VIF Books

PAKISTAN INSIGHTS 2021-22: A Granular Look At Key Issues in Pakistan

PAKISTAN INSIGHTS 2021-22 is the third in the ‘Pakistan Insights’ series brought out by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) to deepen the understanding of Pakistan. Ideas for the various chapters are based on the discussions held in...

June 10, 2022

Tags:Non-Traditional Security Threats, Pak Army, Pakistan Insights, Pakistan National Security Policy, Pakistan’s foreign policy, Shehbaz Sharif, Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

India-Bangladesh Bonhomie at 50: 1971 and the Present

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

For Bangladesh and India, the past year has been about celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh and commemorating the iconic event, the Liberation War of Bangladesh, one that irreversibly changed the political landscape of South Asia.

March 25, 2022 Download

Tags:1971 Liberation War, 1971 war, India, Liberation War, Muslim League, Pakistan, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Random Thoughts 2021 - Emerging Paradigm Shift in the Changing Global, Political and Economic Order

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Random Thoughts 2021 touches upon unusual range of subjects, namely from emerging civilisational, religious and historical issues; to out-of-the-box suggestions for astronomy-based education for conflict avoidance, to how liberal democracies are...

December 2, 2021 Download

Tags:Afghanistan, Border Issues, China, China-Pakistan Axis, Economic, Emerging Strategic Relations, Global Developments, Internal Security, Random Thoughts, Strategic Partnerships, Taliban, International Relations and Diplomacy

Opportunities for India in a Changing World

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

We are living in an era of extraordinarily fast paced change. The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down and deepened political, economic and social uncertainties. The post-World War order set up in 1945 by the Western countries is...

October 7, 2021

Tags:Civilisation, COVID-19 pandemic, India, technology, International Relations and Diplomacy

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT: A Vibrant and Strong India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Neither development without self-pride nor self-pride without development are desirable. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for Aatmanirbhar Bharat or a self-reliant India on 12 May 2020 goes beyond mere economic self-reliance....

September 2, 2021

Tags:Aatmanirbhar Bharat, COVID-19 pandemic, Narendra Modi, Governance and Political Studies

BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Ahead

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional organisation straddling five member states from South Asia and two from Southeast Asia. In the larger context of the global...

August 31, 2021

Tags:Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, COVID-19 pandemic, Free Trade Agreement, Indo-Pacific, Neighbourhood Studies

Irrawaddy Imperatives: Reviewing India’s Myanmar Strategy

Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar, the Golden Land, has for ages been the last frontier, steeped in mysticism and mystery. However, knowledge about Myanmar remains woefully inadequate in most spheres including Indian academia, media and in some cases, even foreign policy...

August 31, 2021

Tags:ASEAN, India’s Myanmar strategy, Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy Imperatives, Northeast, Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Act East Policy and Northeast India

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF

India’s Act East Policy hinges on the development of the eight Northeast states with a view to achieving the foreign policy objective of enhancing ties with neighbouring countries. This book examines large infrastructure development across the...

February 7, 2021

Tags:Act East Policy, Bangladesh, India’s Act East Policy, Myanmar, Northeast, Neighbourhood Studies

Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: Maritime and Naval Operations

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Commercial and military operations at sea and ashore across the globe are in the throes of technological and organisational transformation led by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies. These are impacting every aspect of the...

February 7, 2021

Tags:4IR technologies, Industrial Revolution, Maritime, Military operations, Naval Operations, Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies