Varuna Shankar is a Research Associate at CAPSI (Central Association of Private Security Industry), a Private Security Industry body. She is a doctoral candidate in International Relations and Global Politics from GD Goenka University, Gurugram. Her area of specialization is in the East Asian Region (China and Japan). Previously, she was a Research Intern at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and the Vivekananda International Foundation. She has a Master's in Political Science from the Center for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and a bachelor’s degree from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

Contributions 
Japan’s New Partnership and Change in Defence Posture In the latest move, Japan on March 26 decided to to ease its strict defence exports’ rules. This has allowed it to build the next-generation fighter jet in collaboration with Britain and Italy to be exported under certain conditions. The defence mi...

China and France in the New World Order This year, 2024, marks six decades of the diplomatic relationship between China and France. Chinese President Xi Jingping announced breaking new grounds to further strengthen their bilateral ties. He stated that this was an opportunity to uphold fund...

Belarusian Dynamics in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Crisis Introduction Belarus is a European nation with a population of 10million and runs a 1000km long southern border with Ukraine. The political character of the government is a unitary presidential constitutional republic with capital at Mins...

AUKUS, India and the Strategic Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region Introduction The emergence of the Indo-Pacific as a new geostrategic space represents the new strategic reality of the 21st century. It is a new domain in India’s foreign policy engagement. India’s role is defined by its geography, in...

Event Reports 
Vimarsh on Russia-Ukraine Crisis On 14 March, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “Russia-Ukraine Crisis”. The session encompassed a series of introductory remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, and a talk on the stated theme by Amb...

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