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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
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
US-China Trade War: Analyses of Deeper Nuances and Wider Implications
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… China is unsatisfied with the degree of accommodation offered by the US and the US is uncomfortable with the strategic demands made by China … US wants China to reduce its trade deficit … an unrealistic request given the time it would take to....

September 17, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , trade , US-China Trade War , Chian
Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation
Commodore Somen Banerjee Article

Introduction
The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

September 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , China , Pollution of the seas , Maritime cooperation , Pollution
Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats
Pinaki Bhattacharya Article

Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging fro....

August 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , International order
Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security
Commentary: The Neela Hauz Constructed Wetland System
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

22nd March is commemorated as ‘World Water Day’. Only two percent of the water on the globe is fresh water. Of this nearly 70 percent is locked in the polar ice sheets and the rest is distributed unevenly. Recycling of waste water is a....

March 22, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India , World Water Day , Neela Hauz , Constructed Wetland System , CWS , Delhi , Water , Delhi University , Prof CR Babu , The Neela Hauz
म्यांमार से आने वाले शरणार्थियों की बढ़त को लेकर मिज़ोरम ने जताई चिंता
Gautam Sen

हाल ही में मिज़ोरम सरकार ने म्यांमार में शरणार्थियों की समस्या को लेकर चेतावनी जारी की है। पिछल�....

March 22, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , India , US , BJP , Myanmar , Mizoram Contends , Refugee , Border , मिज़ोरम की आंतरिक स्थिति , बौद्ध शरणार्थि
राष्ट्रपति रूहानी का भारत दौरा
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

2003 में राष्ट्रपति खतामी के दौरे के लगभग 15 वर्ष बाद, राष्ट्रपति रूहानी 15-17 फ़रवरी तक भारत दौरे के लिए....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , modi , भारत-ईरान के संबंध , राष्ट्रपति रूहानी भारत दौरा , President Rouhani’s Visit
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