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Multilateralism and India during 2014-2024
Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Between 2014 and 2024, India has navigated the multilateral world to ensure a supportive external environment of peace, security, and stability to accelerate the transformation underway in India. The fact that India is both a founder-member of multil....

June 05, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , UNSC , International Yoga Day , G20 , Multilateralism , UNGA , United Nations , UNPKO , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Voice of the Global South Summit
Trends & Tribulations in the Indo-Pacific
Captain (Dr) Gurpreet Singh Khurana, Indian Navy (Retd) Article

(On August 8-10, 2023, Malaysia’s Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) conducted a seminal international conference called the 36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable.[1]

November 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , US , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , Taiwan , Multilateralism , COC
India’s G20 Presidency: What it Means for Global Governance
Dr Arpita Anant Article

The grand finale of the year-long presidency of the G20 took place on 9-10 September 2023 at New Delhi. The leaders of the G20 met and adopted the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration. The significance of the adoption of the Declaration has been ....

September 14, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , G20 , Multilateralism , global governance
Values for Reforming Multilateralism and Creating a New World Order

In the past few years, the international system has increasingly displayed tendencies of being subordinate to narrow national interests. The COVID pandemic revealed the limits of cooperation when countries turned inwards to cope with the deadly virus....

April 10, 2023 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , Ukraine , international terrorism , IMF , Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , Multilateralism , New World Order , Political Economy
India’s Global Leadership: Revamped Agenda and Reformed Multilateralism Impacting Emerging World Order
Prof. (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

India’s ascendancy as UNSecurity Council President in December 2022 for the second time in a span of only fifteen months remarkably reflect its growing global recognition as a formidable and credible power that is committed to strengthen the tenets....

February 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , UN Security Council , Multilateralism , World Order , Russia-Ukraine War
G20 Presidency is a Celebration of India’s Culture and Social Philosophy
Anushka Saraswat Article

On 1 December 2022, India formally took over the G20 presidency, the significant multilateral forum to address the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, during stormy times in International Relations. When the drums are ....

January 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Climate Change , Multilateralism , COVID-19 pandemic , Territorial integrity , Russia-Ukraine conflict , Ukraine Conflict , G20 presidency , Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav , civilisational ethos , spiritual nationalism
VIF Interaction with Foreign Military/Defence Attaches Posted in New Delhi

VIF organised a briefing cum discussion on the topics of ‘India’s Approach to Multilateralism’ and ‘India and J & K Issue on 26 Sept 2022 at the VIF’s premises. There were about 40 military/Defence Attaches along with some other diplomatic....

November 30, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Conferences , Pakistan , J & K , Multilateralism , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir , UN General Assembly , War II , Inter-Governmental Negotiation
The India Way @ the UNGA
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

It appeared from media reports and commentaries as if India was the flavour at the 77th UNGA where India was ably represented by her Foreign Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar. This is not a eulogy for the EAM but he is known to call a spade a spade whic....

October 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Russia , UNSC , Ukraine , Multilateralism , UNGA , reforms , G 20
India’s G20 Presidency
Amb Rajiv Bhatia

In this episode of VIF podcast, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on India’s upcoming G20 Presidency and the associated c....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , G20 , Emergency pandemic aid , Multilateralism , COVID19 , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union
New Geopolitics: India’s Foreign Policy Challenges in 2021
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Covid-19 has accelerated the global political and economic rebalancing that had been underway for the last two decades. New power equations are emerging. China’s confidence has increased many folds while the West is struggling to find answers to it....

January 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Act East , UNSC , QUAD , New Cold War , Indo Pacific , BRI , EU , COVID-19 , Neighbourhood First , Multilateralism , LAC , Biden , Middle East , Xi's China
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