Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

A four-member team from the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) comprising Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Harinder Sekhon participated in the Quad Plus Dialogue in Tokyo from March 4 to 6, 201....

March 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Pakistan , ASEAN , Quad Plus , South China Sea , Afghanistan , Indian Ocean , Tokyo

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

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

Tilak Devasher 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 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security

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 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , पाकिस्तान में पश्तून आन्दोलन , सुरक्षा बल बर्बरता

Commentary: China’s Growing Naval Footprint in Pakistan

Dr Teshu Singh 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 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Featured , Commentary , Pakistan , China , Chinese naval base , Jiwani

Rise of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Kashmir Valley - an Internal Security Perspective

Introduction On January 2, 2016, a group of four to six well trained Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists launched an audacious attack on the Pathankot Air Base in Punjab. In an operation that continued over the next four days, all t....

January 25, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir Valley , Pathankot Attack , United Jihad Council , Jaish-e-Mohammed

Commentary: Understanding the Recent Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan

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

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

कश्मीर – सामने आया नया मौका

C D Sahay

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

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

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, Aanchal Malhotra, Harper Collins Publishers, India, Pages 400, Price Rs 799/-.

Rajesh Singh

It was Elie Wiesel who had said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilisation, no society, no future.” The Holocaust survivor would know, as would those in India and Pakistan who went through the trauma of ....

November 13, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , India , Pakistan , Book Reviews , Mahatma Gandhi , 1947 , Islamic nation