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When Bastions Become Insecure, Orderly Retreat Becomes Unavoidable
Sushant Sareen

The portents of the Taliban strike against Camp Bastion in Helmand earlier this month are rather depressing and disheartening. Despite the brave face being put on by the NATO commanders, the devastating attack raises serious questions about the viabi....

September 28, 2012 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
India - Maldives Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism: Why and How
Nidhi Narain-Bhatnagar

In a recently concluded three-day visit of the Indian Defence Minister, A. K. Antony to Malé, India and Maldives have agreed to work together to ensure that “the stability in the region is maintained; and above all… threats, particularly from te....

September 27, 2012 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives
A Visit that can Wait
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, while publicly expressing his keenness to visit Pakistan, has also voiced his expectation several times that the outcome would be substantial. It was earlier speculated that by something “substantial” he had ag....

September 27, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
PM Visiting PAK Now A Bad Idea
Amb Kanwal Sibal

As the bigger country, India is often exhorted to be generous with Pakistan. Those advocating a sustained dialogue with Pakistan, irrespective of its conduct towards us, have such thinking, an off-shoot of which are current urgings to the Prime Min....

September 25, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
The State of India-Sri Lanka Relations: Ethnic Issue as an Irritant
Dr N Manoharan

In the recent days, the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has figured in at least four issues pertaining to Sri Lanka: protests against training of Sri Lankan defence personnel in the state, threats to Sri Lankan pilgrims touring the state, turning....

September 17, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
India - Pakistan Relations: Lessons of History, Perils in the Present
Sushant Sareen

Folklore, if not history, has it that the King of Delhi, Prithviraj Chauhan, worsted in battle the Afghan invader, Mohammed of Ghor, some 17 times. After each victory, Prithviraj acted graciously and with typical, if also entirely misplaced, Rajput c....

September 14, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Granting Pakistan the Upper Hand
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Another round of the India-Pakistan dialogue has been completed with External Affairs Minister Krishna’s visit to Islamabad on September 8. The agreement on relaxing the visa regime and holding the meeting of the Pakistan-India Joint Commission af....

September 12, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Genuflecting before Pakistan
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The Indian external affairs minister’s visit to Pakistan from September 7-9 epitomised India’s composite re-engagement with Pakistan. It flies in the face of the assurances provided by the prime minister in his address to the Lok Sabha on July 29....

September 12, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Prepare Against Pakistan Nukes
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The rapidity of Pakistan’s nuclear weaponisation in recent years has been under constant scrutiny in the United States and has been well-documented in articles in the ‘Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and the Nuclear Threat Initiative’ as well as ....

September 01, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Pakistan
The State of Public Education in Afghanistan: Political Problems, and Future Prospects
Aqil Zahirpour

The advent of the 21st century marked a unique era for Afghanistan. Presumably, an end was put to the wearisome conflict in late 2001, and a new chapter full of unprecedented and complicated pages was opened. Surviving every hardship in the last mome....

August 27, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Education Policy , Monograph , Education in Afghanistan , Democratic Republic
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