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A Retired Bureaucrat’s 2024 Election Takeaways
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

With the dust of the 2024 election having finally settled and a new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government having been sworn in it is now appropriate to attempt to tease out some of its key takeaways. For starters, it should definitively pu....

June 10, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , India , democracy , Congress , BJP , election , PM Modi , NDA , Opposition
Multilateralism and India during 2014-2024
Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Between 2014 and 2024, India has navigated the multilateral world to ensure a supportive external environment of peace, security, and stability to accelerate the transformation underway in India. The fact that India is both a founder-member of multil....

June 05, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , UNSC , International Yoga Day , G20 , Multilateralism , UNGA , United Nations , UNPKO , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Voice of the Global South Summit
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 May 2024)

Defence

  1. 12th India-Mongolia Joint Working Group meeting held in Ulaanbaatar.
  2. 2nd India – Australia – Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) conducted at Kochi.
    3. ....

    June 05, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Defence , Indian Air Force , Indian Army , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , Indian Navy , Ministry of Defence , Bharat , FICN , trilateral , exercise , Defence Acquisition , Rudra , Human-Trafficking
Multilateralism Digest: May 2024-Issue 5

I. India in the UN

  1. Indian inputs for a substantial Summit of the Future
  2. India contributes to CTTF
  3. India chairs Committee A of WHA

II. Plu....

June 03, 2024 India , BIMSTEC , IMF , WTO , World Health Assembly , ADB , UNFCCC , Peacekeeping , Multilateralism Digest , multilateral development banks , Multilateralism digest , Summit of the Future , Counter Terrorism Trust Fund , G20 bioeconomy , G20 Hunger Alliance , G20 Research and Innovation , BRICS tuberculosis , BRICS customs officials , BRICS space agencies , India-ASEAN Trade in Goods , SCO Foreign Ministers , World Bank Group , SDRs , Major Radhika Sen , UNOCT Parliamentary Dialogue , Appeals and Grievances Procedure
Overview of India’s Trade Policy from 2014-2024
J S Deepak, IAS (R)

India’s trade policy through 2014-24 has seen both hits and misses, fortunately more hits than misses. Getting a permanent peace clause at the WTO for our food security schemes in 2014, walking out of the RCEP agreement in 2019, and focusing on FTA....

May 31, 2024 Economic Studies , India , US , China , trade , RCEP , WTO , Protectionism , FTAs , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
Neighborhood News Digest- 27 May 2024

Afghanistan
Afghanistan 6th Most Vulnerable Country to Climate Change: UNDP-Tolo News
The representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Stephen Rodriques, said that although Afghanistan does not contribute....

May 27, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , Russia , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Qatar , Bangladesh , Doha , Geopolitics , Tourism , UN , Budget , Kuwait , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Bangladesh-Nepal , Small Island Developing States (SIDS) , India-Maldives Free Trade Agreement , RMG sector , Climate Risk
The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza provide several pointers to how the nature of warfare is changing. Indian strategic thinkers need to carefully study these wars and imbibe the lessons. Indian armed forces are in the process of being reorgan....

May 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Israel , India , Iran , Air defence , Lessons , Drones , doctrine , Long wars , nuclear doctrine Ukraine war
Neighborhood News Digest- 24 May 2024

Afghanistan
Qatar's Al-Khulaifi Requests Islamic Emirate Attend 3rd Doha Meeting-Tolo News
Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh al-Khulaifi, Minister of State for the Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, in a meeting with Mullah....

May 24, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , BIMSTEC , Bhutan , ISIS , Qatar , Bangladesh , refugees , IMF , Italy , UAE , UN Peacekeepers , Rohingyas , RuPay , World Food Forum , Sri Lankan Presidential and Parliamentary Election
India Denmark Relations: Green Strategic Partnership a Force for Global Good
Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

India and Denmark are natural partners connected by common democratic traditions, strong institutional affinity and historical links of trade relations dating back to 400 years ago. The diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Copenhagen were estab....

May 10, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Arctic Policy , Denmark , Green Strategic Partnership , India-Denmark Energy Partnership
Discussion on Transformation Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties

On 08 May, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a discussion on the book titled, “Transformation Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties” by Ambassador Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, published by KW Publisher....

May 10, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , India , Bangladesh , Security , Bangladesh Economy , Cultural relations
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