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Geopolitics of Trans–Caspian Gas Pipeline

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) is designed to export natural gas from resource-rich Turkmenistan and to a certain amount from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan by putting an underwater pipeline in the Caspian seabed. From Baku, Aze....

January 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Russia , Iran , European Union , Turkmenistan , Azerbaijan , Caspian Sea , Natural Gas , Pipeline , Geopolitics

Interaction with the Visiting Chinese Delegation led by Amb Yang Yanyi

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a Chinese delegation led by Amb. Yang Yanyi, (Former Head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union). She was accompanied by Mr Zhu Feng, Executive Director of China Center for Collaborative St....

July 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , South China Sea , European Union , US-China trade

Round Table Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India, on ‘European Union – India Relations and a Way Forward’

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to India and Bhutan Tomasz Kozlowski participated in a high-level Roundtable meeting on the growing engagement between the EU and India. His speech covered the positive development of relations in recent years and....

May 17, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Interaction , Internet of Things , European Union , EU-India Strategic Partnership , Economic relations

Interaction with H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norway’s Ambassador to India

Amid growing uncertainties over Brexit, especially in the Eurozone and the UK, the VIF invited Norway’s current Ambassador to India, H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, on November 28, 2016, for a talk on the current state of play in Europe in post Br....

November 28, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , European Union , Brexit , Norway , European Economic Area

Joint RCSS-VIF-ITS Conference Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific

The Colombo-based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RSCC), in collaboration with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS) of Germany, organised a two-day conference on 21-22 October 2016 in Colombo....

November 09, 2016 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Featured , Conferences , Indo-Pacific , OBOR , European Union , United States , Southeast Asia , Emerging Strategic Dynamics

Seminar on “India-EU Relations: Opportunities and Challenges”

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Finland Future Research Centre (FFRC), held a day-long seminar on ‘India-European (EU) Relations: Opportunities and Challenges’ on 1 Aug 2016. The seminar sought to build upon ....

August 08, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Seminars , European Union , India-EU Relations , Finland Future Research Centre

Brexit And End of Globalisation

Prof R Vaidyanathan

When Britain voted to leave the European Union ( called British Exit or Brexit) the Dutch Prime minister Mark Rutte said “England has collapsed politically, constitutionally and economically.” He wasn't wrong. The vote by Britain has also impacte....

July 25, 2016 Economic Studies , European Union , Brexit , England , Globalisation

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