Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Workshop on Silk Road Trade and Connectivity in Central and South Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), organised a two-day workshop on ‘Silk Road Trade and Connectiv....

April 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Central Asia , South Asia , Silk Road , Silk Road Economic Belt , hanghai Cooperation Organisation

Syria: The Russians are leaving, or are they?

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Russian President Putin’s decision to pull out his military resources from Syria has been received with much skepticism and analysts are pulling out all the stops to examine the decision from every angle. Till late the Russian Air Force was using i....

April 02, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Islamic State , Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

India-Japan Strategic Partnership: The evolving synergy in the Indo-Pacific

Dr Ramanand Garge

Defence and security cooperation between India and Japan has evolved steadily over the years and constitutes a strong pillar of the bilateral relationship. There has been an increasing frequency of defence exchanges along the entire spectrum, from re....

March 23, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , strategic partnership , India-Japan

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Japan's Ambassador to India

On March 17, 2016, a broad panel of eminent foreign policy experts representing the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) engaged Japan’s present Ambassador to India H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu in an interaction going over the entire gamut of Ind....

March 21, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Japan , UN Security Council , India-Japan bilateral relations , Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Interaction with Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

A team of three members from the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) visited the VIF on 14 March 2016 for an interaction on a wide range of issues. The team comprised of Colonel Christain Buhlmann (Head of Regional Development Program, GCSP), Co....

March 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Geneva Centre for Security Policy , Quad Plus Dialogue

Interaction with Amb PS Raghavan, India’s Former Ambassador to Russia

The VIF, on March 9, 2016, invited Amb PS Raghavan, who last served as India’s Ambassador to Russia till his retirement in January this year, for a discussion on ‘India-Russia relations: opportunities and challenges’, attended, among others, by....

March 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , PS Raghavan , India-Russia Relations , Indo-Russian bilateral relationship

Interaction with a Thai Delegation

In continuation of their efforts to set up a premier think tank in Thailand, a ten-member delegation of Thai defence and security experts, led by Mr. Vera Urairat, Deputy Director General, National Security Council Secretariat, Thailand, visited the ....

March 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Thailand , Asia-Pacific region , Thai Delegation , National Security Council Secretariat , Look West Policy

Intense public debate in Japan over the Historic Security Legislation

Lalit Joshi

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government passed a legislation on 19 September 2015 that now enables Japan’s military to mobilize overseas when Japan or its close ally is attacked, threatens Japan’s survival or poses a clear danger to it....

March 14, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Japan , Historic Security Legislation , Self Defence Force

Growing Muscle of PLAAF

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Steady Growth. Although some signs of a somewhat waning economy are now visible in China (economic growth rate sliding down from 10.5% in 2010 to 7.4% in 2014) she has experienced a steady growth cycle for the past two decades, catapulting the....

March 11, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , PLA , Chinese Military , PLAAF , People’s Liberation Army , PLAN

Quad-Plus Dialogue

The Vivekananda International Foundation hosted the third Quad Plus Dialogue at Jaipur from February 14 to 16, 2016. This initiative was started in 2013, when security and strategic affairs experts from four major think tanks—the Heritage Foundatio....

March 04, 2016 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Indian Ocean , Quad-Plus Dialogue , Cyber Challenge , Maritime Governance , Pacific Ocean