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Seminar on India-China Maritime Cooperation

The VIF organised a Seminar on ‘India-China Maritime Cooperation’ in collaboration with a few Chinese think tanks namely, Naval Research Institute of PLAN, the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) and the Institute of Asia-Pac....

May 19, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , Indo-Pacific , India-China Maritime Cooperation , Asia-Pacific , Maritime Security Concerns

China’s Road & Belt Initiative: Indian Perspective

Jayadeva Ranade

China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’, which was first proposed in September 2013 and combines the twin initiatives of the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is a grand concept that envisions China girdling the globe. Potential....

May 19, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , China’s Road & Belt Initiative , Silk Road

The Patriarch and the Pope

Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All-Russia and Pope Francis met in Havana on 12 February 2016 – the first-ever meeting between the heads of the two Churches. The Russian Orthodox is part of the Eastern Communion, and hence part of the Great East-Wes....

May 18, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , West Asia , North Africa , Jews

अमेरिकी चुनावों में तीसरे उम्मीदवार के रूप में ईसा

Prof R Vaidyanathan

पिछले करीब तीसेक साल में अमेरिकी चुनावों में ईसा मसीह की अहमियत काफी बढ़ गई है। ऐसा तब है, जब ईसा�....

May 18, 2016 Historical and Civilisational Studies

Overcoming Baiting by the J&K Separatists & Terrorists

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The first week of May each year brings the J&K Government back to Srinagar after its six month occupation of the seat in Jammu. It’s the time when many activities occupy the minds of the political and military leadership on the security front. Amon....

May 17, 2016 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , J&K Separatists , Terrorists

CDS: An idea whose time has come

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM

The Chief of Defence Staff is expected to render mature, single point advice while remaining a first among equals with the service chiefs. The word on the grapevine is that the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), or at least its toned-dow....

May 16, 2016 Military Affairs , CDS , Strategic Force , Andaman and Nicobar Command

प्रधानमंत्री की ईरान यात्राः महत्वपूर्ण संबधों में बुनियाद पर जोर

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

बमुश्किल महीने भर पहले प्रधानमंत्री मोदी भारत के लिए अत्यधिक रणनीतिक महत्व वाले पुराने संबंध�....

May 16, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy

Awaiting RMA: Indian Army

Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)

Throughout history, advances in technology and strategy have revolutionised the way wars are fought. But never before has the spread, influence and penetration of a technology been so rapid and wide spread as the Information and Communication Technol....

May 16, 2016 Military Affairs , Technological and Scientific Studies

A Round Table Discussion with Keith Webster, Head of International Cooperation (the Pentagon) on DTTI

In continuation of a dialogue on DTTI (Defence Trade and Technology Initiative) with the U.S. trade representative Keith Webster, held at the Vivekananda International Foundation on 5 May 2016, substantive discussions were held on three key aspects o....

May 15, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , DTTI , Keith Webster , Defence Trade and Technology Initiative , Logistics Support Agreement

Interaction with a Taiwanese Delegation

Dr. Lai Yi-chung, Deputy Director of Taiwan Think Tank and leading strategist of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), accompanied by Dr. Mumin Chen, Director, Center for Strategic Studies on South Asia and Middle East, National Chung Hsing Univers....

May 15, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Taiwan , South Asia , Southeast Asia , India-Taiwan Relations , Taiwanese Delegation