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India Gifts Submarine to Myanmar – An initiative in Line with the SAGAR Vision for Collective Growth and Security of Maritime Neighbours
Shashank Sharma Article

India is gifting a Russian Kilo class submarine to Myanmar1. The diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhuvir, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 and continues to be in service. The submarine refurbished by the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd a De....

October 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Maldives , Media Studies , Indian Ocean Region , Article , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Mauritius , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , SAGAR , Submarine , INS Sindhuvir , Sittwe , Kyaukphyu , Seychelles , EEZ Surveillance , Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
India and Bangladesh: The Rock Solid Neighbours
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

The latest iteration by Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen that ‘Bangladesh's relations with India is rock-solid and historic while Bangladesh has economic ties with China. We must not compare,’ and ‘Our victory means India's victory�....

August 17, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , India , Asia , Bangladesh , bilateral
Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they struggled to cope with the novel coronavirus pand....

June 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Amphan , Twitter , Lipulekha
Notes from the Sub-continent – April 2020
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

As coronavirus infections continue to rise around the globe, much of the media focus in the Indian sub-continent has remained focussed, as expected, on different aspects of the pandemic--how are governments managing this public health crisis, do they....

May 14, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Coronavirus , Tablighi Jamaat , Extraction , Easter attacks , Indian Muslims , USCIRF , KP Oli
New Year review of major FP/security developments in the region
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

Bangladesh
Upon winning the general election held in December 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sworn into office on January 3. This marked the beginning of her third consecutive term following the electoral victories of 2009 and 2....

January 18, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Bangladesh , Terror attack , Security developments , Nationalist Party , Chinese FDI
Notes from the Sub-continent (Nov 16-30)
Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh’s success in holding to account those who had attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery inn 2016. This is follow....

November 30, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Radicalisation , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka’s presidential election , The Rajapaksas return , Bajwa , Kalapani region
Notes from the Sub-continent (Nov 1-15)
Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with the coverage of the Ayodhya verdict in Bangladesh and Pakistan--where the issue generated significant interest, as ex....

November 15, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Ayodhya verdict
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 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Maldives , Bangladesh , SAARC neighbours , neighbours , Srilanka , Maps , India Relations with its SAARC Neighbours , SAARC , Monograph
Notes from the Sub-Continent
Mayuri Mukherjee 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 , Bangladesh , Pakistan budgets , Sri Lanka-US agreement , Nepal’s regulating Hindu Guthis
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 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Bangladesh , East Pakistan , genocide , war-crimes
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