Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Discussion on Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition

The VIF organised a virtual meeting on “Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition” on 12 July 2024, where the participants from two sides deliberated on India-US relations post the swearing-in of the new NDA government....

July 12, 2024

Tags: I2U2, India foreign policy, India US Relations, strategic partnership, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

US Experts Group Meeting on Actions, Counter-actions and Reconciliation: Trends in US-China Economic Relations

Dr Sweta Kumari

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a discussion on “Actions, Counter-actions and Reconciliation: Trends in US-China Economic Relations” on July 19, 2023 (Wednesday). Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, gave the opening...

August 21, 2023

Tags: China, Reconciliation, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Talk on “Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region” by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva

Dr Sweta Kumari

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva on “Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region” on February 13, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired the session and made welcome...

February 13, 2023

Tags: China, Economic Partnership, Indo- Pacific, Middle East, US, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Talk on “Internal Political Dynamics in the US: Implications on India and the World”

Dr Sweta Kumari

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof K. P. Vijayalakshmi on “Internal Political Dynamics in the US: Implications on India and the World” on 27 January 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF chaired the session...

January 27, 2023

Tags: Democratic Party, Internal Political Dynamics, Joe Biden, US, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

VIF- The Heritage Foundation Roundtable Discussion on 7 July 2022

Avantika Menon

The VIF in collaboration with the Heritage Foundation, USA, organized a virtual roundtable discussion on the ‘Geopolitical and Economic Implications of the Ukraine Crisis for India’ and the US on 7 July 2022. The opening remarks were delivered...

July 7, 2022

Tags: India, Sino-Russia Axis, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India on June 9, 2022 following a hybrid format. The participants who were physically present for...

June 9, 2022

Tags: Russian Federation, Ukraine, US, War, Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Quad Plus Dialogue

Dr Himani Pant

The Quad Plus Dialogue is held every quarter, since 2013 and the Vivekananda International Foundation has been the designated think tank representing India since the inception of this dialogue. Apart from VIF, the other think tanks from Quad...

November 19, 2020

Tags: Australia, India, Indo-Pacific, QUAD, Quad Plus, Singapore, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Joint VIF-Heritage Interaction on “Future Trajectory of Indo-US Relations”

Aarushi Suri

The Vivekananda International Foundation and The Heritage Foundation, USA jointly organized a web-based interaction session to deliberate upon the future trajectory of Indo-US relationship in the post-COVID era. The discussion centered around...

June 2, 2020

Tags: Defence Relations, India-US Trade, Infrastructure Cooperation, US, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction on US-Iran Tensions after the Death of Major General Qassem Soleimani

Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interactive session on “Interaction on US-Iran tensions after the death of Major General Qassem Soleimani” on 7 January 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks...

January 7, 2020

Tags: Iran, IRGC, Major General Qassem Soleimani, Soleimani, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

VIF-Embassy of ROK Seminar on Prospects of Peace and Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint closed-door seminar with the Embassy of Republic of Korea on 20 December 2019 to discuss ‘Peace and Denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula’. After opening remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta,...

December 20, 2019

Tags: Denuclearization, Hanoi Summit, Korean Peninsula, Republic of Korea, Singapore Summit, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Think Tank Dialogue on the Quadrilateral Grouping: The ‘Quad-Plus Dialogue’- 2019, Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2019 (Report)

(A Track 1.5 dialogue hosted by think tanks from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S., and Quad-Plus Partner France) Participants: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), The Heritage...

February 20, 2019

Tags: Australia, India, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Domain Awareness, Nuclear Forces Treaty, Quad Plus, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

A Talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, by H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, concluded his three-day visit to India with a talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, delivered at the...

September 12, 2017

Tags: Afghanistan, India-Afghanistan relations, Pakistan, Salahuddin Rabbani, US, Neighbourhood Studies

Discussion on “Afghanistan: Emerging Strategic Re-Alignment”

The VIF hosted an internal discussion on ‘Afghanistan: Emerging Realignment’ on 04 May 2017. The purpose was to consider Afghanistan’s dwindling security environment and imperatives for India to hedge its bets against a resurgent Taliban...

May 4, 2017

Tags: Afghanistan, Durand Line, Kabul, Taliban, US, Neighbourhood Studies

Interaction on DTTI with Keith Webster

On April 6, 2016, the VIF and the US India Business Council hosted Mr. Keith Webster, Director, International Cooperation for the US Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the Pentagon for a Round Table discussion...

April 6, 2016

Tags: Defense Acquisition, DTTI, Keith Webster, technology, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction on US-Pakistan Relations

Daniel S. Markey, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (C.F.R.) and the author of ‘No Exit from Pakistan: America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad’ held an intense and wide ranging interaction with the VIF faculty on19...

November 19, 2014

Tags: China Sea, Pakistan, US, US rebalancing, US-Pakistan Relations, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with Dr Moeed Yusuf

Dr Moeed Yusuf, Director, South Asia Program at the United States Institute of Peace, visited VIF on August 6, 2014 for an interaction with the VIF faculty. In a frank and candid exchange of views, Dr Yusuf presented his assessment of the...

August 6, 2014

Tags: Pakistan, South Asia Program, Terrorism, US, Neighbourhood Studies