Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

India and Uzbekistan share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. Uzbekistan is India’s extended neighbour and a strategic partner. This relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-econ...

December 04, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Central Asian Republics , Uzbekistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Indo-Uzbek , Tashkent

Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia

On 24 July 2020, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online discussion on “Possibility of Developing Regional Value Chain in South Asia”. The panel included, Dr Sreeradha Datta, Mr Bipul Chatterjee, Mr Pratim Bose, Mr An...

July 24, 2020

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , economic cooperation , South Asia , COVID-19 , Regional Value Chain , FAT , Post-COVID

Developments in West Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual interactive session on the subject, “Developments in West Asia” on 13 July 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks and introduced the central topics, i.e...

July 13, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , China , Indo-Pacific , Iran , COVID-19 , West Asian region , Gulf

Interaction with Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an online interaction with the Ambassador of Japan to India, H.E. Mr. Satoshi Suzuki on 29 June 2020. The one-and-a-half-hour interaction saw participation by many stalwarts from New Delhi’...

June 29, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Act East , Samvad , COVID-19 , Self-reliance , Ambassador of Japan , standing cooperation , Global Partnership

Significance & Potential of Indo-US Relations in the Post-Covid World : Interaction with Amb. Kenneth Juster

The VIF hosted a special web-based interaction session with H.E. Mr. Kenneth Juster, Ambassador of U.S. to India on May 28, 2020. Amb. Juster spoke about the evolving geopolitical scenario in a post-Pandemic world, and the crucial position that ...

May 28, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Kenneth Juster , COVID-19 , US India strategic partnership , Defence equipment , Military cooperation

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Emanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France

The heath crisis brought upon by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has opened up a pandora’s box of crises worldwide. As different countries reel under the economic recession and related socio-political challenges, the still ongoing pandemic ...

May 21, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , COVID-19 , Coronavirus disease , Ambassador of France , Global geopolitics , Indo-French cooperation

VIF Presentation cum discussions on West Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised two sets of interactive discussions on the impact of COVID-19 in West Asia and its implications on India. On 7 May 2020, Amb. D P Srivastava Distinguished Fellow, VIF spoke on the topic, ...

May 07, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , COVID-19 , West Asian region , UAE , Gulf , Gulf Cooperation Council , Strategic cooperation