Articles

The Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid a 4-day official visit from 22 to 25 November to Japan to have discussion with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on furthering economic and security cooperation between Japan and Vietnam. Chinh ....

December 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , Cyber-security , Coronavirus , Supply chains , Senkaku Islands , East China Sea , Pham Minh Chinh , Fumio Kishida , ODA

A Critical Assessment of the Quad from an Indian Perspective

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

Few foreign policy matters generate opinions as polarising as over the Quad. The prime point of difference is over what the Quad ought to do, and whether it should be militarised or not. These concerns are fair on its own but it misses forest for th....

November 26, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , US , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Cyber-security , Critical Technology

Digital Empowerment of Myanmar

Radhika Daga Article

Introduction

On Oct 1, 2019, Myanmar celebrated “U-day”, to mark the official transition from its homegrown digital font Zawgyi (pronounced as “zaw-jee”) to a unified font conforming to the international standards of “Unicode�....

December 30, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Myanmar , technology , Cyber-security , Digitalisation

A Tale of two UN Resolutions on Cyber-security

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In December 2018, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two important resolutions: 73/27¹ on ‘Developments in the Field of Information And Telecommunications in The Context of International Security’; and, 73/266² on ‘Adv....

April 24, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , Cyber-security , UN Resolution on cyber-space

‘Dealing with India’s Cyber-security Challenges’, Interaction with Dr Prasanna Mulgaonkar, CEO Cloud Raxak Inc.

The VIF invited Dr Prasanna Mulgaonkar, CEO, ‘Cloud Raxak’, to an interactive discussion on measures to deal with cyber-security challenges in cyber space, particularly in context to India. The important points have been highlighted in subsequent....

March 07, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , technology , Indian Air Force , Cyber-security , Cloud Raxak , Cyber-space