Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Exploring India's Soft Power Assets: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Revisited

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) has nurtured deliberations on the concept of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' and its strategic relevance for the world today since 2019. The concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam was the culmination point in a...

November 22 , 2024

Webinar on Post-Election India and Sri Lanka: Implications on Bilateral Relations and the Foreign Policy Front

On 15 October, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) jointly with Pathfinder Foundation (PF), Sri Lanka organized a virtual webinar on “Post-Election India and Sri Lanka: Implications on Bilateral Relations and the Foreign Policy Front.”...

October 22 , 2024

Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024

The Vivekananda International Foundation has published a report Building Capabilities and Capacities for India: Policy Suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024. It makes several policy suggestions in areas ranging from...

July 11 , 2024

Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024

July 4 , 2024

US Insights - February 2024

India-US Relations U.S. State Department approves $4bn sale of armed drones to India The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones, related missiles and equipment to India for nearly $4 billion, the...

March 14 , 2024

Indian Democracy and Governance

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) receives a large number of foreign delegations, student groups and individuals who do not have a great deal of familiarity with India but wish to know about the country, its history, geography,...

March 5 , 2024

Foreign policy in a world between orders

Non-alignment was a Cold War effort to retain the autonomy of policy between two hostile politico-military blocs. Foreign media covering Prime Minister Modi’s recent landmark visit to the United States frequently mentioned non-alignment as...

July 17 , 2023

Modi government’s foreign policy has been transformative

Timidity has given way to self-confidence, lassitude to vigour, and confusion to clarity that India’s actions, governed by its civilizational values, will be taken independently and not under anyone’s pressure. As a result of the Narendra Modi...

May 30 , 2023

Book Review: ‘A Life Well Spent: Four Decades in the Indian Foreign Service’; Amb. Satish Chandra, Roopa Publications, 2023, ISBN: 9357020950, pp. 284, Rs 636

The book by Ambassador Satish Chandra covers four decades he served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1965 to 2005. The book is not simply an account of his personal journey. It provides a glimpse into the making of foreign policy. It also covers...

May 19 , 2023

Neighbourhood News digest - 02 May 2023

Afghanistan The Taliban Aim to Divide and Conquer – Foreign Policy Afghanistan has become the world’s problem child, controlled by unruly and unpredictable religious fanatics and terrorists who throw their toys out of the stroller each time they’re...

May 2 , 2023