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India and SCO Summit at Bishkek and Beyond
June 24, 2019 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has completed two years as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and therefore it would be useful to assess the worth and utility of being a member of such an organization. There is no gainsaying in the fact that it is ....

Keywords : Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SCO Summit 2019 , SCO leaders’ meeting , Indo-CARs relations
Notes from the Sub-Continent
Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF

Bangladesh: Optimistic but Unrealistic Budget?
On June 13, Bangladesh’s Awami League-government presented the country’s biggest-ever national budget, amounting to Tk 5,23,190 crore. However, most analysts and commentators seemed to agre

May 21, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Commentary, Bangladesh, Pakistan budgets, Sri Lanka-US agreement, Nepal’s regulating Hindu Guthis
The Universalism of Yoga
Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF

When 21 June was first declared as International Day of Yoga (IDY), it was accepted warmly by most countries of the world. However, in India, a small section of the intelligentsia was opposed to the idea. Their understanding was that this was an atte

December 21, 2017 VIF Alerts, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Commentary, International Yoga Day, tradition of Yoga, multi-religion Yoga
What Explains the Appointment of Pakistan’s New ISI Chief?
Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF

In a recent reshuffle of the Army top brass, Lt. Gen Asim Munir was replaced by Lt. Gen Faiz Hameed as the new chief the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The change comes barely eight months after Munir was appointed as the spy chief. The fact that

January 08, 2018 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Commentary, Pakistan domestic politics, Pakistan’s new spy chief, the ISI reshuffle
A Perilous Quadrangle: Iran, United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia
June 19, 2019 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

The world is witnessing with increasing alarm the escalating tension in West Asia. We do not know whether there will be a war. But we have reasons to fear that hostilities might break out if there is no de-escalation. We do not see, as yet, any signs....

Keywords : West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Sanctions on Iran , Iran’s nuclear programme , Dangers of US-Iran confrontation
Tiananmen Square Incident @ 30
June 14, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

The year 2019 is very special in the calendar of China as it marks some of the most important anniversaries. But the one anniversary which Beijing refuses to acknowledge is the thirty years since the Tiananmen Square Incident. On June 3 and 4, 1989 h....

Keywords : China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Tiananmen 89 , Party surveillance in China
Neighbourhood Media Watch - May 2019
June 12, 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Bangladesh: Desperate Migrants
On May 10, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy capsized in the Mediterranean. Of the 51 Bangladeshis on board, 37 drowned; bringing back painful memories of a similar tragedy in February. Over the c....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Neighbourhood media reports , India in neighbourhood news
BIMSTEC - Towards a Security Architecture
June 10, 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Commentary

The renewed mandate for PM Modi holds several implications for India’s domestic and foreign policy both. The presence of Bay of Bengal initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) leaders in Delhi for the Prime Ministe....

Keywords : India’s BIMSTEC commitments , India’s extended neighbourhood , Common security architecture , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies
Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
June 06, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organization in June 2017, along with Pakist....

Keywords : Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SCO Summit 2019 , India’s objectives in SCO , India-CAR’s relations
Jal Shakti
June 05, 2019 Rajesh Singh Commentary

One of the highlights of Government formation for a second time under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi was the creation of a new Jal Shakti Ministry. This was pursuant to the promise the Bharatiya Janata Party had made in its poll manifesto, n....

Keywords : Water crisis , Jal Shakti Ministry , Water conservation , Commentary , Governance and Political Studies
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