Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war in Ukraine is in its sixth month, with no clarity on an endgame. Russia reiterates it will not back down, until it achieves its original objectives. Ukraine seeks more heavy weaponry from the West, to drive Russian forces back to their pre-wa....

August 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War

China: Daily Scan, August 8, 2022

China announces eight countermeasures in response to Pelosi’s Taiwan island visit: Global Times

August 05, 2022

China announces eight countermeasures in response to Pelosi's Taiwan visit: 1. Canceling China-US Theater Comm....

August 08, 2022 India , Russia , Taiwan , Bangladesh , COVID-19 , Cambodia , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , PLA Eastern Theater Command , Sri Lanks

Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments: An Indian Perspective

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(This is an updated version of the presentation made at an international conference organised by National Institute of International Strategy, CASS, Beijing on “Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments” on 26 July 2022) The Russi....

August 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , energy crisis , Food Crisis

The Power of the ‘God of War’: Assessing the Russian advantage in Artillery in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The God of War

Way back in 1944, when the ferocity of World War II was at its peak, Joseph Stalin made a statement; ‘Artillery is the God of War’. His remarks probably related to the fact that most of the combat deaths in the two World ....

July 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Russia , Artillery , Ukraine , Donbas

China: Daily Scan, July 21, 2022

What China will do to boost industrial resilience: Quishi

July 20, 2022

China's industrial economy showed great resilience in the first half of the year amid complex situations at home and abroad. The value-added industrial outp....

July 21, 2022 Russia , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Biden , Belgium , Shandong , Baidu , ByteDance

VIF-RIAC Roundtable | Strategic and Economic Implications of the Ukraine Crisis

The VIF in collaboration with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened a virtual roundtable discussion on the Strategic and Economic Implications of the Ukraine Crisis on 6 July 2022. The opening remarks were delivered by Dr Arvind G....

July 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Russia , India-Russia , bilateral relationship , Ukraine Conflict

A brief for the Web page on the roundtable discussion on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict"

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict" at the VIF on 11 July 2022. The welcome remarks were given by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the participants w....

July 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Russia , Europe

VIF Cyber Review: June 2022

National

“Cyber secure India is integral to national security and development”: Union Minister of Home Affairs

Addressing a national conference on cyber security and national security on 20 June 2022, the Union Minister of H....

July 08, 2022 India , China , Russia , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , NATO , 5G , cyber espionage , Canada , CERT-In , VIF Cyber Review , spyware , MeitY

Engaging Central Asia

Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Commentary

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe....

July 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan

China: Daily Scan, July 08, 2022

China's Wang Yi meets Indian FM Jaishankar on bilateral ties: Xinhuanet

July 7, 2022

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar here on Thursday on the ....

July 08, 2022 India , Russia , Taiwan , Japan , Wechat , China Daily Digest , Xizang , Wuhu , Bloomberg , SoftBank