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To the Moon and Beyond: Time for India to Strengthen its ‘Space’ Muscles

Radhika Daga, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Lunar exploration missions date back to the very beginning of space exploration itself. In over a year’s time following Sputnik, the advances in aerospace technologies were made to enable forays into our closest neighbour in outer space. The desire....

September 20, 2019 India to Moon , India’s space journey , celebrating Indian science , Article , Technological and Scientific Studies

भारतीय संघवाद की भावना

Rajesh Singh Article

भारत की संघीय प्रकृति की बात बार-बार की जाती रही है और यह सत्तारूढ़ पार्टी तथा विपक्ष के बीच टकरा�....

September 19, 2019 संविधान में ‘यूनियन’ (संगठन) की प्रमुखता , सत्तारूढ़-विपक्ष के टकराव , संघवाद के विवाद , Article , Governance and Political Studies

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

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

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....

September 18, 2019 Japan-Korea-US tangle , GSOMIA pact , Japan-Korea relations , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Deadlock in Afghanistan

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

In a dramatic turn of events, the US President announced in a tweet on September 7 that he has called-off the secret meeting with the Taliban leaders at Camp David, and ended the peace talks with the armed group.¹ Further, keeping alive th....

September 18, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , US-Taliban talks , Taliban intransigence , Afghanistan violence

Visit of Indian Prime Minister to Vladivostok

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, visited Vladivostok in Far East of Russia for two days; 04-05 Sep 2019. The PM had two main agenda points: First, to attend 20th Summit Level talk with the Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin; and second, ....

September 17, 2019 Russia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , PM’s Vladivostok agreements , New vistas of India-Russia cooperation

Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership will have been incensed by the photographs and videos of protestors in Hong Kong carrying American flags and chanting “America please take over Hong Kong” on September 9, in apparent escalation of the protests against Chinese....

September 16, 2019 Hong Kong protests , Chinese leadership’s Hong Kong dilemma , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China

Boris Johnson and the Irish Backstop: Obduracy will only Work against the British and Irish Peoples` Interests

Gautam Sen Article

Britain is in a political crisis situation. Conservative Party premier, Boris Johnson has threatened to leave the European Union (EU) without a re-negotiated deal on Britain`s withdrawal arrangements with that multilateral body. The withdrawal arrang....

September 16, 2019 Brexit complexities , Irish factor in Brexit , British parliamentary concerns on Brexit , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Mongolia’s Buddhist Diplomacy and India’s Union of Religious and Foreign Policy

Raymond Lam Article

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), along with Indian, Japanese, and Mongolian partners, hosted its third Samvad (which, in Hindi, means “dialogue”) conference in Ulaanbaatar over last Friday and the weekend. As reported in BDG’s ne....

September 16, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , vifindia , Ulaanbaatar , South Korea , Samvad , religion , Myanmar , mongolia , military , Japan , China , buddhist diplomacy , Buddhism , Asia , A New India

Implementation of the Decision on the Chief of Defence Staff for Indian Armed Forces

VIF Study Group Report Article

Composition of the Study Group

The long awaited decision of the government to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for the Indian Armed Forces has finally been taken and is a welcome move. This reform would definitely bring better integ....

September 13, 2019 Defence , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , MoD reforms , Guidelines on CDS function , Govt CDS initiative