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Asia- Africa Growth Corridor: Can It Be a Game Changer?
Dr Neha Sinha

AAGC Vision Document - Origin and Institutions behind its Creation? Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) supported by Japan and India was unveiled on 24th May, 2017 during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfD....

June 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , Japan , OBOR , Asia , AAGC , African Development Bank
North Korea: Unravelling the Hermit Kingdom

North Korea has been the focus of increasing international interest of late. Much of it has been owing to its burgeoning nuclear weapons programme, which has been described by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as having entered a ‘new p....

June 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , North Korea , US , Hermit Kingdom , International Atomic Energy Agency
Revision of Japanese Constitution: The Article 9 Dilemma
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

“Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international dispute....

May 31, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Constitution , Japan , self-defence , Article 9 Dilemma , Revision of Japanese , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

India-Taiwan Strategic Dialogue

Leading a seven-member delegation of Taiwan’s Prospect Foundation, Dr. I-Chung Lai visited the VIF on 08 May 2017 for a joint strategic dialogue on India-Taiwan relations. The delegation comprised of Dr. Mumin Chen, Dr. Ming-Shih Shen, Richard Chiu....

May 31, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , China , Taiwan , India-Taiwan Relations
Interaction with a visiting Delegation from Fudan University, China

A four-member delegation of Fudan University (China), led by Prof. Zhang Yi, Executive Vice Director, Fudan Development Institute (China), and comprising Prof. Sun Lijian, Prof. Shen Dingli, and Prof. Lin Minwang as members of the delegation, visited....

May 30, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , National Congress , OBOR , CPEC , US-China relations , Fudan University
Interaction with Maxim Shepovalenko, Russian Navy

The VIF invited Capt Maxim Shepovalenko (Retd), Russian Navy, for an interaction on India-Russia relations with emphasis on maritime cooperation. Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, headed the VIF panel which comprised of Amb D P ....

May 29, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , Maxim Shepovalenko , Russian Navy
Interaction on ‘Recent Defence Related Developments in China: Implications’

Amb Ashok K Kantha, India’s former Ambassador to China and Distinguished Fellow, VIF, spearheaded an internal discussion on President Xi Jinping’s era of military reforms and China’s concomitant strategies. In his presentation, the former Ambas....

May 29, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , India-China Border , PLA , People’s Liberation Army , Developments in China
Interaction with H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-Sati, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India

The VIF was privileged to host H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in India, for bilateral talks on 03 May 2017. The interaction began with General NC Vij, Director, VIF, highlighting the growing trajectory of India-Saudi Arabia....

May 27, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Saudi Arabia , Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati , National Transformation Program 2020
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: India Must Stay Out
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Article

Furthering China’s Grand Strategy Leaders from almost 30 countries gathered in Beijing this week to endorse President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, now called ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The p....

May 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , POK , OBOR , China’s Belt and Road Initiative
India - Mauritius: An Umbilical Relation
Dr Neha Sinha

Located about 900 km east of Madagascar, Mauritius is the ‘Little India’ of the southwest Indian Ocean. While the vast majority of ethnically heterogeneous nations have struggled to form successful democracies, Mauritius has not. Since independen....

May 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Mauritius , colony , Indian Diaspora
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