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The Unmaking and Making of Sri Lankan Crisis: Options before India

Unfolding Events

Sri Lanka has elected six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President. In the parliamentary votes Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes against his closest contestant Dullus Alahapperuma got 82 vo....

July 22, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , China , United States , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , MCC , Sri Lankan Economic Crisis , Economic Assiatnce , MCC in Sri Lanka , Ranil Wickremesinghe

The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia by Kirill Nourzhanov and Amin Saikal; London, I.B.TAURIS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2021, pp. 249.

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are three Central Asian countries that share geographical boundaries and cross-border ethnic linkages with Afghanistan. As a result, the developments in Afghanistan have directly impacted these countries. Alth....

June 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Uzbekistan , United States , NATO , Book Reviews , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Central Asian countries

Discussion on "Implications of Political & Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka"

On the 20th of May, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation organized a discussion on the 'Implications of the Political and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka'. The session began with Dr Ganesh Wignaraja, Senior Research Associate at the Overseas D....

June 09, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Conferences , China , United States , Economic crisis , Sri Lankan

Book Discussion - Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds by Prof. Jeffery D. Long

On 9th May, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a book discussion on "Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds, authored by Prof. Jeffery D. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, U.S.A. His....

May 12, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , United States , Hinduism , America , Jeffery D. Long , Hindu Americans

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 15 November - 21 November 2021

Economic

U.S. asks Japan, China, others to consider tapping oil reserves -sources

The Biden administration has asked some of the world's largest oil consuming nations - including China, India and Japan - to consider releasing crud....

November 23, 2021 South Korea , China , Russia , United States , COVID-19 , Covid-19 International Daily Scan

Qatar Registers its Soft Power Presence in Afghanistan

Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

The Qatari’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani’s visit to Afghanistan in September¹ marked the first high level visit since the Taliban takeover on August 15. He held meeting with the ....

September 24, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Qatar , Soft Power , Taliban , United States , mediator

The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Turning Point in Global Terrorism

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.”¹ - George W Bush 43rd President o....

September 15, 2021 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Afghanistan , ISIS , United States , Intelligence , IslamicState , counterterrorism , 9/11 , September 11 attacks , AlQaida

The Curious Case of Huawei

China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military a....

February 15, 2021 China , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , India , China , Australia , United Kingdom , United States , surveillance , New Zealand , Huawei , espionage , FiveEyes , Trojan , Reliance Jio

International Security: Review of 2020 & Projections for 2021

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2020 shall be recorded as an unprecedented year in the modern history of humankind. The outbreak of China-origin Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has eclipsed the events in global security. On one side, the spread of coronavirus enforced....

January 18, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Islamic State , United States , al-Qaeda , International Security , Counter terrrosim , Review