Articles

China’s Intentions Towards India Have Not Changed

While Chinese leaders are making statements that attempt to gloss over the developments of recent years and seek to convey that China is keen on normalising relations and that together the two can develop and grow their economies, the reality is quit....

April 24, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , border issue , PLI , Tibet Military District , 75th anniversary , Civilizational power

Neighbourhood News Digest - 23 April 2025

Afghanistan

Joint Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Exhibition Held in Kabul-Tolo News

The third Kazakh-Afghan Business Forum and a joint exhibition showcasing products from Kazakhstan and Afghanistan were held in Kabul. The acting Minis....

April 23, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Wakhan , MNDAA , Bhutan-Thailand Relations , Bunkering Services , KNLA , Khunjerab Pass , Bangladesh.

Africa Now (01-15 April, 2025)

Overview

The African continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. Significant strides in infrastructure, international diplomacy, political developments and economic reforms were made but the continent still grapp....

April 23, 2025 India , US , China , Ethiopia , Africa , South Sudan , Egypt , Boko Haram , Turkey , EU , UK , Algeria , Sudan , France , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Mali , Nigeria , South Africa , Zambia , Lesotho , Democratic Republic of Congo , Gabon , AIKEYME

Europe News Digest (1-15 April, 2025)

Trump Unveils 10% Tariff on all Imports to US and 20% on the EU

US President Donald Trump unveiled the much-anticipated “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in a speech at the White House Rose Garden, imposing a minimum 10% tariff on a....

April 21, 2025 China , Central Asia , Trump , Putin , EU , tariffs , Spain , war crimes , missile attack , Hungary , International Criminal Court , Europe News Digest , Elon Musk , Marine Le Pen , Counter-tariffs

Neighbourhood News Digest - 21 April 2025

Afghanistan

Pakistan’s Deputy PM Visits Kabul to Discuss Security and Trade- Tolo News

A high-level Pakistani delegation, led by Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, arrived in Kabul to....

April 21, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Russia , ASEAN , Maldives , Myanmar , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Turkey , oil prices , IMF , UAE , Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , Maldives–UAE Relations , AJBAN 442A

China Digest (14–20 April, 2025)

India-China Relations

India and China Hold Talks on Resuming Direct Flights, No Timeline Yet

India and China have conducted initial discussions about restarting direct passenger flights, marking a step forward in improving bil....

April 21, 2025 China , economy , technology , military , China Daily Digest , Diplomacy

What Should be India’s Response to Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs

Gopalan Balachandran Article

On April 2, (at around 4.00 p.m. (EST), President Trump in his characteristic fashion, threw a bombshell on the way international trade and trade negotiations were conducted by unilaterally announcing a set of shockingly high tariffs on US trading p....

April 21, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , China , India US BTA , Trump Reciprocal Tariffs

Deep Seek and India’s AI Mission

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

What is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek is a China-invented AI model which represents a paradigm shift in the development of Artificial Intelligence Models. As the Chinese paper which developed DeepSeek said, “Our goal is to explore the potential o....

April 17, 2025 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , US , China , AI , Nvidia , DeepSeek , LLMs , India's AI Mission

Neighbourhood News Digest - 17 April 2025

Afghanistan

Pakistani Special Envoy Visiting Kabul to Attend JCC Meeting-Tolo News

The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate stated that Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, has arrived in Kabul to....

April 17, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , ISIS , IMF , Inflation , UN , Kulbhushan Jadhav , Maldives–Türkiye Relations , Salma Dam Water , Green Crypto currencies , Asian Development Bank ADB , Budget Surplus , Operation Brahma

Global Dialogues and Strategic Perspectives: Interaction with Visiting Delegations- March 2025

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted several delegations on the sidelines of The Raisina Dialogue, an annual multilateral conference held in New Delhi, from March 17-19, 2025. Representing premier think-tanks and eminent institutions....

April 14, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , China , Russia , Iran , Australia , USA , Ukraine , Netherlands , Germany , Belgium , Kenya , South Africa , Finland , Denmark , Hungary