Articles

All Quiet in Kashmir?

Kashmir is relatively calm since the last couple of months. No street protests, no encounters between the militants and the security forces. Last encounter was reported on November 26 between the militants and the forces in Pulwama district of South ....

January 09, 2020 Article 370 , Pakistan , FATF , Intelligence , infiltration , ISI , Communications , Commentary , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu & Kashmir

Repeal of Article 370 - Pakistan’s Reaction

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Articles 370 and 35 A, which gave special status to J&K were part of Indian Constitution. Their repeal does not violate any international agreement. These ensured that the people of J&K enjoyed democratic rights within the Indian Union, which the peo....

August 19, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , Commentary , Repeal of Article 370 , POK , Pakistan’s Kashmir rhetoric , Pakistan

Pakistan: Recurrence of Terrorist Violence

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

Imperceptibly, violence, both terrorist and separatist, is rearing its head in Pakistan again. Following several operations like Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasad, the army had claimed that the situation had been brought under control. Rece....

August 01, 2019 Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Terrorists’ host Pakistan , Terror attacks in Pakistan , Pakistan’s violent society , Pakistan

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 Srilanka , SAARC neighbours , SAARC , Pakistan , neighbours , Maps , Maldives , India Relations with its SAARC Neighbours , Bangladesh

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

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, Research 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