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Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections 2016: A New Wave
Dr Teshu Singh

Elections, 2016 On 4 September 2016, in a landmark development in the history of Hong Kong, the pro- democratic parties that stands for ‘self-determination’ in Hong Kong, won by sweeping majority in the legislative council (LegCo) elect....

September 22, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Hong Kong Legislative Council , Election - 2016 , LegCo
Interaction with Amb Amar Sinha, Secretary (Economic Relations), MEA (India)

Amb Amar Sinha, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, interacted with a select panel of policy experts at the VIF on 09 Sep 2016, focusing on the Prime Minister’s visit to Africa and the way ....

September 16, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , Indian Diaspora , Economic relations , Amar Sinha , ndia-Africa relations
Visit of a Chinese Delegation

Leading a five-member delegation of the ‘China Association for International Friendly Contact’ (CAIFC), Mr. Liu Hanwu, Director, Asian Affairs and Standing Counsel Member of the CAIFC, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 08 ....

September 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Chinese delegation , China’s cultural lineage , Make in China
Connectivity at the Core of India’s Act East Policy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Since early 1990’s when India ushered in economic reforms and amongst many other initiatives announced its ‘Look East Policy’, India’s vision has been to restore its traditional linkages with its immediate as well as extended neighbourhood. P....

September 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Dr. David Brewster on Multilateral Engagements in the Indo-Pacific Region

Dr. David Brewster, a well known Australian maritime expert and author of ‘India as an Asia Pacific Power’, held a comprehensive interaction with the VIF’s strategic faculty on 07 September 2016 aimed at analyzing potentials for developing a tr....

September 13, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Australia , Indo-Pacific Region , Act East Policy , David Brewster
A Renewed Indo-Iranian Security Cooperation in the Offing
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

In what could be considered as a new fervour in the Indo-Iranian ties, both the countries are now likely to revive their military-security cooperation. This will add importance to the relationship which, for several years, has been based mostly on oi....

September 07, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Roundtable Discussion on China-Pakistan Nexus: Challenges and Response

The VIF held an internal Round Table Discussion on 12 August 2016, necessitated largely by the fact that China-Pakistan axis, which has remained India’s Achilles heel for long, has begun to manifest in recent years in ways that are increasingly det....

August 19, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , CPEC , China-Pakistan Nexus , Baluchistan
Make in Japan to Made in Japan: Indigenisation Lessons from the Imperial Japanese Navy 1880-1941
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

In 1868 or even in 1880s, Japan lagged behind even colonial India in many parameters including technical infrastructure, education, railways, etc. Neither was it a rich nation. Perhaps the corollary to it never being too early for achievin....

August 17, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Japan
Interaction with a Delegation from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

A delegation of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), led by its President Prof. Ji Zhiye, including Mr. Han Liqun and Mr. Hu Shisheng, among others, visited the VIF on 5 August 2016 for an interaction on India-China relat....

August 16, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , POK , OBOR , CPEC , Taliban , CICIR
Modi and the World: The Ring View Inside Out; Ed. by Yamini Chowdhury and Anusua Diya Chowdhury; Bloomsbury Publishers; New Delhi; Pages 317; Price Rs. 499
RNP Singh

Two years two months, 51 foreign trips on six of the seven continents of the world which covered 42 countries and included UN General Assembly meetings and scores of multilateral engagements; the debutant Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stirred the ....

August 09, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , foreign policy , PM Modi , Book Reviews , UN General Assembly , Modi’s engagements , Modinomics , Diplomacy
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