Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Budget 2022-23 – A huge turning point

There are several firsts about Budget 2022-23. The first of the firsts is that this is the only Budget in recent memory when the finance minister’s speech was not disturbed even once. The usual shoutings for this or that segment, or for states were....

February 03, 2022 VIF Alerts, Economic Studies, Article, RBI, MGNREGA, Budget 2022-23, food subsidy, fertiliser subsidy

Evaluating Cambodia’s Role as ASEAN Chair

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Since the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration, also known as Bangkok Declaration, by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, ....

February 03, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, ASEAN, South China Sea, Code of Conduct, General Min Aung Hlaing, Rohingyas, centrality, ASEAN Charter, Hun Sen, Petra Sigmund, Prak Sokhonn, Sino-US rivalry

चीन-अमेरिका संबंधों पर चीनी विशेषज्ञों के विचार

Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीन की आर्थिक स्थिति जैसे-जैसे विषम होती जा रही है, और उसकी आक्रामक नीतियों से उसके पड़ोस में तन�....

February 02, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Hindi, Article, शी जिनपिंग। सीसीपी। बाइडेन। वांग यी। सीआइसीआइआर। कुई तियानकाई। युआन पेंग। झांग बैजान

First India-Central Asia Summit: Some Major Takeaways

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

On January 27, 2022, India and Central Asian leaders held the maiden India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format. The summit was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by the Heads of State of the five Central Asian countries. [....

January 31, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, INSTC, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, trade, Chabahar, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tourism, Connectivity, Pharmaceuticals, history and Civilization, JWG on Chbahar Port, India-Central Asia centre

China: Coercion as National Policy

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Defence Spokesperson of CMC, Senior Colonel Wu Qian in a regular press conference on 27 Jan 2022 stated that China’s neither “coerces” nor is “coerced” by others! This view is open to serious contention, as it is apparent, China has res....

January 31, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, CCP, Tibet, Coercion, compellance, South Xinjiang, Xiaokang villages

Making a Sense of Chinese Hypersonic Threat- The Big Picture

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’ Hypersonic weapons are ‘big news’ these days. One of the virtues that has propelled these so called ‘new age weapons’ to high eminence is the claim that these are ‘unstoppable’ by any k....

January 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Chinese threat, hypersonic missiles, Chinese hypersonic threat, Chinese missile threat

वर्षांत की समीक्षाः जलवायु खतरे से निबटने के लिए 2021 में भारत ने बड़ी छलांग लगाई

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

परिचय भारत के लिए जलवायु परिवर्तन 1.38 अरब की विशाल आबादी वाले एक देश के रूप में बहुत बड़ी चिंता क....

January 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Hindi, Article, कोरोना महामारी, जलवायु परिवर्तन, ऊर्जा पारगमन, जलवायु न्याय, जलवायु वित्त, माइलस्टोन सक्रियता

Changing Dimensions of Information Warfare

Devsena Mishra Article

The changing character of war and its emerging dimensions which are often referred to as grey zone, non-contact, cyber, and information warfare, are fuelling some serious debates/actions across the world and these aspects are now a part of every coun....

January 27, 2022 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, India, China, Russia, Information Warfare, U.S., strategic technology

मध्य एशिया: 2021 पर एक नजर और 2022 के लिए नजरिया

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

परिचय मध्य एशिया के लिए बीता साल 2021 बेहद चुनौतीपूर्ण रहा है। यह वर्ष सोवियत संघ के 1991 में विघटन क....

January 25, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Hindi, Article, एससीओ, चीन, अफगानिस्तान, उज्बेकिस्तान, कजाकिस्तान, ताजिकिस्तान, रूस, टीएपीआइ विरोध, व्यापार, तुर्केमिस्तान, भारत-सेंट्रल एशिया डायल़ॉग, अजरबैजान, क्षमता-निर्माण, कनेक्टिविटी, सीमा विवाद, टीसीजीपी

Congrats Mr Tirumurti for defending an Orphaned Civilisation

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

You, the United Nations, cry about Islamophobia, Christianophobia, anti-Semiticism – all three Abrahamic religions. But what about non-Abrahamic religious phobias – the anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh and anti-Buddhist? You should see that also.” Approxi....

January 24, 2022 VIF Alerts, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Article, Islamophobia, Christianophobia, anti-Semiticism, anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh, anti-Buddhist