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Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most fam....

June 03, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Terrorism , India’s Policy , Ayub Khan
चीन रूपी ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी का पाकिस्तान में प्रवेश
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

लम्बे समय से कूटनैतिक विचार विमर्श के बाद चीन और पाकिस्तान ने दोनों के बीच बनने वाले आर्थिक गलि�....

May 30, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , China , पाक चीन गठजोड़ , पाकिस्तान सार्वभौमिकता , CPEC , Economic
Pakistan: A Dangerous Divide
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

The civil-military tug of war in Pakistan has masked what could be an even more dangerous divide in the polity. This is the growing alienation among Pakhtuns in Pakistan during the last few years, culminating in the recent racial profiling of the com....

March 16, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , FATA , Pakistani Pakhtuns , Racial discrimination
Interaction with Tilak Devasher on his book “Pakistan: Courting the Abyss”

Mr. Tilak Devasher, former civil servant, author and columnist, shared key findings of his outstanding research, titled ‘Pakistan: Courting the Abyss’ in a panel discussion, held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 27 January 201....

March 14, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Book Discussions , China-Pakistan Nexus , Pakistan: Courting the Abyss
Pakistan: Evolving Dynamics
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Notion of Pakistan Faiz Ahmad Faiz, expressed his disillusionment with the partition in his famous verse:

Ye daghdaghujala, ye shab-gazidasahar Vointizarthajis-ka, ye vosahar to nahin, Ye vosahar to nahinjiskiarzulekar Cha....

March 11, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , Development , Balochistan , Mohajir
Pakistan Needs Tough Handling
Amb Kanwal Sibal

No Indian government so far has found an answer to our unique Pakistan problem. Pakistan was a product of deep divisions - of land, people and religion - accompanied by bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and refugee flows. India’s secular, multi-religious....

February 24, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , India’s options
राष्ट्र और जनताः पाकिस्तानी पाठ्यपुस्तकों का नजरिया
Naina Singh

इतिहास लेखन को हमेशा ही जूझना पड़ता है, एक ओर मूल्यों वाले इतिहासकारों के झुंड से और दूसरी ओर नि�....

January 31, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , पाकिस्तान , इतिहास
भारत-पाक संबंध 2017 में भी तल्ख रहने की संभावना
Sushant Sareen

2017 आजादी का 70वां वर्ष है और भारत तथा पाकिस्तान के बीच बंटवारे का भी। 69वें वर्ष यानी 2016 में दोनों द�....

January 25, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Indo-Pak Ties Likely to Remain Fraught in 2017
Sushant Sareen

2017 marks the 70th year of Independence and the ‘Great Divide’ between India and Pakistan. The 69th year – 2016 – saw a steep deterioration in the already not so normal state of relations between the two countries and it is high....

January 09, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Indo-Pak Ties , Central Asian , Sino-Russian-Pakistan
Indus Waters Treaty Revisited
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

Recognising the need to impose costs on Pakistan for its relentless export of terrorism to India the Modi government is having a relook at the Indus Waters Treaty. This move, the first of its kind by any Indian government, is also eminently desira....

January 08, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Modi Government , Indus Waters Treaty , Indo-Pakistan
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