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Interaction with Japan’s Former Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs

The VIF hosted Mr. Hitoshi Tanaka, Japan’s former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and currently Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan's Research Institute, on 17 Oct 2014, for an interaction on the Japanese perception....

October 21, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Chinese economy , Japan , Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Interaction with Taiwanese Strategist Dr. Francis Yi-Hua Kan

In an informal interaction with the VIF’s faculty, held on 15 Oct 2014, Dr. Francis Yi-Hua Kan, former Senior Advisor to the National Security Council, Republic of China, discussed Indo-Taiwan relations and the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacif....

October 17, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Taiwan , Indo-Taiwan relations , One-China policy
Interaction with H.E. Alexander Kadakin, Russia’s Ambassador to India

Russia's Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin was invited to VIF on 14 Oct, 2014 for an interaction with a select group of strategic experts to discuss the ‘Indo-Russian Relations and the Way Forward’. The interaction assumes significance in the....

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , Indo-Russian relations
India-US Ties: Opportunities and Challenges
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was undoubtedly a great personal success. President Barack Obama, following the personal gestures made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Modi and those made by the latter to Chinese President Xi....

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
India-US Relations – the Road Ahead
Dr Harinder Sekhon

The recently held Modi-Obama summit has been subjected to varied assessments both in India and the United States. Official communiqués describe the meeting as “extraordinarily successful,” one that has re-energised the strategic partnership betw....

October 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
India in the Asia-Pacific under New Management
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

It has been a busy September for India’s external relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has travelled to Japan, and has welcomed the Australian Prime Minister and the Chinese President in India. He has also travelled to the US, on a very high-pr....

October 09, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf: GCC, Gulf Union or Something Else?
Col Rajeev Agarwal

The West Asian region has been in turmoil for over three years now. What started off as a local incident in Tunisia in December 2010 engulfed the entire region of North Africa and West Asia in what has been popularly termed as ‘Arab Spring’. Thre....

October 01, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
RTD on China-India Ties Post Xi Visit

A six-member delegation from China, led by former Ambassador Lu Fengding, visited VIF on 25 Sep, 2014 for an interaction which sought to assess the outcome of Chinese President Mr Xi Jinping’s recent visit to India. Other members of the delegation ....

September 30, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Sino-Indian Border , China-India Ties , Post President Xi’s visit
Progress and Challenges Related to the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal
Dr Vijay K. Sazawal

Introduction This paper seeks to address factors that led to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, initial expectations, how those expectations evolved over time, policy drivers that keep the two parties from reaching a rapid closure on the issue....

September 24, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Nuclear and Disarmament , US , Energy Security
China Eyeing Enhanced Role in Afghanistan Post US Drawdown
Monish Gulati

China's Foreign Ministry on 18 July said that it had appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan, underscoring its concerns on the political and security developments in the country. Sun Yuxi, a former ambassador to both Afghanistan (bet....

September 22, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
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