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Vimarsha: National Security Challenges of the Next Decade - A talk by General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Indian Army & Chairman COS

On 30 Jul 2015, General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Indian Army & Chairman Chiefs of Staff, delivered an incisive talk, titled as ‘National Security Challenges of the Next Decade’, to a large audience, comprising academia, intelligentsia, soldi....

August 07, 2015 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , China , J&K , ISIS , Indian Ocean , National Security Challenges , Pakistan’s ISI , Northeast , Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts....

March 19, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Pakistan , China , Defence , Kashmir , Security Policies , Tibet , Nehru Era , Kashmir Conflict
Tibet: Perspectives and Prospects; Edited by Prabhat P. Shukla, Vivekananda International Foundation and Aryan Books International; PP 405; Price Rs 995
R N Ravi

A Wake Up Call for India and the World Among the major man-inflicted mass tragedies of the 20th century, Tibet stands out as the one that received the world’s least attention for post-event rehabilitation and trauma mitigation. A country ....

December 05, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , UNGA resolution , China , Book Published , Tibetans , Tibet policy , International Community
Launch of the book Tibet: Perspective and Prospects

Tibet: Perspectives and Prospects, a publication of Vivekananda International Foundation, was launched on 6th November 2013, by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Shri Ajit Doval KC, Dir....

November 18, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Book Discussions , China , Chinese sovereignty , UN General Assembly Resolution
India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges and Beyond by P.P. Shukla

About Book : India and the United States of America aim to form a strategic partnership of trust, cooperation and collaboration, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Indo-US relationship has had its share of ups and downs, but both admit to the nec....

November 13, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , strategic partnership , United States , Book Published
Interaction with Taiwanese Delegation

An interaction was held with a Taiwanese delegation from Prospects Foundation at the VIF on 6 November 2013. The five member Taiwanese delegation was led by Dr. Tzong-Ho Bau, Vice Chairman of the Foundation. Dr Frances Chung, Deputy Representative, ....

November 08, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , China , ASEAN , RECP , Taiwanese Delegation , Trans Pacific Partnership , Prospects Foundation
India’s Foreign Policy: A Reader ; Edited by Kanti P Bajpai and Harsh V Pant; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013; PP 452; Price Rs 1095
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Kanti Bajpai and Harsh V. Pant have edited this book for the benefit of graduate students studying Indian foreign policy, those teaching the subject as well as the general reader interested in its key aspects. It is a compilation of 14 essays, apart ....

October 14, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Climate Change , Indian foreign policy , Book Reviews , WTO , India-Pakistan rivalry
China’s Involvement in India’s Internal Security Threats: An Analytical Appraisal
Dr N Manoharan

Twenty-first-century India faces multifarious security challenges. At the core of India’s security concerns is its ‘internal security’ – a major national security challenge. Among many imponderable factors of India’s security calculus, inte....

October 08, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , Monograph , India’s security concerns
A Report on Seminar: ‘Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of Political Authority’

On 6 & 7 September 2011, the Vivekanada International Foundation (VIF) organised a conference on ‘Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of Political Authority’. The conference was designed to address topics like Tibetan politics and new leadership....

September 15, 2011 Seminar_57 , Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Seminars , China , Tibet , Political Authority , Central Tibetan Administration
Swedish Defence Delegation Interacts with VIF

A high level Defence Ministry delegation from Government of Sweden led by Dr. Hans-Christian Hagman, Senior Advisor, Secretariat for strategy & Security Analysis, Swedish Ministry of Defence visited Vivekananda International Foundation on May 11, 201....

May 13, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , China , Middle East , Af-Pak region , Swedish Defence Delegation
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