakistan and Bhutan. With the former they have generally been very bad and with the latter very good. With the rest, notably Afghanistan....

July 23, 2019 SAARC neighbours , neighbours , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Maldives , Srilanka , Maps , India Relations with its SAARC Neighbours , SAARC
Notes from the Sub-Continent
Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Bangladesh: Optimistic but Unrealistic Budget?
On June 13, Bangladesh’s Awami League-government presented the country’s biggest-ever national budget, amounting to Tk 5,23,190 crore. However, most analysts and commentators seemed to agre....

June 20, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Sri Lanka-US agreement , Pakistan budgets , Nepal’s regulating Hindu Guthis , Bangladesh
The 1971 Genocide: Resurgent Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice, Pakistani Obduracy and India’s Role
Varun Nambiar

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina recently concluded four-day visit to New Delhi which marked a significant milestone in both the country’s relationship. Although still considered one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), ....

May 22, 2017 East Pakistan , Bangladesh , genocide , war-crimes , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh
Terror Strikes Dhaka
C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

"This was waiting to happen"- this is how the initial reaction of shock and disbelief expressed itself. A stunned Bangladesh that has always believed in and practiced moderate and tolerant Islam, just could not come to terms with the dastardly act of....

July 04, 2016 Bangladesh , Terror - Dhaka , ISIS , radicalization , Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies
Chinese Submarines for The Bangladesh Navy An Assessment
Commodore Gopal Suri

The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in December 2015, announced that ‘two submarines would be added to Bangladesh Navy by the middle of the next year’, i.e., 20161. The Prime Minister was speaking at the passing out parade of ....

April 13, 2016 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , Bangladesh , Chinese Submarines , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , China
Bangladesh - Politics of Confrontation: Political Deadlock
Dr. Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Bangladesh’s tryst with democracy began a new chapter in the nation’s history when the newly independent nation adopted its first Constitution in 1972 with the tenets of nationalism, democracy, socialism and secularism. The then political environ....

October 14, 2015 democracy , Bangladesh , Secularism , Socialism , Political Violence , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh
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