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India's Strategic Crossroads: Reassessing Partnerships Post-Pahalgam
Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Pak-sponsored terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which resulted in the tragic loss of 26 lives, has once again thrust India into a complex web of regional tensions and international diplomacy. While India responded unequivocally with....

May 16, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Indian foreign policy , Strategic Autonomy , US-India Relations , Cross-border terrorism , Operation Sindoor , Pahalgam Attack 2025 , India Pakistan hyphenation , Ceasefire diplomacy , India’s counter-terrorism strategy , Reassessing strategic alliances , Geopolitics of South Asia , US mediation in Indo-Pak conflict , Russia and Israel support for India , Pak sponsored terrorism
India’s Role in The World Today
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Any projection of the trajectory of India’s role in the world in the coming times demands first, an understanding of the current state of the world, and second, an awareness of the factors that are likely to influence its role.

The World To....

September 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Climate Change , Indian foreign policy , Indian Diaspora , UNHRC , WTO , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Neighbourhood first policy , Ukraine Conflict , Global South Summit
Modi government’s foreign policy has been transformative
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Timidity has given way to self-confidence, lassitude to vigour, and confusion to clarity that India’s actions, governed by its civilizational values, will be taken independently and not under anyone’s pressure. As a result of the Narendra Modi....

May 30, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , foreign policy , QUAD , Indian foreign policy , Modi Government
Vimarsh on Strategic Developments in the Indo-Pacific

On 17th January, 2021 the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), hosted Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, a retired diplomat and Distinguished Fellow at the VIF, to deliver a talk on the “Strategic Developments in the Indo-Pacific” as a part of....

January 20, 2022 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Indian foreign policy
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
India’s Foreign Policy: A Reader ; Edited by Kanti P Bajpai and Harsh V Pant; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013; PP 452; Price Rs 1095
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Kanti Bajpai and Harsh V. Pant have edited this book for the benefit of graduate students studying Indian foreign policy, those teaching the subject as well as the general reader interested in its key aspects. It is a compilation of 14 essays, apart ....

October 14, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Climate Change , Indian foreign policy , Book Reviews , WTO , India-Pakistan rivalry
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