Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of How China Views India

Far from any signs of an end to the military stand-off between India and China, or that tensions between the two will ease, China’s mood towards India is hardening. There are indications that China sees the current confrontation as the beginning of

January 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CCP, PLA, Galwan valley, Line of Actual Control, CICIR, Hu Shisheng

शिंजो अबे का “वृहत्तर एशिया” और भारत जापान संबंध

Dr Anil Rawat

जापान के उत्तर-युद्ध काल के राजनीतिक इतिहास में, उसका कोई प्रधानमंत्री वैश्विक मीडिया, राजनीत�

January 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, एएजीसी। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी। बृहत्तर एशिया। चोसु फाइव। मुक्त एवं खुला हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। इतो हिरोबुमि। मीजी इशिन। नोबुसुके किशी। उत्तर-एशियावाद

West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Year 2020 will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran

January 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, India, China, Russia, Trump, Saudi Arabia, Arab Spring, Turkey, Deal of the century, Netanyahu, Abraham Accords, Al Ula Summit

EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The EU and China announced a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment on 30th December. The announcement comes less than a month before the inauguration of the Biden Presidency. The development shows a rift opening up between EU and US positions even be

January 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, China, Commentary, China, EU, FDI, Forced Labour, Jake Sullivan, Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Paris Agreement on Climate

भारत और वैक्सिन डिप्लोमेसी

Amb Gurjit Singh

कोविड-19 वैश्विक महामारी के प्रकोप के बाद वैश्विक विमर्श इसके दुष्प्रभावों और इसके परिणामों से �

January 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, कोविड-19। सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य। डब्ल्यूटीओ। दक्षिण एशियाई पड़ोसी देश। भारत बायोटेक। कोवैक्स

Expectations from India in the UN Security Council

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India starts her eighth two-year elected term in the UN Security Council from 1 January 2021. Three priorities have been identified by India when campaigning for elections to the Security Council. These are the countering of terrorism by enforcing Se

January 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, UNSC, Countering Terrorism, Af-Pak region, P-5, PM Modii, reformed multilateralism

New Geopolitics: India’s Foreign Policy Challenges in 2021

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Covid-19 has accelerated the global political and economic rebalancing that had been underway for the last two decades. New power equations are emerging. China’s confidence has increased many folds while the West is struggling to find answers to it

January 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, ASEAN, Act East, UNSC, QUAD, New Cold War, Indo Pacific, BRI, EU, COVID-19, Neighbourhood First, Multilateralism, LAC, Biden, Middle East, Xi's China

US-Taiwan Relations under Joe Biden Administration

Dr Teshu Singh

Amongst many of the sensitive issues that Joe Biden will inherit, the US-Taiwan relations is going to be of critical importance for the US, Indo-Pacific strategy. Tsai Ing-wen has already congratulated Joe Biden on Twitter, she wrote: “The values o

December 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Article, China, Indo-Pacific, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, COVID-19, TAIPEI Act, Joe Biden, FTA, US-Taiwan, Alex Azar, Keith Krach, Summit of Democracy

China Debates Policy towards U.S. as Biden’s Administration Takes Over

Jayadeva Ranade

China’s leadership echelons have been very apprehensive about anti-China actions the Trump Administration might take in its last days. Zhou Li, a former career diplomat who is presently senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute of Financial Rese

December 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Qiao Liang, Biden, Jake Sullivan, six scenarios, US China competition, Xi Jinping thought