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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
China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Belt and Road Initiative, Communist Party of China, Doklam Issue, India-China relations
Book Release: “Black Money and Tax Havens”, authored by Professor R Vaidyanathan

On 3 November 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, hosted the launch of Professor R Vaidyanathan’s latest book titled ‘Black Money and Tax Havens’. Professor R Vaidyanathan is Dean of Centre for Economic Studies at...

November 3, 2017
Economic Studies
Tags: Black Money, demonetization, Indian Economy
"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
China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Chinese Communist Party, Cyber Security, India-China relations
Discussion on the Rohingya Crisis

Background Rohingyas, with a population of nearly 1.1 million, are mostly Muslims living largely in Myanmar’s western coastal state of Rakhine and also in Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. There are about 40,000 of them also living as illegal...

October 30, 2017
National Security and Strategic Studies, Ilegal Immigration
Tags: Arakan Rohingy, Myanmar Army, Rohingya crisis
Round Table Discussion on Bay of Bengal

Keeping Conflicts at Bay - Need for Bay of Bengal Community

October 26, 2017
Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean Region, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: ASEAN, Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, China, OBOR, Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, SAARC
H.E. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s speech at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, 24 October 2017

Highlights President Ghani dwelled on the causes of global uncertainty, the regional security context and the New US Strategy in South Asia. Drivers of Global Uncertainty

October 24, 2017
Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies
Tags: Afghanistan Foreign Policy, ANSF, Ashraf Ghani, CPEC, Indo–Afghan Relations, Pakistan, QUAD
Book Discussion by Bertil Falk, a Swedish author, on his book ‘Feroze: The Forgotten Gandhi’

A round table talk with Bertil Falk was organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on Oct 6, 2017, on his book ‘Feroze: The Forgotten Gandhi’. The author Bertil Folk is a Swedish author whose book was released last year. The...

October 6, 2017
Governance and Political Studies
Tags: Bertil Folk, Congress Party, Forgotten Gandhi, Indira Gandhi
Round Table Discussion on ‘India-Bhutan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’

The Dokalam crisis, i.e. the border stand-off between China and India, which had kept the bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries on the boil for over two months, came to a peaceful resolution on Aug 28, 2017, with both sides...

September 18, 2017
Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies
Tags: IMTRAT, India-Bhutan Relations, Siliguri Corridor, Sino-Bhutanese boundary
A Talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, by H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, concluded his three-day visit to India with a talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, delivered at the...

September 12, 2017
Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies
Tags: India-Afghanistan relations, Pakistan, Salahuddin Rabbani, US
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
China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: China-Pakistan Nexus, CPEC, Dokalam, Global and Regional Strategy, President Trump
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
Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Abdulaziz Kamilov, Shanghai Co-operation, Uzbekistan
A Round Table Discussion on ‘GST-Making India a Single Market’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on 23 Aug 2017, gathered a powerful battery of former top bureaucrats and economic policy experts including Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rajeev Kher, former Commerce...

August 23, 2017
Economic Studies
Tags: GDP, GST, Indian Economy
SAMVAD-II: Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security - Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness

It will be recalled that ‘SAMVAD’ is an initiative of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) that was borne out of dialogue between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The purpose was to adopt...

August 5, 2017
Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags: Conflict Avoidance, Environmental Consciousness, Global Initiative, Harmony, Peace, SAMVAD-II, Security
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
International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Chanakya to Modi, India’s foreign policy
Discussion on ‘Socio-Economic Solutions to the Maoist Problem'

On 31 July 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a round table discussion on the Maoist Problem in India, focusing especially on its socio-economic dynamics. The panel assembled for the deliberations included policy...

July 31, 2017
National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism
Tags: chhattisgarh, Local insurgency, LWE, Maoist Problem
Release of ‘VIF Perspective: Issues & Trends, 2017’

Hon’ble Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways, Government of India, released the publication ‘VIF Perspective - Issues & Trends, 2017 : Securing India’, at a public event organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation on 27 Jul...

July 27, 2017
National Security and Strategic Studies
Tags: Suresh Prabhu, VIF Perspective
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