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India and North Korea: Future Directions

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has always maintained a good working relationship with North Korea. Our bilateral trade, in recent years at best has been in the range of US$ 200-250 million but North Korea has always valued Indian food aid which was made available at regular ....

May 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India-North Korea relations , Denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula

Commentary: Minister of State for External Affairs Visits North Korea

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) Gen V.K. Singh’s official visit to the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 15-16 May 2018 has attracted wide attention. A ministerial visit to North Korea was after a long gap of almost twe....

May 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Ministerial visit to North Korea , India-North Korea relations

Commentary: India Should Be Innovative in the Challenging Times Ahead

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Modi has shown remarkable innovativeness in foreign policy arena recently. This shows that he is cognisant of the challenges for India that are looming ahead. The ‘informal summit’ with Xi Jinping in April 2018 was an attempt to....

May 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Indian foreign policy , India’s foreign policy challenges

Commentary: Will Japan Carry the Bastion of Constitution Amendment After Abe?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

“角を矯めて牛を殺す” (Kill a bull by straightening its horns, meaning: Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem) The above quote succinctly ....

May 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Japanese Constitution , Japan’s Defence Policy

Emerging Structure of Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal

.... Traditionally, security at sea has been theorised and interpreted rooted in traditional realist or liberalist theories. In the realist interpretation, the seas are the plains on which superpower, or regional power rivalry, takes place, whereas r....

May 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Maritime Security , Indian Ocean , SAARC

ASEAN Summit at Singapore: Urgent Need for a Legally Binding Code of Conduct in South China Sea

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The 32^nd edition of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit took place in Singapore in from 25-28 April where the central theme of the meeting was envisioned as ‘Resilient and Innovative ASEAN’. While the South East Asia....

May 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea Code of Conduct , China’s militarisation of SCS

हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र में अपनी बढ़त की आशा के साथ भारत ने सेय्चेल्लेस के साथ संधियों पर हस्ताक्षर किये

Dr Neha Sinha Article

सेय्चेल्लेस गणतंत्र, हिन्द महासागर का एक द्वीप समूह है। इस देश में 115 द्वीप है जिनकी राजधानी विक�....

May 09, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article

हिन्द-प्रशांत भू-राजनीती में ताइवान की भूमिका

Dr Teshu Singh

नवीन दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति जनवरी 2016 में ताइवान डेमोक्रेटिक प्रोग्रेसिव पार्टी (डीपीपी) की न�....

May 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , ताइवान , दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति , अमेरिका-ताइवान सहभागिता

Discussion on ‘India’s Security Concerns in the Indo-Pacific’

On 9th April 2018, The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a round table discussion on India’s security concerns in the Indo-Pacific. The panelists were Ambassador Rajiv Sikri, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal and Captain Gurpreet Khurana. A....

April 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , QSD