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Ensnare Pakistan in Afghanistan
July 17 , 2010 Sushant Sareen
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With the Americans having conceded a central role to Pakistan in the latest round of the never-ending ‘endgame’ in Afghanistan, the spectre of Taliban returning to power in Kabul is all too real for cou...

Afghanistan

A China-Pak Nuclear Axis Against India
July 14 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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The issues involved in China’s sale of two more nuclear reactors need to be better understood. Arguments that India, as a non-NPT state, has itself secured a nuclear deal with the US and therefore has l...

Nuclear and Disarmament

Reflecting upon Urumqi Riot on its First Anniversary
July 12 , 2010 Debasish Chaudhuri
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Last year summer, the northwestern city of Urumqi experienced an unprecedented outburst of ethnic tension between the Han and the Uyghur communities. The riot popularly came to be known as “July 5th inc...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

PAK ACTIONS NOT DIALOGUE WILL REDUCE TRUST DEFICIT
July 6 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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It is easy to take the position that we must have a dialogue with Pakistan. It can be argued that as Pakistan is a neighbour, and cannot be wished away, we have to talk to it whatever the provocation. N...

Pakistan

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s another Sojourn to China
July 6 , 2010 Debasish Chaudhuri
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s frequent visits to China in his short stint of less than two years in power, throw considerable light on the bilateral relations between the two countries. China u...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Lt Gen (Retd) Ravi Sawhney to Russia
July 1 , 2010 Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF
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Lt Gen (retd) Ravi Sawhney, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) visited Moscow from 21st to 26th June 2010. During the visit, he met with a cross section of Russian estab...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

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