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Repeal of Article 370 - Pakistan’s Reaction
August 19, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Articles 370 and 35 A, which gave special status to J&K were part of Indian Constitution. Their repeal does not violate any international agreement. These ensured that the people of J&K enjoyed democratic rights within the Indian Union, which the peo....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , Commentary , Repeal of Article 370 , POK , Pakistan’s Kashmir rhetoric , Pakistan
Three Cheers - Jammu and Kashmir is Truly Integrated with India
August 10, 2019 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Commentary

Lightening strike, surgical operations and surprise are the terminologies most used and practiced in military operations. But here in Jammu and Kashmir, Government of India has done one better and in one step resolved the 70 years old legacy of a pr....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Jammu & Kashmir , Commentary , Roots of Kashmir separatism , Repeal of Articles 370 & 35A , Pakistan’s antics over Kashmir
Is there a trade war in East Asia?
August 05, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

On the margins of the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, Japan and South Korea are also involved in a similar tiff. As in any economic conflict, one country tries to strong-arm the other, Japan has been using its leverage to asser....

Keywords : Japan-South Korea tensions , Japan-South Korea economic rift , Featured , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
US-Pakistan Relations after Imran Khan’s Visit
August 02, 2019 Husain Haqqani Commentary

Media attention and domestic praise aside, Imran Khan’s visit to the US has not really changed Pakistan’s fundamental challenges; its coffers remain depleted and economy stagnant, the country still remains on the UN Financial Action Task Force (F....

Keywords : Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Trump-Khan meeting , Pakistan’s policy difficulties , Imran Khan in US
Recurring Clashes on Tajik-Kyrgyz Border over Raising of National Flags
July 29, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

On 22 July 2019, the border authorities of Tajikistan informed that a skirmish took place on the border with Kyrgyzstan which resulted in killing of one local resident and several others wounded. According to the Tajik media, this violent conflict is....

Keywords : Tajik-Kyrgyz spat , Border tension in Fergana Valley , border disputes in Central Asia , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
No Change in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Assertive Policies Despite Pressure
July 29, 2019 Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

Since more than the past 18 months Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been under increasing pressure because of the US-China Tariff war. Washington has also been trying to create an adverse international environme....

Keywords : China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , China’s assertive policies , China’s aggressive posturing
Crisis in the Inflammable Gulf
July 25, 2019 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

We are witnessing a rapidly aggravating crisis that can result in the outbreak of hostilities with consequences, unintended, uncontrollable and possibly frightful for the region and the rest of the world. We have not seen any serious effort on the p....

Keywords : US-Iran-UK confrontation , shipping in Strait of Hormuz , Gulf crisis , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
US Sanctions, Hormuz Strait and Security in the Gulf
July 22, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The seizure of Stena Impero by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 19th July in the Hormuz Strait follows arrest of Grace 1 off Gibraltar by Royal Marines earlier. This represents an escalation. Incidents of attacks on tankers on 12th May an....

Keywords : US-Iran spat , shipping in Persian Gulf , oil tanker seizure , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Chabahar Port - A Rethink is Needed
July 19, 2019 Rajesh Soami Commentary

Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan parti....

Keywords : Chabahar Port , US Sanctions , Iran’s changed priorities , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
Fortnightly Notes from the South Asian Sub-Continent
July 15, 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Bangladesh: No justice in extrajudicial killing
After a murder accused was killed in an encounter with the police earlier this month, Bangladesh’s apex court made clear that it did not approve of such ‘extrajudicial’ killings. The j....

Keywords : Bangladesh killings , Pakistan’s debt , Death penalty in Sri Lanka , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies
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