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Commentary: Pakistan - Significance of Pashtun Protests
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has seen many dharnas and protests in the last few years. However, perhaps for the first time it was witness to a 10-day sit-in (01-10 February 2018) by about 5000 Pashtuns largely from the Federally Administered Tribal....

March 05, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Energy Security , Commentary , Islamabad protests , Pashtun’s extra-judicial killing , FATA , Pashtun , Pashtun Protests
Commentary: Bangladesh - The Khaleda Zia Verdict and its Political Implications
Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji Commentary

In a judicial verdict of unprecedented political import, on February 8, 2018, a Special Court in Bangladesh sentenced the former Prime Minister and leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia, to a five-year jail term, in a case o....

March 01, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Khaleda Zia’s jail term , Bangladesh elections , Zia Verdict
Maldives-The Crisis Continues-Need for Early De-escalation
Akash Sahu

President Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s assault on democratic norms and principles is continuing unabated. After having declared the state of emergency on 6th February, 2018 for 15 days, he has gone in for a further extension of the emergency provisions fo....

February 23, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Maldives crisis , Maldives emergency
Commentary: Suspension of United States Aid to Pakistan
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Commentary

Issues Meriting Consideration The United States policy to Pakistan remains an enigma and has moved through ups and downs. 2018 began with a tweet from the President that the ‘United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than ....

February 22, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , US Aid to Pakistan , terrorist networks in Pakistan
Commentary: Maldives in Turmoil- Political Conflict Intensifies
Akash Sahu Commentary

A Political Turmoil The island nation in the Indian Ocean is suddenly facing serious political turmoil on account of the sharp turn of events beginning Thursday on 1st February, 2018, when the Supreme Court of Maldives pronounced ....

February 07, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , Supreme Court Maldives , opposition protest Male , presidential election in Maldives , Maldives
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
नेपाल: जुड़वां शहर का समझौता और जनकपुर एवं अयोध्या के बीच संपर्क
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

पृष्ठभूमि भारत और नेपाल के लोगों के बीच संबंध अनंत काल से बिना रुके चले आ रहे हैं। दुनिय�....

January 09, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , भारत-नेपाल संबंध , जनकपुर-अयोध्या जुड़वां शहर , Nepal , Janakpur , Ayodhya , UP , Hindu
नेपाल के चुनावों का हाल
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

नेपाल सरकार ने 20 सितंबर, 2015 को लागू सबसे विवादित संविधान को क्रियान्वित करने की प्रक्रिया में इस ....

December 29, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , नेपाल संविधान , चुनाव चुनौति
Nepal: Twin City Agreement and Connectivity between Janakpur and Ayodhya
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Background People to people relations between Nepal and India continue unabated since time immemorial. No other two countries of the world are as much bound together as these countries in social, cultural, religious, economic and ....

December 13, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , Nepal , Janakpur , Ayodhya , UP , BJP , Twin City Agreement , Ram Mandir , Sita swayambar , Nitin Gadkari , Ram Janaki Marg , Integrated Development
Updates on Nepalese Elections
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

In the process of implementing the most controversial constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015, Nepal government completed local level elections for the 753 Village Councils/municipalities between May and September this year in three phases. Re....

December 06, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal parliamentary and provincial polls , second phase of the elections
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