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Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: October 2022
Naval Jagota

In the month of October 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a total of five expert group meetings. This month’s report also contains the newly created Africa expert group’s first meeting discussions. Thus in the last two mon....

November 29, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Nepal , foreign policy , Africa , Cooperation , Global Recession
India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence
Prof Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Strategic , Act East Policy , Cooperation , Geostrategic , IPOI , Partnership , Plan of Action
I2U2 Grouping: Transformational Force for Global Good and India’s Strategic Imperatives
Prof Debasis Bhattacharya Article

With the formation of I2U2 grouping comprising India, Israel, the USA, and the UAE a new strategic alliance has come into action towards promoting robust cooperation for establishing geostrategic and geo-economic equilibrium coupled with shared econo....

August 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , India , QUAD , USA , West Asia , Security , Cooperation , UAE , Geostrategic Equilibrium , Geopolitical , I2U2
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 June 2022

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India-Japan Strategic Partnership: Growing Convergence
Dr Debasis Bhattacharya Commentary

The growing and robust consolidation of India-Japan strategic partnership is regarded as transformational in shaping the trajectory of geostrategic equilibrium in Indo-Pacific with global ramifications. Over the years the bilateral relations between ....

May 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India , Indo-Pacific , strategic partnership , Japan , Economic , Cooperation , Geostrategic Equilibrium , Defence and Security , Geopolitical , Vision
Strong Cooperation between Nepal and India Needed to Win War against Coronavirus
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

The Global Impact
Never before in the history of mankind, the entire globe was affected as much by any event as coronavirus pandemic, called COVID-19. Not even World War I or World War II had made so much of impact as this pandemic has do....

April 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , economy , Cooperation , COVID-19 , global impact , Nepal experience
GCC and the Indian Diaspora in the context of Covid-19
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

West Asia is India’s strategic extended neighbourhood. No wonder India’s policy with respect to the region especially the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain) has acquired a new depth a....

April 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , Cooperation , COVID-19 , diaspora , Kafala system
Key Developments in Africa in 2019
Dr Neha Sinha Article

The year 2019 bore witness to multiple developments which dotted the continent and may lead to not only an impact in the immediate times but also have far-reaching impact on the society and polity of African nations.

Peaceful Transition of Po....

January 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Africa , Terrorism , election , Cooperation , Visits , Power
India’s Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Issues and Prospects
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

This is an updated version of paper presented at an international conference on Countering Violent Extremism organized by China’s Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing in December 2019

General
India has been at the receiving ....

January 01, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , CVE , Definition , Measures , Cooperation , Counter narrative
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