Articles

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

On 20th of March a teleconference was held amongst some countries of the Indo-Pacific on the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was called by US and the participating countries included India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and Vietnam. The o....

March 25, 2020 Indo-Pacific , QUAD , COVID-19 , Corona Virus , India , US , Japan , Australia , South Korea , Vietnam , New Zealand , International cooperation , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Review of Japan 2019 and Outlook for 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

2019 was an eventful year for Japan in both national and international domains. From an imperial transition to being the G20 Chair, to major trade agreements and the deadly Typhoon Hagibis, the year was filled with its share of ups and downs for Japa....

February 03, 2020 EU , G20 , Reiwa Era , US , China , India , Iran , South Korea , Northeast India , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

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

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , United Nations Security Council , UN sanctions , South Korea , Russia , Regime , North Korea , International shipping , China , Indo-Pacific

Nuclear Sabre-rattling: Pakistan must Discard its Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

“Any nuclear weapon, of any quality, mode of delivery or yield, used against any type of target, will result in a strategic impact to which the logical response would be the use of nuclear weapons, more often than not, on an overwhelming....

October 10, 2017 Nuclear War , Tactical Nuclear Weapons , South Korea , Air Force , Pakistan , Foreign Minister , TNWs , weapons , Sabre-rattling , Nuclear Weapons , National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament