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India's Pakistan and China Policies must be Based on Realism not Hope

India's relations with Pakistan and China have been deeply troubled for several decades. With Pakistan, this has been the case since its inception, and with China since the 1960's. We have disputed borders with both countries and have been engaged in....

January 14, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , India , Pakistan , China Policies , Pakistan and China relations , India’s hostile neighbours

Swami Vivekananda’s Message for the 21st Century India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Swami Vivekananda’s 155^th birth anniversary is being celebrated throughout the country today. Though already recognized in Bengal for his enlightenment and as a patriotic saint, he burst into international fame at the World Parliament R....

January 12, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , 21st Century India , birth anniversary , Chicago , Parliament of Religion , 1983 , 11 September , Hindu philosophy

क्या ‘वन बेल्ट वन रोड’ चीन में आर्थिक उथलपुथल ला सकता है?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

सन 2000 के बाद ही लगातार कई अर्थशास्त्रियों द्वारा चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था में गिरावट के कयास लगाये जा �....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , चीन की अर्थव्यस्था , घरेलु उत्पाद , बीआरआई

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , International shipping , UN sanctions , North Korea , South Korea , US , Regime , United Nations Security Council , China , Russia

Emerging India European Union Cooperation in Western Indian Ocean

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Donald Trump’s exhortation for European Union (EU) to do more for their own security, coupled with ‘Brexit’ has spurred the EU to review its security framework. This has been further convoluted by an assertive Russia and rising influence of Chi....

January 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Western Indian Ocean , security cooperation , India – EU Cooperation

नेपाल: जुड़वां शहर का समझौता और जनकपुर एवं अयोध्या के बीच संपर्क

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

पृष्ठभूमि भारत और नेपाल के लोगों के बीच संबंध अनंत काल से बिना रुके चले आ रहे हैं। दुनिय�....

January 09, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , भारत-नेपाल संबंध , जनकपुर-अयोध्या जुड़वां शहर , Nepal , Janakpur , Ayodhya , UP , Hindu

Obituary: A Tribute to Prof Baldev Raj (1947-2018)

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, passed away in Pune on 7 January 2018 at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack. A recipient of Padma Shri award and the former Director of Indira Gandhi Center f....

January 08, 2018 Prof Baldev Raj , Padma Shri award , Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research , National Institute of Advanced Studies

Interaction with Visiting South Korean Delegation of Sejong Institute

The Vivekananda International Foundation held a maiden interaction with an eminent delegation of Sejong Institute from South Korea on 18 December 2017. The interaction explored various facets of current global, regional and bilateral dynamics between....

January 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , South Korean delegation , India-South Korea Partnership , Korea Plus

Dawn of the Coalition Era in Indian Politics

RNP Singh

Parliamentary and presidential democracies in modern India can function only with the presence of political parties. Constitutionally, India is a quasi-federal structure with a parliamentary form of government. The heterogeneous nature of Indian soci....

January 05, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Coalition governments , regional politics , Era in Indian Politics , Parliament , democracy , Congress , BJP , modi , Lal Bahadur Shastri , Sardar Patel

The Fascinating Journey of The Evolution of the Unmanned

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Ever since the arrival of the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on the scene, the battlefield has never been the same. In that, on one hand the attackers are exploiting many of the combat capabilities of UAS, the defenders are busy in harnessing new tech....

January 05, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Unmanned aerial systems , Historic evolution of UAV