Articles

Western Media’s Distorted Views on India

US President Joe Biden recently remarked that countries such as India and Japan were facing financial troubles because they were ‘xenophobic’—they discouraged immigrants. After the statement sparked a controversy, the US administration engaged ....

May 15, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Narendra Modi , COVID-19 , Joe Biden , Western Media , Indira Gandhi , Mangalyaan , Chandrayaan , Xenophobic , Vallabhbhai Patel , Henry Kissinger

Key Developments and Changes in India’s Approach towards Africa (2014 - 2024)

Amb Rajiv Bhatia

Introduction

Foreign policy, as an instrument to promote national interest, is a continuing and dynamic – not static – phenomenon, displaying a subtle blend of continuity and change. While the principal interests of a nation such as ....

May 02, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , PM Modi , COVID-19 , G20 presidency , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India- Africa Summit , Voice of Global South Summits

Neighborhood News Digest- 15 February 2024

Afghanistan

Meeting on Afghanistan Held in Bishkek, Islamic Emirate Not Present-Tolo News

The Meeting of EU and Central Asia Special Representatives on Afghanistan was held on Wednesday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. T....

February 15, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Kyrgyzstan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Doha , EU , Tourism , COVID-19 , Min Aung Hlaing , PPP , Bangladesh-Myanmar , JI , Maldives Parliamentary Elections Maldives-Türkiye Relations , Russia-Nepal , Border Closures , Military conscription , Munich Security Conference , Presidential Election.

New Malaria Vaccine: Watershed Moment for India’s Vaccine Diplomacy with Africa

Samir Bhattacharya Article

On 2nd October, when India celebrated both Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti, there was one more reason to celebrate this year. On 2nd October 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, to prevent malaria in ....

October 16, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Africa , WHO , COVID-19 , Serum Institute , Vaccine Diplomacy , India in Africa , Malaria , Global Health

Multilateralism Digest: May 2023 - Issue 5

I. India and the UN

Way forward on the IGN on UN reforms
India helps LLDCs with disaster risk reduction

II. India’s G20 Presidency

August 16, 2023 SCO , ASEAN , QUAD , Terrorism , Japan , G20 , COVID-19 , WTO , Migration , NDB , Multilateralism Digest , UNDP , Outer Space , UN reforms , Multilateralism digest , disaster risk reduction , Islamic development bank , Chemical Weapons Convention

China: “Soft use” of “Hard power”

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

China’s geopolitical aims and global ambitions are not a secret. President Xi sees China the most pre-eminent power in Asia and eventually, the world, consolidating trans-continental routes and waterways, and assured political influence among large....

July 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Soft Power , PLA , COVID-19 , LAC , Galwan , Hard power

Neighbourhood News Digest - 30 May 2023

Afghanistan

Iran vs Afghanistan: Why Helmand water-sharing dispute is boiling over, decades after treaty – The Print

With Afghanistan and Iran locked in a water dispute, tension between the two neighbours has escalated after....

May 30, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Nepal , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , BrahMos , Imran Khan , BRI , COVID-19 , IMF , Neighbourhood , PM Oli , Mount Everest , UN , Norway , junta , Rohingyas , Crypto , Bhutanese Refugee Scam

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 April 2023

Afghanistan

India invited to join regional group on Afghanistan: Lavrov

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India has been invited to join the core group of four countries neighbouring Afghanistan that say they....