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The VIF held a closed-door informal interaction with a five-member Australian delegation led by Mr Graham Fletcher, First Assistant Secretary, North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), and comprising of Mr Adam Clancy, Ms ....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , US Foreign Policy , Australian Delegation , North East Asia , President Trum

VIF - JINF ‘Bilateral Dialogue’ on India-Japan Relations, 16 February 2017

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a bilateral dialogue with Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) on 16 February 2017 to deliberate on the changing strategic environment in Asia and enhance India-Japan bilateral ties....

March 08, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Indo-Pacific , India’s Act East Policy , JINF , Asia-Pacific , India-Japan Relations

The Second Australia India Leadership Dialogue (2016)

India and Australia are ideally placed to develop a close, comprehensive partnership so as to take advantage of the opportunities that are now available in a world where the economic and political gravity is shifting towards the Indo-Pacific regio....

December 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Indo-Pacific , Asia Pacific , Australia India Leadership Dialogue

Joint RCSS-VIF-ITS Conference Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific

The Colombo-based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RSCC), in collaboration with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS) of Germany, organised a two-day conference on 21-22 October 2016 in Colombo....

November 09, 2016 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Featured , Conferences , Indo-Pacific , OBOR , European Union , United States , Southeast Asia , Emerging Strategic Dynamics

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

Managing the Rise of China and its Collusion with Pakistan

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

The foremost challenge to working to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific will be to manage the rise of a militarily assertive China that is seeking to achieve a ‘favourable strategic posture’. Having come close to completing its four m....

June 07, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Pakistan - China Relation , India-US strategic partnership

Seminar on India-China Maritime Cooperation

The VIF organised a Seminar on ‘India-China Maritime Cooperation’ in collaboration with a few Chinese think tanks namely, Naval Research Institute of PLAN, the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) and the Institute of Asia-Pac....

May 19, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Seminars , Indo-Pacific , India-China Maritime Cooperation , Asia-Pacific , Maritime Security Concerns

India-Japan Strategic Partnership: The evolving synergy in the Indo-Pacific

Ramanand Garge

Defence and security cooperation between India and Japan has evolved steadily over the years and constitutes a strong pillar of the bilateral relationship. There has been an increasing frequency of defence exchanges along the entire spectrum, from re....

March 23, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , strategic partnership , India-Japan

Malabar-2015: Towards collective security in the Indo-Pacific

Ramanand Garge

The strategically significant Joint India-US Naval exercise MALABAR-2015, hosted by India between October 14 and 21, 2015, conducted in the Bay of Bengal, in many ways, illustrates the growing multi-faceted military cooperation between India a....

December 04, 2015 Defence , Indo-Pacific , Malabar , India-US Naval Exercise