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Brainstorming Session on Imbalance in Sino-Indian Trade: What to do about it?

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a brain storming session on the topic of ‘Imbalance in Sino-Indian Trade: What to do about it?’ Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, delivered the opening remarks. The session was attended by...

January 11, 2018
Tags: Chinese market, RCEP, Sino-Indian Trade, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Seminar on Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, organised a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) on 10th January 2018. The AAGC initiative emerged from the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Japan in...

January 10, 2018
Tags: African Development, Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, Shipping Corporation, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Visiting South Korean Delegation of Sejong Institute

The Vivekananda International Foundation held a maiden interaction with an eminent delegation of Sejong Institute from South Korea on 18 December 2017. The interaction explored various facets of current global, regional and bilateral dynamics...

December 18, 2017
Tags: India-South Korea Partnership, Indo-Pacific, Korea Plus, South Korean delegation, International Relations and Diplomacy
H.E. Mr. Sergey V Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation, delivers the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, 11 December 2017

His Excellency Sergey V Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, delivered the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 11 December 2017, to a select gathering that comprised...

December 11, 2017
Tags: Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific, BRICS, India-Russia Relations, OBOR, Sergey V Lavrov, International Relations and Diplomacy
2nd Meeting of Head of Think-Tanks of India and Russia, New Delhi, 04 Dec 2017

Session on ‘Strategic Partnership between India and Russia in the Backdrop of the Changing Landscape of World Order’ Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, chaired a session titled ‘Strategic...

December 4, 2017
Tags: strategic partnership, International Relations and Diplomacy
Round Table Discussion on Taking India and Central Asia to the Next Level

Report and Recommendations

December 1, 2017
Tags: Central Asia, Connectivity China, India-Central Asia relations, International North South Transport Corridor, SCO, International Relations and Diplomacy
The Joint India-China-U.S. Trilateral on Cyberspace Cooperation, 16-17 November 2017

On November 16-17, the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS), the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the East West Institute (EWI) co-hosted the first ‘Joint China-India-U.S. Trilateral on Cyberspace...

November 16, 2017
Tags: Cyberspace Cooperation, International Relations and Diplomacy
Seminar on India-China Relations and the Way Forward

On 6 November 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation and the Institute of Chinese Studies jointly held a joint seminar on the “India-China Relations and the Way Forward”. A delegation comprising of Prof. Zhao Bole, Prof. Lu Gang and...

November 6, 2017
Tags: Belt and Road Initiative, Communist Party of China, Doklam Issue, India-China relations, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
"China's Internal Dynamics, Cyber Security and Relations with India"

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a seminar titled "China's Internal Dynamics, Relations with India & Cyber Security", along with the Prospect Foundation from Taiwan on 01 November 2017. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF...

November 1, 2017
Tags: Chinese Communist Party, Cyber Security, India-China relations, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Round Table Discussion on Bay of Bengal

Keeping Conflicts at Bay - Need for Bay of Bengal Community

October 26, 2017
Tags: ASEAN, Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, China, OBOR, Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, SAARC, Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean Region, International Relations and Diplomacy
Discussion on China’s Emerging Global and Regional Strategy

Amb Ashok Kantha, India’s former Ambassador to China, led a round table session on ‘China’s Emerging Global and Regional Strategy’ at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 24 Aug 2017. India’s former Foreign Secretary Amb Kanwal...

August 24, 2017
Tags: China-Pakistan Nexus, CPEC, Dokalam, Global and Regional Strategy, President Trump, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
VIF signs MOUs with Uzbek Think Tanks

A delegation from Vivekanand International Foundation (VIF) visited Uzbekistan from 24th-31st August, 2017 for discussions with Uzbek Think Tanks. The visit took place immediately after a visit by a high powered Uzbek delegation to India led by...

August 24, 2017
Tags: Abdulaziz Kamilov, Central Asia, Shanghai Co-operation, Uzbekistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
A Discussion on the book ‘From Chanakya to Modi: The Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 02 Aug 2017 organised a discussion on a recently published book on India’s foreign policy, ‘From Chanakya to Modi: The Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy’, authored by Dr. Aparna Pandey, the...

August 2, 2017
Tags: Chanakya to Modi, India’s foreign policy, International Relations and Diplomacy
Discussion on ‘India and the North West Indian Ocean Region: Bridging the Gulf

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 14 Jul 2017 organised a two-part Round Table Discussion with a panel of eminent maritime security and foreign policy experts, including Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff,...

July 14, 2017
Tags: Bridging the Gulf, Indian Ocean Region, IOR, Middle East, Indian Ocean Region, International Relations and Diplomacy
Twenty-Five Years of India-Israel Relations: Achievements and prospects

In what could be seen as curtain-raising to the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s upcoming three-day visit to Israel, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of...

June 29, 2017
Tags: India-Israel Relations, Israel, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with HE Queen Imaria Worlu, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to India

Her Excellency Queen Imaria Worlu, the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to India, was invited to a discussion on ‘Strengthening and upgrading India-Nigeria relations: the way forward’, held at the Vivekananda International...

June 15, 2017
Tags: India-Nigeria relations, Queen Imaria Worlu, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy
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