Articles

Calls for De Escalation and Dialogue Smack of Defeatism and Lack of Resolve

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

In the aftermath of the game changing and highly successful Balakote strike, undertaken by the IAF on 26th February, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the unsuccessful aerial attack attempted by the PAF in J&K on 27th February in whi....

March 10, 2019 Balakot strike , India , Pakistan , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies

यहां से बदल सकती है तस्वीर

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

उम्मीद के मुताबिक भारतीय विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज ने इस्लामी सहयोग संगठन (ओआईसी) का अपना संबो�....

March 02, 2019 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Terrorism , Sushma Swaraj , Pakistan , Islamic Cooperation Organization , ICO

श्रीलंका-पाकिस्तान संबंध - जनरल बाजवा का दौरा

Akash Sahu

पाकिस्तान पारंपरिक रूप से श्रीलंका के साथ द्विपक्षीय समझौते, विशेष तौर पर रक्षा-सम्बन्धी समझौ�....

March 26, 2018 Pakistan , Gen. Bajwa , Sri Lanka , पाकिस्तान-श्रीलंका सहभागिता , पाकिस्तानी सेनाध्यक्ष का श्रीलंका दौरा , Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security , Commentary , Economic Studies

पश्तून में ‘लंबी पदयात्रा’ का विश्लेषण

Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF

पिछले दिनों, पश्तून समुदाय में पहली बार ऐसी लामबंदी देखने को मिली, जिसके माध्यम से इस्लामाबाद प�....

March 13, 2018 Pakistan , सुरक्षा बल बर्बरता , पाकिस्तान में पश्तून आन्दोलन , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Commentary: China’s Growing Naval Footprint in Pakistan

Dr Teshu Singh, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

China’s Jiwani Initiative Recently, media reports have raised the possibility of Jiwani being developed as a naval base in Pakistan by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Pakistan has six ports: Karachi, Muhammad Bin Qa....

February 26, 2018 China , Pakistan , Jiwani , Chinese naval base , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan

Commentary: Understanding the Recent Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan

Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

A wave of strong protests swept across Gilgit-Baltistan recently, after the Gilgit-Baltistan Council, Islamabad, announced the imposition of direct taxes under the Income Tax (Adaption) Act, 2012. The protests were jointly led by Anjuman-e-Tajiran (w....

January 15, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Shrinagar , Protests , Pakistan , Jammu & Kashmir , Indian policy , India , Gilgit-Baltistan protests , China , Army , Jammu & Kashmir

India's Pakistan and China Policies must be Based on Realism not Hope

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's relations with Pakistan and China have been deeply troubled for several decades. With Pakistan, this has been the case since its inception, and with China since the 1960's. We have disputed borders with both countries and have been engaged in....

January 14, 2018 India , Pakistan , China Policies , Pakistan and China relations , India’s hostile neighbours , Neighbourhood Studies

कश्मीर – सामने आया नया मौका

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने एक बड़ा कदम उठाते हुए 23 अक्टूबर, 2017 को ऐलान किया कि भारत सरकार न�....

December 05, 2017 POK , केंद्र सरकार प्रतिनिधि , कश्मीर राजनीतिक प्रक्रिया , Kashmir , Pakistan , India , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Key to Conflict Management in Kashmir is People, Politics and Perception

Brig Narender Kumar

Violence is a type of backwardness and it is enormously powerful tool to coerce the communally fractured population to revolt against the state. But sustaining the uprising would need psychological mentoring and shaping of the perception of the peopl....

November 06, 2017 hybrid war , Pakistan strategies , Kashmiri culture , Jammu , Kashmir , India , Pakistan , 360 , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir