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Commentary: Jordan Matters – India and the Hashemite Kingdom
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

His Majesty King Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania will be on his second State visit to India at the end of this month, close on the heels of transit visit of PM Modi earlier this month ....

February 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , King of Jordan’s visit to India , trade Agreements , Counter-terrorism
भारतीय राजनीति में गठबंधन काल का आरंभ
RNP Singh

आधुनिक भारत में संसदीय और राष्ट्रपति आधारित लोकतंत्र राजनीतिक पार्टियों की उपस्थिति में ही क�....

February 21, 2018 Governance and Political Studies
Commentary: President Rouhani’s Visit to India
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Rouhani’s visit to India from February 15-17, 2018 took place after a gap of almost 15 years, since President Khatami’s visit in 2003. In between, there was a transit visit by President Ahmadinejad in 2008. There was a long gap before t....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , Chabahar Port , Rouhani’s visit , India-Iran relationship , Iran
Commentary: India, Hopeful to Expand its Influence in the Indo-Pacific, Signs Pact with Seychelles
Dr Neha Sinha

The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago which lies in the Indian Ocean. The country has 115 islands with Victoria as its capital. Some of the nearby islands and territories to Seychelles are Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Comoros, etc. The coun....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
उज्बेकिस्तान और अफगानिस्तान के बीच बढ़ती सहभागिता
Dr Rashmini Koparkar

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी ने हाल में उज्बेकिस्तान का आधिकारिक दौरा किया। उज्बेक राष�....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , उज्बेकिस्तान-अफगानिस्तान संबंध , अफगानिस्तान आर्थिक प्रगति
Why Economic Survey of India 2018 is Path-breaking
Rajesh Singh

The Economic Survey of India (ESI) has a short shelf-life in the public narrative, because it gets overshadowed by the Union Budget that is presented soon after. But ESI 2018 will have a greater longevity because of its two ground breaking chapters. ....

February 20, 2018 Governance and Political Studies
Round Table Discussion on the ‘Role of CRPF in Counter-Insurgency Operations’

Aiming for a thorough review of India’s internal security apparatus, as also in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a Task Force set up recently by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on the subject, the Foundation invited Mr. RR ....

February 19, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , India , LWE , Counter-insurgency , CRPF
Commentary: India Joins Ashgabat Agreement
Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Background India has recently joined the Ashgabat Agreement, which envisages creation of an International Transport and Transit Corridor connecting Central Asia with the Persian Gulf. This corridor is set to facilitate connectivit....

February 19, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , INSTC , Ashgabat Agreement , Eurasia , Central Asia
A Study on Skills and Employment Strategy for India’s Poor Districts
Partha Pratim Mitra

Introduction The focus of the study is to identify the reasons for their remaining poor and backward, and designing a skills and employment strategy based on the ground conditions as revealed by the census data. This Study reli....

February 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Socio-economic parameters , poor districts , employment plan
राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप और येरुशलम
Amb K P Fabian

येरुशलम को इजरायल की राजधानी के रूप में मान्यता देने और अमेरिकी दूतावास को तेल अवीव से हटाकर ये�....

February 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Jerusalem , येरुशलम , इजरायल राजधानी , फलस्तीनि दावे , President Trump
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