Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Prerna Gandhi is an Associate Fellow 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

2019 Japan-South Korea Tensions: Why the ‘Past’ took Precedence over the ‘Future’?

September 18, 2019 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Since late last year, East Asia has been uneasy with wariness over the growing tensions between South Korea and Japan. Though, historical legacies and war memories of Imperial Japan continue to emerge as recurrent factors in the regional politics, th...

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, Japan-Korea relations, GSOMIA pact, Japan-Korea-US tangle

दोराहे पर वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्थाः क्या डिजिटलीकरण है आगे की राह

January 25, 2019 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

मौजूदा वैश्विक राजनीतिक उथल-पुथल की कड़ियां अब सुस्त पड़ती वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था से जुड़ती जा �...

Keywords : Economic Studies, Hindi, Article, वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था, आर्थिक असमानता, डिजिटलीकरण पर ध्यान

The US-China 90 Days Truce

December 24, 2018 Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF

Prior to the G20 meeting, there were indications of some respite in the US and China. During the working dinner meeting, at the G 20 meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held a ‘highly successful meeting’.i...

Keywords : Economic Studies, Article, US-China Trade War, US-China 90 days tariff truce

Global Economy at Crossroads: Is Digitalization the Way Ahead?

December 04, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, 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, Associate Fellow, 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

Occasional Papers

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

October 17, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, 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 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

..... 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...