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A Discussion with Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

A delegation from Japan Institute for National Fundamentals interacted with VIF on 16 December 2010. The delegation comprised Vice President Dr Tadae Takubo, Mr Katsuhiko Takaike, Mr Yoshito Ogura, Mr Yoichi Shimada, Mr Yujiro Oiwa, Mr Hironobu Ishik....

December 23, 2010 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Indian defence industry , Japan Institute for National Fundamentals , Japanese technology
A Perspective on Premier Wen’s Visit: No Material Change in Sino-Indian Equation
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Behind the usual bonhomie exhibited after the issue of joint communiqué by India and China post Prime Minister Wen Jia Bao's visit basic issue that needs to be addressed is what are the major take aways? Were the concerns of the two countries add....

December 20, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Wikileaks cables show India's faulty diplomacy
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The failure of our diplomatic offensive against Pakistan after the 26/11 attacks rests in part on our faulty tactics. The Wikileaks disclosures are a part of the classified US diplomatic traffic comprising, as is the norm, not only of reporta....

December 15, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy
Sino-Indian Equation: Time for a Reset
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

India’s China policy has been marked by friendship, sentimentalism, fear, diffidence, appeasement, brinksmanship, wishful thinking and engagement. Of late, despite positive political overtures, there are undercurrents of growing negativism in the r....

December 13, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Engaging China: Underscoring India’s Core Interests
Debasish Chaudhuri

Why is Premier Wen Jiabao’s Visit Now? A return visit by Chinese Premier was due for over two years since Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visited China in January 2008. China’s assertive policies could be said to have bec....

December 11, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
American Foreign Policy Experts Interact with VIF

A discussion with a delegation of American foreign policy experts from the Washington based think-tanks Foreign Policy Initiative and the German Marshall Fund was held on 6 December 2010 at 2.30 p.m. at the VIF. The group consisted of William Kristol....

December 08, 2010 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , American Foreign Policy , Indo-US relations
Britain Stands with Rising India: Dr Liam Fox

Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, the British Secretary of State for Defence, delivered a talk on ‘UK Strategic Defence and Security Review’ at VIF on 22 November 2010. Mr Ajit Doval, Director of VIF welcomed the gathering. Dr Fox began with a statement tha....

December 01, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , United Kingdom , Rising India , Britain
Interaction with Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation of Taiwan

VIF held an interaction on 12 November 2010 with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Taiwan led by Mr. Wen Hua Tzen and accompanied by Taiwan’s Representative in India Mr. Wenchyi Ong. Ambassador Satish Chandra, former Deputy National Sec....

November 24, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , Prospect Foundation , inetraction , Cross-Strait Interflow
A Cracker of a Visit, But will The Sparkle Last?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

President Obama’s much heralded visit to India produced mixed results. The inordinate coverage given to the visit has exaggerated the positives and obscured some deficient outcomes. On the credit side, we can list a “forward looking” US posi....

November 15, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy
Has Obama's Visit Addressed India's Core Concerns?
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

Satish Chandra, the former deputy national security adviser, wonders whether India's core interests were addressed during President Obama's meetings with Prime Minister Singh. That the three-day Obama visit to India was an indisputable su....

November 12, 2010 International Relations and Diplomacy
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