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Discussion on ‘India and the North West Indian Ocean Region: Bridging the Gulf

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 14 Jul 2017 organised a two-part Round Table Discussion with a panel of eminent maritime security and foreign policy experts, including Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Ad....

July 19, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , Indian Ocean Region , Bridging the Gulf , IOR , Middle East

India - Mauritius: An Umbilical Relation

Dr Neha Sinha

Located about 900 km east of Madagascar, Mauritius is the ‘Little India’ of the southwest Indian Ocean. While the vast majority of ethnically heterogeneous nations have struggled to form successful democracies, Mauritius has not. Since independen....

May 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Mauritius , colony , Indian Diaspora

Round Table Discussion on “India’s Indian Ocean Strategy”

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) recently convened a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on ‘India’s Indian Ocean Strategy’. The discussion was intended to examine the steps that India needs to take, to construct a strategy for the India....

June 22, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , SAGAR , India’s Indian Ocean Strategy , Extra-Regional Presence

Saudi-Maldivian Ties: An Opportunity or Threat for India?

Anushree Ghisad

The President of Maldives Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia from 18th March. A joint statement issued at the conclusion of Yameen’s visit to the Kingdom said that the two sides have expressed their desire to strengt....

March 31, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Indian Ocean Region