Change Language
Neighbourhood Studies
Three Years of Taliban Governance: Evaluating Changes and Challenges in Afghanistan
Unanticipated but the Taliban have completed their three years in power in Afghanistan since the United States' chaotic withdrawal in August 2021, ending twenty years of conflict in the country. After grand celebrations marked at Kabul’s former US ....
September 06, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghanistan , Islamic Emirate , Three Years in Power
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads: The Presidential Election 2024
Introduction
Sri Lanka is gearing up for its first Presidential election after the Island nation was hit by massive economic/political turmoil in 2022. On July 26, the Independent Election Commission of Sri Lanka, after months of sp....September 05, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Sri Lanka , Sri Lankan economy , Ranil Wickremesinghe , NPP , SLPP , SJB , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Aragalaya , ITAK
Pakistan Study Group Report - June 2024
A meeting of the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) was held in hybrid mode on 20 June 2024. The main items on the agenda were the developments in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s Federal Budget-2024-25, Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China and the withering of ....
August 23, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Interaction , CPEC , Jammu and Kashmir , Shehbaz Sharif
India and Bangladesh Developments
For India, the dramatic change of regime in Bangladesh, with Sheikh Hasina having to resign under military pressure and leave the country hastily as the army could not ensure her personal safety, is a serious setback. It can always be debated whet....
August 16, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , US , Pakistan Army , Bangladesh , Awami League , Sheikh Hasina , BNP , Muhammad Yunus , Jamaat E Islami
No End to Political Instability in Nepal
Once again President of Nepal Communist Party – Unified-Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) KP Sharma Oli, 72, became Nepal’s Prime Minister on July 15, 2024, after his predecessor Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed to prove a majority in the Nepalese Parliament, ....
August 14, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , Nepal , BRI , KP Oli , MCC , Deuba
Bangladesh, the Sudden Turn of Events: Indian Options
The world watched in horror the looting and plundering of Bangladesh’s Prime Ministers’ official residence and other public properties across the city on 5th August 2024 early evening. Post the stepping down of the Awami League government, the im....
August 12, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Bangladesh , Awami League , Sheikh Hasina , BNP , Muhammad Yunus , Student protests
Unstable Bangladesh: Bad News for India
After the momentous and historical day of 16 December 1971 when India freed East Pakistan from the inhuman clutches of Pakistan leading to the birth of Bangladesh, no other day in the history of Bangladesh has, so far, assumed such importance - albei....
August 12, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh , Sheikh Hasina , Dhaka , BNP , Bangladesh Army
Discussion on the Recent Upheavals in Bangladesh and Its Repercussions
On 05 August, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the “Recent Upheavals in Bangladesh and Its Repercussions”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivered the opening remarks, followed by brief observations from P....
August 09, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Bangladesh , Sheikh Hasina , Bangladesh Protests , Muhammad Yunus , Gen Z protests
Interaction with the Joint Secretary of MEA, J.P Singh
On 01 August, the Joint Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs, J.P Singh visited the Vivekananda International Foundation to brief on the Third Doha Meeting on Afghanistan which took place at Doha. The meeting was attended by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Di....
August 08, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Afghanistan , MEA , Taliban , Third Doha Meeting
Contact Us