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Indian Engagement with Afghanistan: An Economic Perspective

… Indian assistance in Afghanistan is focused on, ‘Afghan led, Afghan owned and controlled,’ projects … India’s Small Development Projects are spread all over the country … economic development is the basic foundation for peace in Afghani....

August 31, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan politics , Taliban insurgency , India-Afghan relations

समकालिक चुनाव: सहमति, असहमति और समाधान

Shiwanand Dwivedi Article

समकालिक चुनाव अर्थात एक साथ सभी चुनाव कराने का मुद्दा इसबीच चर्चा में है। इसको लेकर पक्ष और विप�....

August 30, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , समकालिक चुनाव , बुनियादी चुनावी चुनौती

Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government

Prateek Joshi Commentary

Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans ....

August 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s economy , Pakistan’s fiscal debts

Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?

Sanjiv Khanna Article

The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to a....

August 29, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Government , Imran and Islamists , Legitimacy of civilian leadership

Release of the ‘Policy Recommendations by Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security’

Recognising that stability and security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is extremely important for peace, prosperity and sustainable development of the international society, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Japan, SPF USA, National Security Coll....

August 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , QUAD , Indian Ocean Region

‘China’s Future’, by David Shambaugh, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016, Pages: 203, Price: $ 19.95, ISBN: 978-15095-0714-6

Gunjan Singh

The path which China will pursue in the coming future is one of the most debated and discussed topic among the current academic and policy making circle. The direction which Chinese politics, society and economy adopt almost directly impacts a large ....

August 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Xi , Chinese economy , CCP , Book Reviews , Chinese society , Chinese politics

Building Dams with Donations

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minist....

August 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s dam building , Pakistan’s financial crisis

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats

Pinaki Bhattacharya Article

Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging fro....

August 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , International order

Asian Buddhist Media Conclave – Mindful Communication for Conflict Avoidance and Sustainable Development

Organised by the International Buddhist Confederation in association with the VIF, and attended by luminary intellectuals like Dr Dhammapiya and Dr S Gurumurthy, the Conclave delved into the salience of mindful communication in conflict avoidance and....

August 28, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Seminars , Conflict Avoidance , sustainable development , Asian Buddhist Media Conclave