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Afghanistan: India’s Options
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to New Delhi came at a crucial time and could well have set in motion the trajectory of how Indo-Afghan relations will pan out in the foreseeable future. That the Indo-Afghan relations have acquired a new salie....

September 21, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan-India Relation , President Ashraf Ghani , Indo-Afghan
Sri Lanka-SLFP Hold Crucial 65th Convention
Anushree Ghisad

‘Leadership is action, not position’. - Donald McGannon The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held its politically crucial 65th Convention on September 4, 2016 at Kurunegala, a stronghold of President Sirisena’s political opponent and fo....

September 20, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , 65th Convention , Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Time to hit and hurt the Pakistan army!
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

'For every act of terrorism on Indian territory for which there is credible evidence pointing to the Pakistan army and the ISI's involvement, carefully calibrated military strikes must be launched against the Pakistan army,' says Brigadier Gurmeet....

September 18, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan Army , ISI , Military Strikes , Lashkar-e-Tayiba
A Realistic Understanding of Pakistan
Abhinav Pandya

With the spate of violent protests in Kashmir and Pakistan’s diabolical attempts to vilify India on the false grounds of human rights violations, once again the age-old and perennially relevant question in the strategic world has come up:“How sho....

September 12, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir -Pakistan , Global Islamic movement
भारत के विरूद्ध पाकिस्तान का प्रोपेगेन्डा/मनोवैज्ञानिक युद्ध
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

आतंकवाद को और ज्यादा प्रभावशाली तथा सफल बनाने के लिये आतंकवाद चलाने वाला देश इसके साथ प्रोपेगे....

September 12, 2016 Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Kashmir: Who’ll Buy What Pakistan is Selling?
Sushant Sareen

For nearly quarter of a century now, that is ever since terrorism enveloped the state of Jammu and Kashmir around 1989-90, India has downplayed the Pakistan’s diplomatic propaganda campaign against it. Except for pro forma rebuttals in the UN to Pa....

September 07, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Hizbul Mujahedin
Sri Lanka: One Year of National Unity Government An Assessment
Anushree Ghisad

It is said that if Presidential Elections held in Sri Lanka in January 2015 was a referendum, the 2015 General Elections that followed was in a way electoral validation the results of that process. Even though the United National Party (UNP) led Unit....

September 02, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , National Unity Government , United National Party
Interaction with Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Minister for Information, Bangladesh

The VIF had the privilege to host Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Hon’ble Minister for Information and President of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh, on 18 Aug 2016 for an interaction on India-Bangladesh relations and the way forward. The interaction c....

August 30, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , West Pakistan , India-Bangladesh Relations , Hasanul Haq Inu
तथ्यों के प्रकाश में कश्मीर घाटी की जनता के नाम एक खुला पत्र
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

आतंकी बुरहान की सुरक्षा बलों के द्वारा मौत के बाद एक बार फिर पाक सेना तथा आइएसआइ ने कश्मीर घाटी �....

July 28, 2016 Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies
काबुल तो पाकिस्तान से दूर जाएगा ही
Sushant Sareen

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी ने पाकिस्तान को आतंकियों का पनाहगार देश बताते हुए कहा है कि....

July 27, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan
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