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Changing Political Landscape in the Middle East

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump’s announcement of US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal comes at a time, when the political landscape in the Middle East is changing fast. Hizbullah won the majority in Lebanon elections in early May. The Iraqi election results ....

May 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Middle East politics , Elections in Iraq

दक्षिण चीन सागर में पी एल ए की नौसेना का विराट अभ्यास: विश्लेषण

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

पीपुल्स लिबरेशन आर्मी (पीएलए) की नौसेना ने वैश्विक और क्षेत्रीय स्तरों पर उभरती सामरिक स्थितिय....

May 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , चीनी नौसेना , चीन की नौसैनिक क्षमता

Xi's Tightening Control over the Media

... The Chinese media has successfully invented novel ways to bypass the authority of the state since 1978. But after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the balance has shifted heavily in favour of the government. Xi has adopted a host of new methods ....

May 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Chinese Media , Media Control in china , CCP

Essay Contest for School Students, Prize Distribution

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an online essay contest for school students between classes X and XII in January 2018. The theme for the contest was ‘My Vision of India’. The prizes were announced in March and the prize d....

May 18, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , Essay contest

Bangladesh: Quota Politics

Abhijit Chakravertty Commentary

What began as a small protest against quotas in government jobs in Dhaka University on 17 February 2018 soon spread to Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh, Sylhet and some other parts of the country. It reached its peak on 8 April when students b....

May 18, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh student agitation , Reservation in jobs

पंचम भारत-चीन रणनीतिक आर्थिक संवाद

Dr Teshu Singh

भारत चीन के बीच घटते व्यापार ने इन दोनों देशों के द्विपक्षीय संबंधों में खटास पैदा कर दी है। कई �....

May 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , भारत चीन आर्थिक संवाद , पंचम रणनीतिक एवं आर्थिक संवाद

Round Table Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India, on ‘European Union – India Relations and a Way Forward’

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to India and Bhutan Tomasz Kozlowski participated in a high-level Roundtable meeting on the growing engagement between the EU and India. His speech covered the positive development of relations in recent years and....

May 17, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Interaction , Internet of Things , European Union , EU-India Strategic Partnership , Economic relations

Commentary: PM Modi’s Visit to Nepal - the Beginning of a New Chapter

Abhigya Langeh Commentary

Within a month of the first official foreign trip under taken by Nepal’s new Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to New Delhi (Apr 6-8, 2018) which came within two months of his assumption of office in February 2018, the Indian Prime Minister Modi paid a....

May 17, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Indian PM’s Nepal visit , Indo-Nepal relations

Sri Lanka: Reforms in Policing-Work in Progress

Akash Sahu Article

The unfortunate incident of the police shoot out in Kataragama, a town in Monaragla district of south Sri Lanka on the night of 20th January, 2018, stirred up public protests and raised questions on the use of firearms by the police and related aspec....

May 17, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Policing in Sri Lanka , Police reforms in Sri Lanka

Commentary: India’s Lines of Credit Dilemma

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his third visit to Nepal at the end of the week from May 11-12, closely on the heels of visit of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. Speaking at the India Foundation function PM Oli appreciated India’s assist....

May 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , Economic diplomacy , Diplomatic Lines of Credit