Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

A delegation from VIF visited Taiwan from 23 to 27 November 2016. The visit was undertaken with the aim of giving a new impetus to India-Taiwan Relations. The visit commenced with VIF and Prospect Foundation, Taiwan undertaking anIndia-Taiwan Str....

April 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Taiwan , East Asia , India-Taiwan Relations , Asia-Pacific , Trump administration

Round Table Discussion on Bangladesh

A Round Table Meet on ‘Developing Counter Narrative to Radicalization: Bangladesh Experience’ was held at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, on the 11th of November, 2016. Visiting expert from Bangladesh, Lt. Col. (Retd.), Quazi Sa....

April 25, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Seminars , radicalization , Islamist ideology , Counter-narrative

Strategic Discourse On The People’s Republic Of China: Military, Power and Politics Edited by Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Hardcover: 239 pages Publisher: Pentagon Press; (2017) ISBN-13: 978-8182749337....

April 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , Chinese Military , Silk Road , Book Published , PLAAF , Republic of China , India–China Relations , White Paper

Visit of a South Korean Delegation

The VIF, on 20 April 2017, hosted a six-member delegation from the Policy Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Korea (ROK), to a bilateral interaction, encompassing a broad range of issues of mutual interests - econom....

April 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , North Korea , South Korea , South Korean delegation

Current Conflict is Essentially between Global and Local

Prof R Vaidyanathan

The western world view has dominated for the last 200 or so years and hence their idea of “modern man’ is accepted as the “idea”. It is supposed to transcend territories and cultures. It assumes that “one size” fits all and enunciates “....

April 24, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Economics , globalization , localization , Conflict , Global , Local , Vaidyanathan

सार्वभौमिक मूलभूत आय: सही समय है इसके लिए?

Shreya Kedia

2016-17 की आर्थिक समीक्षा, जो केंद्रीय बजट से एक दिन पहले संसद में पेश की गई थी, ने सार्वभौमिक मूलभूत �....

April 21, 2017 Economic Studies , social uplift , poverty , income , सार्वभौमिक मूलभूत आय , यूनिवर्सल बेसिक इनकम

VIF-Sichuan University Dialogue on Sino-Indian Relations

Asix-member delegation from Chengdu-based Sichuan University (China), led by Yang Wenwu, Senior Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of South Asian Studies (Sichuan University), and comprising Mr. Zhen Bo, Assistant Director, Institute of South A....

April 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , POK , CPEC , Sichuan University , Maritime Silk Route

Imperative Need for a Comprehensive National Security Strategy

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Inconsistent Policy Formulation All national-level endeavours must be based on a clear sense of purpose. The idea is elemental, but one that is little appreciated and often ignored. Does India have a comprehensive, clearly enuncia....

April 20, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , national security , strategy , national defence

Mobiles may make Banks Extinct

Prof R Vaidyanathan

The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices, billing settlements, etc. We have service providers like Air Tel/Jio providing internet based TV channels which will provide competition to Dish TV....

April 18, 2017 Economic Studies , economy , Banking , Mobile phones , Internet banking , Mobile banking , Mobile Banking apps