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Constitutional Changes in Russia! What is Cooking?

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire government resigned on January 15th after a televised speech by President Putin to the federal assembly wherein he proposed sweeping changes to the constitution. These changes will modify the equation of ....

January 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , democracy , Putin , Medvedev , Yeltsin

Book Discussion on “Amit Shah and the March of BJP” by Dr. Anirban Ganguly & Shiwananda Dwivedi

A discussion was held in VIF on July 23rd, 2019 by the esteemed authors Dr. Anirban Ganguly, and Shiwananda Dwivedi, on their recently released book, “Amit Shah and the March of BJP”, published by Bloomsbury publishers. Dr. Ganguly is the Directo....

July 26, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , democracy , Leadership , Bharatiya Janata Party , Amit Shah , March of BJP , Political organisation

Shared Values and Democracy in Asia - 4th Samvad Conference at Tokyo

The Conference on the theme of ‘Shared Values and Democracy in Asia’ was addressed by PM Abe in which he returned to the theme that democracy in Asia was not a foreign idea introduced from the West. Prime Minister Modi in his message emphasised t....

July 08, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , democracy , Buddhism , Hinduism , shared values , Human Rights , Democracy in Asia

Dawn of the Coalition Era in Indian Politics

RNP Singh

Parliamentary and presidential democracies in modern India can function only with the presence of political parties. Constitutionally, India is a quasi-federal structure with a parliamentary form of government. The heterogeneous nature of Indian soci....

January 05, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Coalition governments , regional politics , Era in Indian Politics , Parliament , democracy , Congress , BJP , modi , Lal Bahadur Shastri , Sardar Patel

Orlando Massacre: Another Wake-Up Call

Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The brutal attack on a gay nightclub—Pulse—in Orlando in the early hour of 12 June shocked not only the United States (US) but also the international community which is grappling with the rising phenomenon of lone wolf attacks. This is the latest....

June 22, 2016 Terrorism , democracy , Orlando Massacre , United States

Bangladesh - Politics of Confrontation: Political Deadlock

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Bangladesh’s tryst with democracy began a new chapter in the nation’s history when the newly independent nation adopted its first Constitution in 1972 with the tenets of nationalism, democracy, socialism and secularism. The then political environ....

October 14, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , democracy , Bangladesh , Secularism , Socialism , Political Violence

Talk By Amb Hussain Haqqani

Pakistan's former Ambassador to USA, Hussain Haqqani, delivered a talk on “Pakistan: Democracy, Modernism, Jihad” before a distinguished gathering at Vivekananda International Foundation on August 13, 2014. Ambassador Haqqani who is currently the....

August 27, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Interaction , Pakistan , democracy , Jihad , Modernism , Pakistan's foreign policy , Muslim League

Vimarsha on ‘Democracy and People’s Participation’ with Dr. S.Y.Quraishi

Vivekananda International Foundation welcomed Dr. S.Y.Quraishi, the former Chief Election Commissioner of India, to talk on “Democracy and People’s Participation” on 27 December under its monthly series of talks by eminent personalities, Vim....

January 16, 2014 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , democracy , Electoral process , Election Commission of India