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VIF-JINF Seminar on ‘India-Japan Partnership in an Uncertain Era’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a seminar on 6th February 2019 for a senior delegation visiting from Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) led by President Yoshiko Sakurai. The seminar was attended by senior...

US-China Trade War: Analyses of Deeper Nuances and Wider Implications

… China is unsatisfied with the degree of accommodation offered by the US and the US is uncomfortable with the strategic demands made by China … US wants China to reduce its trade deficit … an unrealistic request given the time it would take to...

Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation

Introduction The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault lines of history...

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats

Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging from...

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and...

Commentary: The Neela Hauz Constructed Wetland System

22nd March is commemorated as ‘World Water Day’. Only two percent of the water on the globe is fresh water. Of this nearly 70 percent is locked in the polar ice sheets and the rest is distributed unevenly. Recycling of waste water is an important...

म्यांमार से आने वाले शरणार्थियों की बढ़त को लेकर मिज़ोरम ने जताई चिंता

हाल ही में मिज़ोरम सरकार ने म्यांमार में शरणार्थियों की समस्या को लेकर चेतावनी जारी की है। पिछले साल के अंत तक राज्य सरकार यहाँ की स्थिति को लेकर काफ़ी निश्चिन्त थी। उनका मानना था की रखाईन इलाके के रोहिंग्या इस ओर रुख़ नही करेंगे। राज्य सरकार ने बौद्ध...

राष्ट्रपति रूहानी का भारत दौरा

2003 में राष्ट्रपति खतामी के दौरे के लगभग 15 वर्ष बाद, राष्ट्रपति रूहानी 15-17 फ़रवरी तक भारत दौरे के लिए आये थेI इस बीच 2008 में राष्ट्रपति अहमदीनेजाद एक बेहद संक्षिप्त मुलाकात के लिए भारत आये थे| हालाँकि भारत के प्रधानमंत्री को प्रतिउत्तर में वापसी...

जॉर्डन का मसला – भारत एवं हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य

महामहिम राजा अब्दुल्लाह-इब्न-हुसैन, जॉर्डन के हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य के वारिस एवं उनकी महारानी रानिया इस माह के अंत में यानि प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के फिलिस्तान समेत अन्य दौरों के समाप्त होते-होते, अपने दूसरे आधिकारिक दौरे के लिए भारत आने वाले है. इससे पहले...

Commentary: President Rouhani’s Visit to India

President Rouhani’s visit to India from February 15-17, 2018 took place after a gap of almost 15 years, since President Khatami’s visit in 2003. In between, there was a transit visit by President Ahmadinejad in 2008. There was a long gap before the...

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