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The 21st Century: The Century of India and ASEAN - Modi’s Strategic Visit to Lao-PDR

Modi's two-day visit during the second week of October to attend the 21st India-ASEAN and the 19th East Asia summits in Lao PDR on the invitation of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone marked India's commitment to forge stronger ties with ASEAN amid an....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , ASEAN , Singapore , Act East Policy , Brunei , Laos

The Importance of Being Brunei

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The Sultanate of Brunei is among the smallest countries of ASEAN with a high GDP. It follows a quiet diplomatic style. Brunei is different from other ASEAN countries in that it is a sultanate where all decisions are made by the Sultan who is also the....

September 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , ASEAN , PM Modi , Act East Policy , Brunei , Sultan

India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence

Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Strategic , Act East Policy , Cooperation , Geostrategic , IPOI , Partnership , Plan of Action

ASEAN Snubs the General in Myanmar in keeping him out of the Summit

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

ASEAN’s reputation as a successful regional entity is at stake because of the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February. No amount of counsel by other ASEAN members or the international community to persuade the junta to restore democracy has worked a....

October 26, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , sanctions , Summit , Act East Policy , Min Aung Hlaing , NUG , centrality , ASEAN Charter , Wunna Maung Lwin

Book Launch of ‘BIMSTEC: The Journey and the Way Ahead’

On 30 September 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual book launch session of the book edited by Dr Sreeradha Datta ‘BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Forward. The book was formally released by Ms Riva Ganguly Das, Secret....

October 05, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Book Discussions , BIMSTEC , Act East Policy , COVID-19 pandemic , Neighbourhood first policy

World’s Options on Myanmar Limited

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

A little over a month has passed since Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing shocked the world by seizing power on 1 February from the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD), and arrested the country’s civilian leader Aung San ....

March 15, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , Aung San Suu Kyi , Act East Policy , Joe Biden , NLD , Neighbour First , junta , South Block , Min Aung Hlaing , Antonio Guterres , Milk Tea Alliance , ASEAN’s centrality

Act East Policy and Northeast India

Dr Sreeradha Datta

India’s Act East Policy hinges on the development of the eight Northeast states with a view to achieving the foreign policy objective of enhancing ties with neighbouring countries. This book examines large infrastructure development across the regi....

February 07, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Bangladesh , Book Published , Act East Policy , India’s Act East Policy , Northeast

Vimarsha: ‘India’s North-East: From Periphery to the Core’

As a part of Vivekananda International Foundatio’s (VIF) longest running series of lectures, Vimarsha, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Finance and Health, Government of Assam, was invited to deliberate upon India’s strategically important Nor....

February 06, 2019 North-East Insurgency , Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Assam , Act East Policy , North-East region , Citizenship Act

Interaction with Delegation from Research Institute of Indian Ocean Economies, Kunming, China

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from the Research Institute of Indian Ocean Economies (RIIO), Kunming, China, led by Prof. Zhu Cuiping and comprised of Dr Liu Peng, Dr Li Yanfang and Dr Zhong Ai. The. Dr Arvind Gupt....

January 28, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Silk Road , Act East Policy , India-China relations , India-China economic cooperation , Wuhan summit

India’s Act East Policy and Chinese Perceptions

Dr. Pankaj Jha Commentary

Last month, a multi-think tank delegation visited China to interact with Chinese think tanks on the current state of India-China relations and the way forward. Among many other issues the Chinese experts and scholars were very keen to discuss and ana....

December 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Act East Policy , Sino-India trade