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Interaction with Chinese delegation on ‘India-China Relations in the New Era’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Round Table Discussion with a delegation from the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) on ‘India-China Relations in the New Era’ - after China’s 19th People’s Political Con....

May 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Pakistan , CPEC , India-China relations , National People’s Congress
Commentary: Swami Vivekananda’s Impressions about China and Japan
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was a widely-travelled person. For someone who had not even seen the age of forty, to have travelled so widely in India and other parts of the world was not altogether a chance happening. It was part of the task he was d....

May 02, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda; Vivekananda on China and Japan
Terror Financing: Battle beyond the Banks

… FATF pronouncements are sensitive to the requirements of better information sharing between the law enforcement agencies, banking sector, governments, and the private sector … it is also engaging police officers, judges and prosecutors to impro....

May 01, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , FATF , Terror Financing
Commentary: Constitution of the new Defence Panel Chaired by the NSA
G. Mohan Kumar Commentary

Recently, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has constituted a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) chaired by the National Security Advisor (NSA) with the objectives of: (1) Drafting a national security strategy; (2) drawing up a capability developmen....

May 01, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Planning Committee , National Security Strategy , defence manufacturing
Commentary: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Explains the Role of Indian Air Force in the Changing Security Environment at a Public Lecture
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

At the invitation of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa delivered a public lecture on the “Role of Indian Air Force in National Security”. The lecture was attended by the members of the strategic community....

April 27, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Role of Indian Air Force , modernisation of IAF , Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti
पाकिस्तान में बढ़ती चीनी नौसेना की पैठ
Dr Teshu Singh

चीन का जिवानी कार्यक्रम हाल ही में, मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के अनुसार यह संभावना जताई जा रही ह�....

April 25, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China
Commentary: Implications of Pakistan on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Commentary

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) The ‘Group of Seven’ countries, commonly referred as G-7, was conceptualised prior to the 1973 oil crisis. It started with an informal meeting between the US Secretary of the Treasury and....

April 23, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , FATF Grey List , Pakistan’s terror-finance , FATF
What is Happening in Tibet

... Tibetans are imprisoned for expressing their opinions or beliefs ... monasteries are under police surveillance ... the Chinese Communist Party – not Tibetan Buddhists – has the authority to identify and appoint reincarnated Tibetan Lamas, ....

April 20, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , China , Chinese Communist Party , PLA , Dalai Lama , Tibet , Tibetan Lamas , Tibetan Buddhists
Interaction with Prof. Hon-Shiang Lau on Tibet

On 13 April 2018, The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Prof. Hon-Shiang Lau, a research scholar of Chinese history, whose research findings have been well received in Taiwan and Belgium. Prof Lau gave a presentation on ‘How Tibet w....

April 20, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Interaction , Hon-Shiang Lau , Chinese history , Chinese Government
रक्षा बजट 2018-19 की एक झलक
G. Mohan Kumar

रक्षा बजट 2018-19 में, पिछले वर्ष की तुलना में कोई विशेष फ़र्क नहीं है। कुल 4,04,365 करोड़ के परिव्यय, जिसमें ....

April 19, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , रक्षा बजट , सेना आधुनिकरण , रक्षा खरीद प्रक्रिया
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