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Nagaland: Threat to Reconciliation and Dialogue
March 16 , 2011 Jaideep Saikia
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At a time when the reconciliation process to bring the different factions in Nagaland together was gaining in ground, the announcement by NSCN (K) and NNC that their respective leaders, SS Khaplang and ...

North-East Insurgency

Evolving India-Japan Relations and the Way Forward
March 13 , 2011 Dr Vikash Ranjan
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Indo-Pacific

A Deepening Mess - Pakistan is again exploiting India’s eagerness for dialogue
March 13 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Apropos our decision to resume a “comprehensive” dialogue with Pakistan, the question needs to be asked why we want to play the same game with our neighbour again and again when we know that it does not...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Defence Capability Vs Defence Expenditure
March 8 , 2011 Arun Sahgal Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 5295
One of the most keenly watched part of the Union budget is the allocations of funds for defence expenditure. Given the prevailing security environment, modernization of the armed forces and keeping them...

Defence

Peace with India and Democracy Can Save Pakistan
March 8 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3898
Increasingly, Pakistan is being viewed as a dysfunctional state by the international community. The assassination of another Pakistani Minister for opposing the pernicious blasphemy law is causing more ...

Pakistan

India's Deafening Silence On The Tumult In The Arab World
February 27 , 2011 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Sushant Sareen
Views: 4747
“The worst place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral during a moral crisis”: Dante
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