Articles

Biden as a Liberal Crusader: Assessing the Obama-Biden Human Rights Legacy

… the hope is that Biden would have learnt from the Obama era mistakes and hence follow a non-interventionist policy to avoid another ‘humanitarian’ war … at the end of his Presidential term, Biden may emerge a ‘liberal crusader’ or be an....

July 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , President Trump , Obama , UNHRC , NATO , Biden , Liberalism , US President , Realpolitik of foreign intervention , Human Rights Legacy , Human Rights Watch

RCEP Puts New Life in APEC

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), has rolled back to life with the 2020 virtual Summit chaired by Malaysia on 17 November. There was no Summit last year as the host, Chile, suffered from internal political problems making it impossible to....

November 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Article , India , President Trump , FTAAP , Kuala Lumpur Declaration , Putrajaya Vision 2040 , PM Yoshihide Suga

राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप और येरुशलम

Amb K P Fabian

येरुशलम को इजरायल की राजधानी के रूप में मान्यता देने और अमेरिकी दूतावास को तेल अवीव से हटाकर ये�....

February 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Jerusalem , येरुशलम , इजरायल राजधानी , फलस्तीनि दावे , President Trump

Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran: What Next?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

In a hard hitting speech on Friday the 13 October, 2017, President Trump announced that he would not certify to the Congress that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with Iran is in US’ national security interest. He accused Iran ....

October 15, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , national security , Iran nuclear deal , President Trump , Iran , US decertification , sanctions , Islam

Discussion on China’s Emerging Global and Regional Strategy

Amb Ashok Kantha, India’s former Ambassador to China, led a round table session on ‘China’s Emerging Global and Regional Strategy’ at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 24 Aug 2017. India’s former Foreign Secretary Amb Kanwal....

September 04, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , President Trump , CPEC , China-Pakistan Nexus , Global and Regional Strategy , Dokalam

Interaction with a Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

Mr. Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS), accompanied with Dr. Liu Zongyi, Senior Fellow, SIIS, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 03 April 2017 for an interaction on issues of mutu....

June 16, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , President Trump , BRICS , Shanghai Institute

Round Table Discussion on China’s Economy

Having transited from a government-controlled economy to a market-based economy in 1990, China had been successively clocking double digit growth until a decade ago. China's economic miracle, however, appears to be gradually fading away in recent yea....

March 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , President Trump , US-China economic relations , China’s Economy , GDP