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VIF Hosts the High Commissioner of South Africa and Ambassador of Sudan under its Connect Africa Programme

The High Commissioner of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. JS Ndebele, and the Ambassador of Sudan, His Excellency Mr Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, gave presentations on the status of India's relations with their respective nations and their pros...

February 20, 2023
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Indian Ocean , Cold War , South Africa , USSR , Connect Africa , Periplus , Erythraean Sea
Talk by H.E. Amb. Emmanuel Bonne

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual talk by H.E. Amb. Emmanuel Bonn, diplomatic Advisor and G7-G20 Sherpa to the French President on 7th January 2021. On a visit to India for the annual strategic dialogue between France...

January 07, 2021
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , QUAD , Indian Ocean , France , Emmanuel Bonn , G 20
Discussion on India, China and South Asian Neighbours

On 09 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “India, China and South Asian Neighbours”. Dr Arvind Gupta delivered the opening remarks followed by presentations by Dr Raj Verma and Dr Atul Ane...

July 09, 2020
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Quad Plus , Sri Lanka , CPEC , South Asia , Indian Ocean , Gilgit-Baltistan
Round Table Discussion on the Indo-Pacific

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September 09, 2019
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean , BRI , Sub-continent , Arabian Sea , Eastern Africa , East China Sea
Visit of Delegation from the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), UK

An eighteen-member delegation from the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), led by Major General Simon Leslie Peters, visited the VIF on 08 Jun, 2016 for an interaction that focused, among other things, on India’s foreign policy imperative...

June 08, 2016
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean , Royal College of Defence Studies , Unsettled border
Interaction with ACM Sir Stuart Peach, KCB CBE ADC, VCDS (UK)

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE ADC, UK’s Vice Chief of the Defence Staff on April 21st, 2015 for an interaction on issues relating to India’s security and defence....

April 21, 2015
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean , India’s foreign policy , UK’s Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
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...

December 09, 2014
Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Indian Ocean , India-Sri Lanka relations , Sri Lankan Civil War
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