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Paraktan Harapan Wins in Malaysia after Six Decades: The View from India
Asha Sundaramurthy Commentary

The victory of the centre of left wing Paraktan Harapan alliance in Malaysia has been of great interest in Southeast Asia and even beyond, into the Indo-Pacific. Not only because the 57 years reign of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-le....

June 07, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Malaysia election , Mahathir Mohammed
Pakistan - Heightening Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Woes
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

A two-day plenary session of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)1 was held in Bangkok from 22 May 2018. Pakistan had submitted an action plan on 25 April in line with the decision taken at the February pl....

June 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Financial Action Task Force , Financing Terrorism in Pakistan
World Environment Day - India should Launch a National Mission for Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands and Wastelands
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

This year India is hosting the 43rd edition of the UN World Environment Day, celebrated on the 5th of June, this time the theme being “Beat the Plastic Pollution”. In 2015, over 320 million ton of plastic waste was produced....

June 05, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Commentary , World Environment Day , environmental degradation , nature restoration
Korean Rapprochement - Hope for Resolution of Maritime Disputes?
Commodore Somen Banerjee Commentary

On April 26 Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean Leader to step foot on South Korean soil since the Korean War in the 1950’s. The leaders agreed to actively pursue talks for declaring an official end to the Korean War. This declaration could d....

June 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Korean maritime disputes , Korean maritime delimitation
The US-China Trade Dispute: Uncertain Future
Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

Rising US trade deficit with China has become a serious issue in the current stage of US-China relations. The trade deficit has increased significantly in last five years and has become a central theme in Donald Trump’s China policy. In 2017, th....

June 01, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , US-China economic relations , US-China trade issues
Australia Defines Priorities of National Security Science and Technology Policy - Relevance for India
Dr Ramanand Garge Commentary

The Government of Australia, on May 1, 2018 (Australian Government 2018), released a document called ‘National Security Science and Technology Policy Agenda’. Through this, the Government of Australia has set the agenda to prioritise science and ....

May 30, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Technology priorities of Australia’s national security , Global Inter-agency security cooperation
India and North Korea: Future Directions
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has always maintained a good working relationship with North Korea. Our bilateral trade, in recent years at best has been in the range of US$ 200-250 million but North Korea has always valued Indian food aid which was made available at regular ....

May 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India-North Korea relations , Denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula
Fifty-Fourth Death Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the First Prime Minister of India
RNP Singh Commentary

It is over fifty years that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru passed away and his ashes, as he had wished, were flown and scattered all over the lands and heights of Himalayas and immersed in the Ganges to mingle with the earth and water of the country he love....

May 25, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Nehru’s role and legacy , Nehru’s policies
20 Years of India’s Nuclearisation: Retrospect and Prospect
Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

On 11th & 13th May 1998, India surprised the world by conducting five nuclear tests in the Pokhran deserts of Rajasthan.1 The tests marked the end of India’s long ambivalence vis-à-vis the nuclear weapons and set i....

May 24, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Commentary , India’s nuclearisation , India’s nuclear doctrine
The Rise in Pakistan Defence Budget: What to Read?
Prateek Joshi Commentary

Pakistan’s Budget was unveiled last month, as part of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-led government’s last budget for its term before the elections kick-in in the coming months. Of all the allocations, the allocation to defence sector generated he....

May 24, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s defence budget , Pakistan’s higher defence spending
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