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Mongolia’s Buddhist Diplomacy and India’s Union of Religious and Foreign Policy
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The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), along with Indian, Japanese, and Mongolian partners, hosted its third Samvad (which, in Hindi, means “dialogue”) conference in Ulaanbaatar over last Friday and the weekend. As reported in BDG’s ne....

September 16, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , South Korea , China , Myanmar , Japan , Asia , Buddhism , Samvad , A New India , Ulaanbaatar , buddhist diplomacy , vifindia , military , mongolia , religion
Think Tank Dialogue on the Quadrilateral Grouping: The ‘Quad-Plus Dialogue’- 2019, Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2019 (Report)

(A Track 1.5 dialogue hosted by think tanks from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S., and Quad-Plus Partner France) Participants: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), The Heritage Founda....

March 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , US , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , Australia , Japan , Maritime Domain Awareness , Nuclear Forces Treaty
VIF-JINF Seminar on ‘India-Japan Partnership in an Uncertain Era’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a seminar on 6th February 2019 for a senior delegation visiting from Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) led by President Yoshiko Sakurai. The seminar was attended by senior retired....

February 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , China , security cooperation , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Japan , BRI , Technological Cooperation , JINF
Conference on Security in Indian Ocean Region, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo

A conference was organised by Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) on February 22 & 23, 2018, at Tokyo, to conclude a two years project that explored the possibilities for major democracies - namely Australia, India, Japan and the United States - to coope....

May 30, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , China , Indian Ocean Region , Japan , Maritime Connectivity , China’s Naval Strategy , ndo-pacific Region
Some Lessons from Doklam
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

While the resolution of the Doklam stand-off as reported by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on 28 Aug is being hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough and an achievement of sorts for India in the open source reports, this work tries to revisit the....

September 06, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Doklam stand-off , show of force , Chinese Game Plan , Japan
Asia- Africa Growth Corridor: Can It Be a Game Changer?
Dr Neha Sinha

AAGC Vision Document - Origin and Institutions behind its Creation? Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) supported by Japan and India was unveiled on 24th May, 2017 during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfD....

June 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , Japan , OBOR , Asia , AAGC , African Development Bank
Revision of Japanese Constitution: The Article 9 Dilemma
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

“Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international dispute....

May 31, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Constitution , Japan , self-defence , Article 9 Dilemma , Revision of Japanese , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Make in Japan to Made in Japan: Indigenisation Lessons from the Imperial Japanese Navy 1880-1941
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

In 1868 or even in 1880s, Japan lagged behind even colonial India in many parameters including technical infrastructure, education, railways, etc. Neither was it a rich nation. Perhaps the corollary to it never being too early for achievin....

August 17, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Japan
What’s the Real Story in Turkey?
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

I was in Ahmedabad when the attempted or rather failed ‘coup de tat’ took place in Turkey. I was to speak at a corporate function about India’s national security. However, my hosts requested me to first specifically speak for a few minu....

July 21, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Japan , Asia , Turkey , First World War , European
Japan holds the G7 Summit - Focus on Indo Pacific
Lalit Joshi

The Group of Seven (G7), an informal forum of the world’s leading industrialized countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States--is also attended by representatives of the European Union. At the summit me....

May 28, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Japan , G7 Summit , Indo Pacific , European Union
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