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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.

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 
Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023
January 10, 2023 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, China, Russia, War, Xi Jinping, trade, Ukraine, Joe Bidden, Biden, Abe, multipolarity, Geo economics
शिंज़ो अबे को श्रद्धांजलि
July 25, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
प्रेरणा गांधी, एसोसियेट फ़ेलो, VIF “एक राजनीतिक के रूप में मैंने विफलताएँ देखी हैं और केवल ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, भारत, जापान, संवाद, जेआईएनएफ, अबे
A Tribute to Late Shinzo Abe
July 12, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
“I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason I am ready to give everything for Japan.” - Shinzo Abe (wrote in 2012) Shinzo Abe would go on to give his all to Japan a decade later...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Japan, Samvad, JINF, Abe, VIF
अमेरिका पर चीन की बढ़त: इसके आगामी भावी प्रभाव
May 25, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
अमेरिका का राजनीतिक रूप से चीन के विरुद्ध होना महाशक्ति के रूप में उसके उदय में एक महत्त्वपूर्...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, बीआरआई, चीन, यूएस, मध्य-पूर्व, उदारवाद, पश्चिमी वैश्विकवाद, फेज वन ट्रेड डील, अमेरिका-चीन के बीच अलास्का में उच्चस्तरीय वार्ता, पिसा डेटा, रिजर्व करेंसी
China is Edging over the US: Upcoming Ramifications
May 13, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The US politically turning against China has been a defining interruption in China’s great power rise. It has led to a concerted effort to challenge China for its every misdemeanor, by leveraging on group dynamics. The friendly international ambian...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, US, China, BRI, Middle East, Liberalism, western universalism, Phase One trade deal, US-China High Level Talks in Alaska, PISA Data, Reserve Currency
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VIF 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...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Japan’s national security, Japan SDF deterrence
VIF 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...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, North Korea, US, Korean Peninsula, US-North Korea conflict, Songun Policy, Kim Jong-un Regime
Event Reports 
Trilateral Web Conference on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific"
January 04, 2023 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a trilateral webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals and the Prospect Foundation on 29 September 2022 on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific". After initial remarks ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Conferences, South China Sea, India-China Border, Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, National Fundamentals, US-led Freedom
Interaction with Amb Mohan Kumar on “WTO and Global Trade”
September 09, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interaction with Ambassador Mohan Kumar (retd) on “WTO and Global Trade” on 18 July 2022. After Welcoming Remarks by Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney (Retd), Ambassador Mohan Kumar expounded on the history...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Interaction, WTO, Global Trade
Interaction with Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
August 01, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Vivekananda International Foundation held an online interaction with Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights on 14 July 2022. In his Opening Remarks, Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave a brief insight into UN Special P...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Interaction, UN, Cultural Rights
VIF- Prospect Foundation Seminar on ‘Strategic and Economic Implications of Ukraine War on Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific’
June 16, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint webinar with the Prospect Foundation on 27 May 2022 on Strategic and Economic Implications of Ukraine War on Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific’. After initial remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, D...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Seminars, Ukraine, China-Taiwan
Brainstorming Session on Strategic & Economic Outlook for 2022
March 07, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an online brainstorming session on Strategic and Economic Outlook for 2022 on 10 January 2022. It saw participation from Dr. Arvind Gupta, Dr. Anantha Nageswaran, Dr. C Rajamohan, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney...

Tags: Conference, International Relations and Diplomacy, ASEAN, 2022, GDP, Economic Outlook, Strategic Outlook, Covid wave
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Outreach 
India-ROK in the Age of Indo-Pacific: Synergizing the Act East and the New Southern Policy
September 21, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Published in Ytharth Magazine (SIS, JNU Initiative) on 21 September 2022....

Impact of Demographic Transition on International Relations
May 03, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Published in Usanas Foundation on 3rd May 2021....

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