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United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a Religious Roll
February 13 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2260
The Arab Spring in its nearly eight years of existence continues to guide the pan-Arab leaders to be more attentive to the democratic, socio-economic and religious needs of their constituents even if the far reaching reforms are gradual in coming.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Benign rule in UAE , Indo-UAE relations

Keep CBI Out of Politics-But Only If It Suits Me!
February 11 , 2019 C D Sahay
Commentary Views: 2741
Even before the country’s top investigating agency, the CBI could start recovering from the ‘CBI vs CBI’ episode involving its top two functionaries -in fact the new Director Rishi Kumar Shukla was yet ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : : CBI in Kolkata , Politics and corruption , Sharda Scam

The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement after one Year: Killing of Arman Luni
February 11 , 2019 Prateek Joshi
Commentary Views: 2751
In yet another instance of the state-directed intimidation, the death of a senior Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activist Arman Loni on 2nd February has sparked protests across Pakistan's Pashtun belt.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Balochistan atrocities , Pakistan’s intimidation of Pashtuns

Afghanistan’s Landlocked Trap
February 8 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 5440
Pakistan’s denial of the air passage to the Indian cargo flights bound to Afghanistan comes as a major impediment in enhancing the regional connectivity of landlocked Afghanistan.1 In September 2018, Sp...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan trade connectivity , Pakistan-Afghan issue

West Asia Round Up, January 2019
February 7 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6453
Pakistan PM Imran Khan regains in the GCC On 6 January 2019, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid a one day visit to Pakistan. The Crown Prince was personally received by P...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Palestine in UN , West Asia developments

दक्षिण चीन सागर में 2019 में होने वाले घटनाक्रम का अनुमान
February 6 , 2019 Amb Yogendra Kumar
Commentary Views: 3058
यदि 2019 की बात करें तो दक्षिण चीन सागर सुलगते हुए पलीते की तरह है, जो बिना चेतावनी के किसी भी समय फट सकता है और आग लग सकती है। चीन और अमेरिका के बीच बयानबाजी इतनी बढ़ चुकी है कि हिंसक नौसैनिक टकराव को र...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , चीनी सैन्यीकरण , दक्षिण चीन सागर

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