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Geopolitical mires of 2022 and the way forward for India
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The challenge for India and other developing nations is to find an optimal adjustment to a segmented globalisation. 2022 revealed some interesting truths about today’s world order. As the dominant superpower confronts the challenge from a....

January 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Globalisation , economic welfare , industrialised societies
Round Table Discussion on Power Trading between India and Nepal

On 16 December 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “Power trading between India and Nepal”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave the introductory remarks, followed by a presentation by Mr Lal Krishna KC, Sr. Ad....

January 04, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Conferences , India , Nepal , Electric Power Trade , Cross-border Transmission
G20 Presidency is a Celebration of India’s Culture and Social Philosophy
Anushka Saraswat Article

On 1 December 2022, India formally took over the G20 presidency, the significant multilateral forum to address the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, during stormy times in International Relations. When the drums are ....

January 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Climate Change , Multilateralism , COVID-19 pandemic , Territorial integrity , Russia-Ukraine conflict , Ukraine Conflict , G20 presidency , Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav , civilisational ethos , spiritual nationalism
Lessons of Ukraine War, and Applicability on India
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Since it began, the Russia-Ukraine has thrown up an overabundance of geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic lessons. It is humbling to note that the lessons of 2021 were in total variance with those of 2022. India has learnt significant geostra....

January 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , War , Peace , Ukraine , Lessons , strategic ambiguity , economic interdependence
VIF Cyber Review: November 2022

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All-India Institute of Medical Science (Delhi) witnessed cyber incident.
The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bharat’s premier medical institution and hospital, experienced a cyber-attack on November 23....

January 02, 2023 India , China , Interpol , VIF Cyber Review , cyberattack , OperationChakra , Maddibank
West Asia – 2022 Gone by with a Twist
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

West Asia never ceases to spring surprises. 2022 was no different in that regard except that conflicts became milder but the Black Swan events did not spare them either. As the countries, even the oil rich ones, were beginning to come out of the adv....

January 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , US , China , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Yemen , Abraham Accords , I2U2
Making sense of Nepal Elections
Dr Sangeeta Thapliyal Article

New government has been formed in Nepal after much anticipation with Prachanda as the Prime Minister. Leading 170 members in 275 member House of Representatives, his party Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) [NCP(MC)] has allied with KP Sharma Oli ....

December 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepali Congress , KP Oli , Prachanda , CPN (UML) , Madhes
China: Daily Scan, December 28, 2022

Draft law on financial stability submitted to China's top legislature for 1st reading: Xinhuanet
December 27, 2022
A draft law on financial stability was on Tuesday submitted for its first reading to the ongoing session of the S....

December 28, 2022 India , Nepal , Beijing , Wuhan , COVID-19 , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Baidu
Interaction with Delegation from Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interactive session with a visiting three member delegation headed by the Director General of the Institute of Foreign Policy & Security Studies (IFPSS), Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Dr. V....

December 26, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , India , China , Russia , Vietnam , Indo-Vietnam
China: Daily Scan, December 23, 2022

China's newest commodity exchange launches industrial silicon futures: Xinhuanet
December 22, 2022
The Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), the youngest of China's five major futures bourses, launched industrial silicon futures on....

December 23, 2022 India , Japan , Beijing , Covid , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Germany , Xizang , S-300C
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