Prerna Gandhi is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. Previously she has completed her MPhil in Japanese Studies and MA in East Asian Studies from Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. With close to a decade of working in international relations research, Prerna writes and speaks on the interplay of developments in China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Indo-Pacific, ASEAN, and United States etc. An avid watcher of geopolitical developments, she curates the Global Developments and Analysis, a weekly news monitor at the VIF (https://www.vifindia.org/covid-19-international-daily-scan).

Contributions 
Achievements and Potential of Economic Cooperation Between India and Russia India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to p...

A Counterintuitive Assessment of China-Russia Energy Ties Since the 04 Feb 2022 Xi-Putin summit, strategic analysts have accorded greater attention to the growing ties between China and Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war that would start twenty days later has brought forth new dynamics, as well as limitations o...

Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023 The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ...

शिंज़ो अबे को श्रद्धांजलि प्रेरणा गांधी, एसोसियेट फ़ेलो, VIF “एक राजनीतिक के रूप में मैंने विफलताएँ देखी हैं और केवल �...

A Tribute to Late Shinzo Abe “I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason I am ready to give everything for Japan.” - Shinzo Abe (wrote in 2012) Shinzo Abe would go on to give his all to Japan a decade later...

VIF Papers 
Japan’s Changing Security Discourse from the prism of its Deterrence Imperative ... US-Japan alliance is cornerstone for Japan’s security and its deterrence. However, despite conflicts of interests and intermittent tensions, Japan has never sought to replace the alliance with its own defense capabilities .. Though Japan’s s...

VIF Briefs 
Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula ..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to...

Event Reports 
Trilateral Web Conference on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific" The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a trilateral webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals and the Prospect Foundation on 29 September 2022 on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific". After initial remarks ...

Interaction with Amb Mohan Kumar on “WTO and Global Trade” The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interaction with Ambassador Mohan Kumar (retd) on “WTO and Global Trade” on 18 July 2022. After Welcoming Remarks by Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney (Retd), Ambassador Mohan Kumar expounded on the history...

Interaction with Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights The Vivekananda International Foundation held an online interaction with Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights on 14 July 2022. In his Opening Remarks, Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave a brief insight into UN Special P...

VIF- Prospect Foundation Seminar on ‘Strategic and Economic Implications of Ukraine War on Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific’ The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint webinar with the Prospect Foundation on 27 May 2022 on Strategic and Economic Implications of Ukraine War on Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific’. After initial remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, D...

Brainstorming Session on Strategic & Economic Outlook for 2022 The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an online brainstorming session on Strategic and Economic Outlook for 2022 on 10 January 2022. It saw participation from Dr. Arvind Gupta, Dr. Anantha Nageswaran, Dr. C Rajamohan, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney...

VIF Reports 
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: November - December 2023 As 2023 came to a close, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) deliberated on regional issues with implications for India as part of the discussions in its Strategic Issues Group. The ongoing Israel–Palestine conflict has serious implicati...

Outreach 
India-ROK in the Age of Indo-Pacific: Synergizing the Act East and the New Southern Policy Published in Ytharth Magazine (SIS, JNU Initiative) on 21 September 2022....

Impact of Demographic Transition on International Relations Published in Usanas Foundation on 3rd May 2021....

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