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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Relevance of India’s Ancient Thinking to Contemporary Strategic Reality
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Dr Arpita Mitra

The adoption of 21st June as International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, in response to an India-led resolution with a record high number of co-sponsors, was a landmark event. In this backdrop, it is all the more...

March 27, 2020
Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags:Contemporary Strategic Reality, India’s Ancient Thinking, International Day of Yoga, United Nations General Assembly, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
History of Ancient India-VIII : Sculpture, Painting, Terracottas, Performing Arts and Architecture
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes

The present volume provides a thorough and meticulous introduction to India’s sculpture, painting, terracottas, performing arts and architecture. In each case the coverage is extensive, supported by detailed references and should lead to further...

March 27, 2020
Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags:History of Ancient India, India’s sculpture
A Decade of Discourse on Defence Matters
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

This book is a compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India's national defence. These papers are a part of the vast repository of VIF publications over the past decade of its functioning as a strategic think tank with the...

March 12, 2020
National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence
Tags:Defence Matters, India's strategic, Indian military, national defence
India's Strategies for Information War & Cyber Deterrence
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)

The concept of Information Warfare (IW) is as old as warfare itself but has gained in significance in recent times where we look at non-contact battles between two adversaries. This concept involves the use of information and communication...

February 16, 2020
National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security
Tags:Cyber Security, Cyber war, Economic War, Network Centric war, Perception Management, Political war, Special Forces, strategy, Supply Chain Management. 5G impact on IW
Hindu-Buddhist Philosophy on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness

Driven by the myopia of profits and an ego that craves superiority over fellow brethren, man is leading a life of wanton devastation, and going through what is perhaps the most violent time in history. At stake is not just our own lives and...

February 12, 2020
Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags:Conflict Avoidance, Democratic tradition, Environment Consciousness, Hindu-Buddhist Philosophy, Universal responsibility
Selected Essays from the Vivekananda International Foundation
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Over the past decade, the VIF has charted an academically independent path of research and analyses. The Foundation has thus been disseminating a vast stream of analyses of key developments and decision dilemmas concerning the nation to its wide...

January 16, 2020
National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies
Tags:Civilisational values, Key developments
Sea of Collective Destiny: Bay of Bengal and BIMSTEC
Commodore Somen Banerjee
Dr Vijay Sakhuja

BIMSTEC has evolved as an important multilateral institution around the geography of Bay of Bengal. Its significance has been spurred by regional governments who are proactively engaging to make BIMSTEC a vibrant institution. This book argues for...

January 10, 2020
International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags:Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, Sea of Collective Destiny
Pakistan Insights 2019
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

In February 2018, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) set up the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) to discuss and debate issues relating to Pakistan in a holistic manner. Meeting almost every fortnight since its inception, the discussions...

September 26, 2019
Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
Tags:Aasia Bibi case, Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Study Group, Pashtun Protests
Radicalization in India: An Exploration
Abhinav Pandya

Kashmir has been in turmoil since the past three decades or so. The state of dissatisfaction in that part of a free, democratic, secular Indian nation is a rather perplexing development, the question being that how can any well groomed group of...

August 27, 2019
Governance and Political Studies
Tags:Kashmir, Kashmiri people, Pakistan, Radicalization in India
Assessment of Chinese Military Modernisation and Its Implications for India
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Ever since its creation, China has been claiming territories of numerous countries. There have been wars and clashes, and the usual tone of policy statements has remained assertive. After annexing Tibet the Communist China has described China as...

July 16, 2019
China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags:Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Military, Communist China, Indian security, modernisation
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