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Tamil National Alliance’s Critique on Budget 2017- Time to Introspect for the Opposition Party
Anushree Ghisad

Sri Lanka Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake presented the first reading of the Budget 2017 on November 10. The second reading debate and committee stage debate are scheduled to be held within 26 days in the months of November and December. ....

December 13, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , Tamil National Alliance , Budget 2017
What makes Pakistan’s New Army Chief Special?
Sanjiv Khanna

The appointment of Lt. Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as Chief of Pakistan army has set to rest the speculation on who would succeed Gen Raheel Sharif, but will intensify the debate about the future trajectory of tenuous Civil-Military relationship.

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December 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , New Army Chief , Civil-Military relationship
Review Essay: ‘Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century’, Dr Sumit Ganguly
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The terrorist attack at an army camp in Uri in mid-September 2016 was followed by several surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) by the Special Forces of the Indian Army. Since then, India-Pakistan relations have deteriorated steadily and ....

December 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , POK , Indian Army , LoC , Ballistic Missile , Surgical Strikes , Book Reviews , SAARC summit , India-Pakistan
Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa : Man for The New Season
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

So finally Gen Raheel Sharif did decide to go home. An extension would have given him two or three years more in uniform. Outside the uniform he can aspire for much more, perhaps even a political career. Seldom has a Pakistan Army Chie....

November 28, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan Army Chief , Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa , Pakistan - India relation
The 'Chief' Among Our Worries
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

While India remains obsessed with counting or changing its notes and coins, Pakistan appears to be moving quietly towards changing its Army Chief. That is a big event in that country considering the kind of power the Chief wields. Yet,....

November 28, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Nawaz Sharif , Syed Ata Hasnain , Gen Raheel Sharif , Army Chief , Pakistan Army Chief , General Kayani , Royal College of Defence Studies , Musharaf , Qamar Ahmad Bajwa
Hatred and Subterfuge : Pakistan's Proxy War on India
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Through my years as a senior commander in the Indian Army there was an annual feature which never escaped my attention. The yearly war game of my formation would invariably begin with a presentation by a new team each time on the psych....

November 25, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , US , Indian Army , Pakistan Army , Proxy War , mindset , hatred , Ata Hasnain , Lashkar e Toiba , Jaish e Mohammad
पाक सेना द्वारा पाकिस्तान की अर्थव्यवस्था की लूट तथा विश्व आतंकवाद
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

पाक आतंकियों के उरी हमले के बाद एक बार फिर भारत-पाकिस्तान के रिश्ते तनावपूर्ण हो गये हैं तथा पिछ....

November 23, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
VIF Delegation’s Visit to Myanmar

A VIF delegation led by Director, Gen NC Vij and comprising of Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney, Amb Ashok Kantha and Brig Vinod Anand visited Myanmar from 23 to 25 October 2016. Mr. NMP Jayesh ex-Singapore, an expert on trade and commerce represented the CII. ....

November 15, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Featured , Interaction , China , Act East Policy , MISIS , National Defence College , India-Myanmar relation
Dealing with Pakistan – Indus Water Treaty, the Most Favoured Nation Status and Cross Border Terrorism
Rajesh Singh

The surgical strikes that the Indian Armed Forces carried out on the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) late September, so effectively seized the national consciousness that they displaced the other important options being discuss....

November 05, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Policies & Perspectives , Terrorism , Indus Water Treaty , Most Favoured Nation Status , Indo-Pakistan confrontation , Tulbul , Wular Lake
Interaction with Dr. Sakhawat Hussain, Former Election commissioner of Bangladesh

On 27 October 2016, the VIF invited Brigadier General Muhammad Sakhawat Hussain ndc, psc (Retd), former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007-2012), for a talk on ‘Electoral Governance in Bangladesh’, followed by an interactive session. With ....

November 02, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Featured , Interaction , Indo-Bangladesh relations , Sakhawat Hussain , Bangladesh Election
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