Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

Prerna Gandhi is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation with a focus on Japan, ASEAN and Korean Peninsula. She is currently a doctoral student at Dept. of East Asian Studies, Delhi University. She is also a recipient of the Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarship and visited Japan in the “Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths Program- JENESYS” in summer of 2011.

Contributions

Global Economy at Crossroads: Is Digitalization the Way Ahead?

December 04, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

“Transactional capabilities keep the lights on, but transformative capabilities make the organization stand out.” ― Pearl Zhu The current global political upheaval has now come to be inextricably linked to the waning global economy. T...

Keywords : Economic Studies, Article, Economic upheaval, Unemployment, Digital infrastructure

Will Chinese Economy ever surpass the US Economy?

August 08, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

“With uncertainty, there is never a dull moment.” - Haresh Sippy

Donald Trump’s presidency has sparked fears of a changing world order and an alleged further decline of the US. The ‘America First’ emphasis and the recent...

Keywords : Economic Studies, Article, China’s economic progress, Sino-US economic gap

कोरियाई उपमहाद्वीप में नए अंत का आरंभ

August 06, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

उत्तर कोरिया में प्योंगचांग शीतकालीन ओलिंपिक खेलों से पहले लगभग साढ़े तीन महीने की उच्चस्तरीय �...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Hindi, Commentary, अमेरिका-उत्तर कोरिया संबंध, उत्तर कोरिया परमाणु निरस्त्रीकरण

Beginning of a New End in the Korean Peninsula

June 28, 2018 Dr Teshu Singh, Associate Fellow, VIF

After almost three and a half months of high-powered diplomacy leading up to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in North Korea, the first meeting between a sitting United States and a North Korean leader took place on 12 June 2018 in Singapore. The mee...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, US-North Korea relations, Denuclearisation of North Korea

Commentary: Will Japan Carry the Bastion of Constitution Amendment After Abe?

May 16, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

“角を矯めて牛を殺す” (Kill a bull by straightening its horns, meaning: Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem) The above quote succinctly ...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, Japanese Constitution, Japan’s Defence Policy

Occasional Papers

Japan’s Changing Security Discourse from the prism of its Deterrence Imperative

October 17, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

... US-Japan alliance is cornerstone for Japan’s security and its deterrence. However, despite conflicts of interests and intermittent tensions, Japan has never sought to replace the alliance with its own defense capabilities .. Though Japan’s s...

Keywords : Japan’s national security, Japan SDF deterrence

Issue Briefs

Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula

February 13, 2018

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to...

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