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Round table on India-Sri Lanka Relations

Experts and scholars from Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka and members of VIF Faculty discussed a broad range of bilateral issues between India and Sri Lanka on 09 December 2014. The Sri Lankan team was led by Amb. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman, and....

December 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Interaction , Indian Ocean , India-Sri Lanka relations , Sri Lankan Civil War
Modi’s Visit to Nepal: An Assessment
C D Sahay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kathmandu from November 25-27 to participate in the 18th SAARC Summit. Though the visit was primarily for a multi-lateral event,the summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), i....

December 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal
An Agenda for India’s new Defence Minister
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Mr. Manohar Parrikar as India’s new Defence Minister. The Minister will require all his management skills to set the right priorities for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the armed forces. He will need to....

December 12, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Interaction on India-Japan Relations

A four-member delegation from Japan Institute of International Affairs, led by Ambassador Yoshiji Nogami, visited VIF on 08 December 2014 for an interaction on India-Japan relations. The interaction broadly encompassed three strategic aspects: streng....

December 11, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Abenomics , Modinomics , Asia-Pacific , India-Japan Relations
Joint VIF-RUSI-CICIR Seminar on Afghanistan at Beijing

A trilateral conference ‘China, India, the UK and Afghanistan- A Partnership for Stability’ was held in Beijing from 24 to 26 November 2014 under the auspices of VIF, Royal United Services Institute of UK (RUSI) and China Institute for Con....

December 11, 2014 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , CICIR , RUSI , Afghan National Security Forces , Karzai government
India and Russia: Putin Visit to Boost Ties
Dr Nivedita Das Kundu

The India-Russia Strategic partnership was formed in the year 2000. Russia was the first country with whom India established a strategic partnership and in the year 2010 during the 11th Summit, India and Russia elevated their relationship to a “Spe....

December 10, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
Interaction with a Chinese Delegation

A five-member delegation from China Institute of International Strategic Studies (CIISS), led by Maj Gen (Retd) Zhu Da, Vice Chairman, and comprising Maj Gen (Retd) Zhang Jianguo, Senior Advisor, Mr Li Jie, Executive Secretary General, Senior Col (Re....

December 05, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Chinese delegation , China-Pakistan nuclear collaboration , China’s foreign policy
French Defence Minister at VIF

At the invitation of the Vivekananda International Foundation, the French Defence Minister, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, delivered a talk on 1 December 2014. Welcoming the Guest, VIF Director Gen (Retd) N C Vij briefed the visiting delegation about the cu....

December 05, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Islamic State , French Defence Minister
Foreign Archaeological Collaborations and India’s Security Concerns
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes

The current rage in Indian archaeology is foreign collaboration. One of the reasons why this has become popular is that it imposes no intellectual and logistical burden on the Indian collaborator. The problems of the necessary fund and the research ....

December 05, 2014 Historical and Civilisational Studies
Imperatives of Defence Modernisation and Indigenisation
Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Self Reliance in defence production has been one of India’s national goals set since the 1950’s. Post 1971, it was quantified as reversing the ratio of indigenous production to imports which was in the ratio of 30:70 to 70;30. However, on the gr....

December 03, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
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