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U.S. National Cyber Strategy and Department of Defence (DoD) Cyber Strategy: An Analysis

… India’s national security establishments and the armed forces need to … take appropriate action wherever required to improve India’s posture in the cyber domain. Publishing a National Cyber Strategy and Cyber Strategy for the Ministry of De....

November 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Ministry of Defence , National Cyber Strategy , Cyber Strategy

America First: Foreign Policy of Mr. Trump

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Several recent episodes have brought out the nature of the ‘America First’ policy of President Trump. What is then the place of cherished values of human rights and free trade in the US foreign policy today?

Human Rights

The first ....

November 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , America First policy , Trump’s foreign policy

‘China’s Asian Dream’, by Tom Miller, London: Zed Books, 2017, Pages: 256, Price: USD 20.29, ISBN 978-1-78360-923-9

Dr Teshu Singh

The One Belt One Road Initiative or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most widely discussed topics in the Chinese Foreign Policy. It has been five years since the launch of the BRI. On 17 May 2013 and 7 September 2013, Xi Jinping deliv....

November 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , One Belt One Road , OBOR , Book Reviews , BRI , China Strategy

India’s African Focus Continues

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

It appears that the next Chief Guest for the Republic Day 2019 will be Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, after a reluctant US President expressed his inability. It was for the good in any case. We should have leaders who value and respect t....

November 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , India-Africa Cooperation , Indo-African relations

Public Call for Independence - What it Means for Taiwan

Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

It would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened and is happening across the Taiwan Straits. The relationship between Taiwan and China has been strained since the election of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen as the ....

November 15, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Taiwan-China relations , Chinese hard-line on Taiwan

Conference on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Conference on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’ as a bilateral initiative with an objective to enhance growth and connectivity between India and Africa. The Conference was divided into....

November 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Conferences , India-Africa Cooperation , WTO , ECOWAS , ECGC , Organisation for Economic Co-operation

The Middle East and the Israeli Gains – Bridging the Diplomatic Divide

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Gloom in Middle East

The Middle East has been wrenching and reeling under an unprecedented pressure during the last decade. In recent times, this has been further accentuated by self-inflicted goals and self-defeating regional diplomatic ....

November 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Khashoggi Affair , Saudi Regime , Israel-Qatar Diplomacy

West Asia Review, October, 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco

Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi insid....

November 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Arabia , Khashoggi murder , Syrian conflict

Iran, US Sanctions and Oil

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

US oil and banking sanctions against Iran have gone into effect on 4th November. President Trump announced that these are toughest ever sanctions imposed by the US. The date is symbolic. It is the anniversary of the take over of US Embassy in Tehran ....

November 06, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Energy Security , Commentary , US Sanctions , Iran oil

Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime

Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a....

November 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , African Forum 2018 , Cybercrime