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Joint VIF-Heritage Interaction on “Future Trajectory of Indo-US Relations”

The Vivekananda International Foundation and The Heritage Foundation, USA jointly organized a web-based interaction session to deliberate upon the future trajectory of Indo-US relationship in the post-COVID era. The discussion centered around three ....

April 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , US , Defence Relations , India-US Trade , Infrastructure Cooperation
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: March 2021
Naval Jagota , Senior Fellow, VIF

In March six experts group discussions and one joint discussion with the Prospect Foundation were organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests from the neighbourhood, West As....

April 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , India-China relations , Iran’s Internal Political Dynamics , India-EU FTA
Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is geopolit....

March 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , QUAD , LoC , Taliban , DGMOs , FMS
Syrian Unrest: A Decade of Misery for Syrians
Amb VP Haran Article

18th March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the commencement of unrest in Syria. The arrest and ill treatment of 15 schoolboys in Darra, a town on the border with Jordan led to about 3000 people holding a demonstration after Friday prayers, demandi....

March 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , US , UNSC , Arab Spring , Turkey , Golan Heights , Bashar al Assad , Gulf States , Kurds
Japan-South Korea Entente Vital for Peaceful Indo-Pacific
Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Article

The Indo-Pacific region has gradually assumed a centrality in the global strategic balance for peace and security. The stability and tranquility of the four decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War is being challenged by an aggressive China. ....

March 16, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Japan , Biden
The Indo-Pacific: A Pause in the Game
Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The State of Play
As a Covid-wounded global community steps gingerly into 2021, a year ‘trumpeting’ a change of guard in the US, the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and an ongoing military stand-off between India and Chi....

March 10, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , India , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden , Suga
Analysing Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The US has come out with an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance on 03 March 2021 that will not only form the basis for Biden administration’s National Security Strategy but also would find its reflection in the forthcoming US Budget and es....

March 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US , China , Trump , NATO , Biden , Forever Wars , modernising military
Developments in Xinjiang
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli

Join Prof Srikanth Kondapalli and Dr Teshu Singh as they review the developments in Xinjiang