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Afghanistan

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an interactive session with an Iranian delegation represented by Seyed Mohammd Kazem Sajjadpour, the President of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), a think-tank based in Te....

January 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Afghanistan , Syria , Iranian Delegation , IPIS

‘Quad Plus’ Dialogue – Tokyo

A four-member team from the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) comprising Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Harinder Sekhon participated in the Quad Plus Dialogue in Tokyo from March 4 to 6, 201....

March 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Pakistan , ASEAN , Quad Plus , South China Sea , Afghanistan , Indian Ocean , Tokyo

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

Tilak Devasher Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security

H.E. Mr. Sergey V Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation, delivers the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, 11 December 2017

His Excellency Sergey V Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, delivered the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 11 December 2017, to a select gathering that comprised India’s ....

December 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Afghanistan , BRICS , OBOR , India-Russia Relations , Asia-Pacific , Sergey V Lavrov

Russian, Chinese and American interplay in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Prof Nirmala Joshi

India’s Interest in Central Asia In the evolving dynamics of the global order in the twenty first century there has been a fundamental shift in International Politics from Europe to Asia, and particularly to the huge Eurasian la....

August 29, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Afghanistan , Heartlands of Eurasia

Changing Dynamics in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Gulshan Sachdeva

Introduction In recent months, security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated and relations between Kabul and Islamabad are tense. Although Afghanistan has signed a peace agreement with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-i-Islami, the overall....

October 06, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Central Asia , Afghanistan

Chabahar – The Gains for Afghanistan from Strategic Competition

Shoiab A. Rahim

The Indian quest for trade route to Iran and Afghanistan extending to Central Asia is about to be realised as the technical teams agreed after negotiations took place among countries in April, 2016 have been finalised. India, Iran and Afghanistan ....

June 01, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , Afghanistan , Chabahar

Afghanistan: Heading for A Meltdown?

Sushant Sareen

Notwithstanding the charade of a new peace/reconciliation move by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) comprising the villain-in-chief Pakistan, victim-in-chief Afghanistan, financier-in-chief USA and bystander-cum-freeloader-in-chief China, th....

April 08, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan , Taliban , QCG

Doha Conference on Preparing for Afghanistan-2014

Scholars and strategic analysts from VIF, RUSI U.K., China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, China Institute for International Studies, China Academy of Social Sciences and other Chinese think tanks and Afghan experts came together f....

March 06, 2014 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , SCO , Afghanistan , SAARC , RUSI , Preparing for Afghanistan-2014

Interaction with Prof Stephen Cohen

Prof Stephen Cohen, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution interacted with members of the strategic community at VIF on 8 January 2014. He spoke on likely scenarios that could unfold in Afghanistan post the withdrawal of US troops and their impact on....

January 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Pakistan , US , Afghanistan , Indo-Pak relations , Afghanistan post-2014