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Two Years of PCA Judgement on South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective
August 2 , 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commodore Somen Banerjee
Commentary Views: 4776
On January 22, 2013 the Philippines had instituted an arbitral proceeding against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under Annex VII of the United Nations Conventions on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) as case number 2013-19.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : South China Sea , The Philippines-China dispute

The Pakistan Elections 2018
August 1 , 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 3741
According to the preliminary results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)at the time of writing, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest political party in the country. It has won 115 of the 270 National Assembly (NA) seats on which the elections were held.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : New government in Pakistan , Pakistan Elections

No Need to Engage Imran Khan Prematurely
August 1 , 2018 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Article Views: 3198
The coverage that the Pakistani elections has received in our media has been out of proportion to our stakes in its outcome. Of course, the election process in a neighbouring country like Pakistan, with which our relations remain most difficult, should not be ignored.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Engaging Imran Khan , Featured , Imran’s platitudes

China-ASEAN Negotiations on Code of Conduct for the South China Sea
August 1 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4063
It has been reported in the media that China and the ten ASEAN countries have agreed on a single draft of a negotiating text for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS). The formal announce...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Code of Conduct , South China Sea

Swaran Singh Committee and 39th - 42nd Amendments
July 31 , 2018 Dr Makkhan Lal
Article Views: 74996
The Final Phase Between the 1973 and 1975 several amendments came in but after the imposition of emergency on midnight of the 25 June, 1975, the Constitution was also made to suffer. One after another, ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 42 nd Amendment , Attack onFundamental Rights , Constitution Aamendments

Pakistan under Imran Khan - What’s in it for Indo-Pak Relations
July 28 , 2018 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3326
Whoever heard Pakistan’s Prime Minister (Designate) Imran Khan speak on 26 Jul 2018, after it became quite evident that the election had gone his way, would have had to change his image in the mind’s eye to make any sense of it at all. We have seen him in India over the years in friendlier times.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Imran Khan , Indo-Pakistan relations

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