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Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Commentary

On 28 and 29 October 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Saudi Arabia and met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud and the crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman. The Indian Prime Minister also met with Saudi Environment, Water and....

November 08, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , India-Saudi Arabia relations , Strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia , Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a seminar on 8 April, 2019, on ‘Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative’. The deliberations were divided in three broad themes: Aims and Drivers of the Belt and Road Initiative (BR....

July 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , India , CPEC , China’s Belt and Road Initiative , Southeast Asia , BRI

Vimarsha : New Templates For India’s National Security Management

On 13 June 2019, Ambassador PS Raghavan, Chairman, National Security Advisor Board (NSAB) delivered a monthly Vimarsha lecture on ‘New templates for India’s National Security Management’ at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).....

June 24, 2019 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , National Security Management , NSAB , PS Raghavan , India’s National Security , New India , Kargil War

A Survey of Global Media’s Perspective on Indian Elections

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Afghanistan

The media in Afghanistan has covered Indian elections from the beginning. The Kabul based TOLO News wrote a story on 11 April 2019 tilted “India’s giant elections get underway”. The story talks about how Prime Minister ....

June 04, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , Indian Elections , Global Media’s Perspective , Election 2019 , Media

Round Table at the VIF on Elections 2019 by Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman, Prasar Bharti

During the course of the elections, Dr. A Surya Prakash visited the states of Karnataka, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal to understand how the people were voting. He shared his impression and insight during two round table d....

May 21, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , India , UP , Congress , BJP , modi , Election Commission , Prasar Bharti , Chairman , 2019 , Elections 2019 , Bengal

Round Table Discussion on Elections-2019

A round table discussion was held at the VIF to discuss the various aspects of Election 2019. Dr A Surya Prakash, Chairman Prasar Bharti, led the discussions. The participants expressed their concern at the growing role of money and muscle in the ....

April 26, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , India , Lok Sabha , Democracy of India , Indian Parliament , Elections-2019

Dr. Shashi Bala’s Talk on ‘Silk Route: A Bridge between India and China’

In her fourth lecture of the series, Dr. Bala spoke about the small kingdoms situated on the Silk Routes that connected China and India through a vast expanse of desert. Kashgar as a centre of Vedic learning and Khotan as a centre of Buddhist learnin....

April 25, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , India , China , Silk Route

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

Calls for De Escalation and Dialogue Smack of Defeatism and Lack of Resolve

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

In the aftermath of the game changing and highly successful Balakote strike, undertaken by the IAF on 26th February, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the unsuccessful aerial attack attempted by the PAF in J&K on 27th February in whi....

March 10, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Balakot strike

India-Tajikistan Relations: The Security Factor

India and Tajikistan share great historical and cultural relations. Tajikistan was a part of Kushana and Persian Empires which had close cultural linkages with the Indian subcontinent. During the Islamic rule in India, Persian language and Sufism fro....

March 03, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , India , India-Tajikistan Relations , Tajikistan , India’s Central Asia policy