Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

A delegation from the VIF comprising Director, Dr Arvind Gupta, Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney and Dr. Harinder Sekhon visited Washington DC from 11 to 15 Nov 2019 for the annual return meetings – a bilateral on India-US relations with the Hudson Institute ....

December 20, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Seminars , Indo-Pacific , Afghanistan , Hudson Institute , Jerusalem Centre , State Department

Five ‘T’s of China-India ties

Dr. Pankaj Jha Commentary

Following the two informal summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Wuhan (2018) and Chennai (2019) the important question that is being asked within the academic circles in China is what could be the possible template....

December 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Kashmir , Terrorism , Belt and Road , Informal Summit , RCEP , trade imbalance , Aksai Chin , SR talks

Interaction with the Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies on 19 September 2019 at VIF. The delegation was led by Dr Chen Dongxiao, the other members of the delegations were Liu Youfa (served a....

October 22, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , CPEC , US-China trade , India-China relations , Act Far East , Shanghai Institute , Middle East

Indic Statecraft and Indo-Pacific

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

India’s cartographic delimitation of Indo-Pacific broadly encompasses sea space from the western Pacific Ocean through Southeast Asia to the western Indian Ocean along the east coast of Africa. In this sea space it pursues an ‘eclectic blend’ o....

October 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific , Indian concept of Mandala , Mandala principles on foreign policy , India foreign policy

Round Table Discussion on the Indo-Pacific

Preliminaries

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on the Indo-Pacific on 09 September 2019. Since the past few years the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ is widely used in the strategic circles though....

October 01, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean , BRI , Sub-continent , Arabian Sea , Eastern Africa , East China Sea

Seminar on ‘Taiwan-India Strategic Dialogue’, at Taipei

The Taiwan-India Strategic Dialogue was organized by the Prospect Foundation in Taipei. Dr Arvind Gupta, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney and Dr Teshu Singh participated in the dialogue from the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). Amb. Tan-Sun Chen, I-Chu....

July 31, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Indo-Pacific , BRI , Taiwan-India Strategic Dialogue , Shangri La speech , GCTF , OPIC

VIF Capsule for Defence Attaches Designates and their Spouses

VIF organized a one day capsule for 14 India’s Defence Attaches designates who have been assigned to various Indian Embassies abroad. It was also the first time that spouses of the Defence Attaches (DAs) also attended the capsule. This was much app....

June 28, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , foreign policy , Indo-Pacific , Neighbourhood , Defence Attaches , Army DAs

Interaction with the Delegation from the Prospect Foundation

The Vivekananda International Foundation hosted a delegation from the Prospect Foundation, Taipei led by Dr Mark Tan-sun Chen. The other members of the delegation were Dr Joanne Jaw-ling Chang Chyou, Dr Arthur Shufan Ding, Dr Ming-fang Tsai, Dr Mei-f....

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , foreign policy , Indo-Pacific , UNSC , Indian Ocean Region , Prospect Foundation , India-Taiwan Relations , Indo-Pacific Security

Talk by H.E. Sidharto Suryodipuro, Ambassador of Indonesia to India

On 27th May Vivekanand International Foundation hosted the Ambassador of Indonesia to New Delhi, H.E. Sidharto Suryodhipuro. The Ambassador delivered a talk on ‘Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific’. The gist of his talk is given in the succeeding para....

June 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Indonesia , Maritime domain

Interaction with Delegation from Vietnam National University

The VIF scholars discussed the salient points of India-Vietnam bilateral relations, India’s Act East Policy, the Indo-Pacific perspective, Indo-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, defense cooperation and people-to-people understanding of c....

April 26, 2019 Interaction , Indo-Pacific , India’s Act East Policy , Social values