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Parliament and India-China relations
Rup Narayan Das Article

The recent accusation and allegations by the opposition parties particularly Congress with regard to the government’s handling of the India-China relations, in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border was unfortunate and irrespons....

July 20, 2020 China , Governance and Political Studies , Article , China , foreign policy , opposition parties , Territorial integrity , LAC , Tibet , national interest , Members of Parliament , India-China war 1962 , Prof. NG Ranga , McMahon Line , forthcoming Parliament Session
Eastern Ladakh: Studying the ‘Warning Shots’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The whys and wherefores of the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh, cumulated with the larger peripheral belligerence in South China and East China Seas and the Taiwan Straits in 2020, have been debated ad infinitum. The events of Galwan Valley, Hot....

July 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , Strategic Support Force , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , ISR , Strategic Rocket Force , Xinjian , PLA Western Theatre Command
Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China
Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist
Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District
What is Happening in Tibet

... Tibetans are imprisoned for expressing their opinions or beliefs ... monasteries are under police surveillance ... the Chinese Communist Party – not Tibetan Buddhists – has the authority to identify and appoint reincarnated Tibetan Lamas, ....

April 20, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , China , Chinese Communist Party , PLA , Dalai Lama , Tibet , Tibetan Lamas , Tibetan Buddhists
Interaction of Brig V Anand of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, with students of MIT School of Government, Pune

On March 12, 2018, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a group of teachers and students from the MIT School of Government, Pune. The session was chaired by Brig Vinod Anand. The other members on the panel were Shri RNP Singh (Senior Fel....

March 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , China , Maritime Security , Tibet , MIT School , Kashmiri Pandits
Ladakh Youth Delegation at VIF

A youth delegation from Ladakh visited VIF on October 9, 2014. Addressing the delegates, Lt Gen (Retd) R K Sawhney, Distinguished Fellow, VIF, urged them to preserve their rich heritage and culture. Citing his experience in Lhasa, Tibet, Lt Gen Sawhn....

October 14, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Tibet , Ladakh Youth Delegation , Chinese incursions in Ladakh
Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts....

March 19, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Pakistan , China , Defence , Kashmir , Security Policies , Tibet , Nehru Era , Kashmir Conflict
A Report on Seminar: ‘Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of Political Authority’

On 6 & 7 September 2011, the Vivekanada International Foundation (VIF) organised a conference on ‘Tibet in the Aftermath of Devolution of Political Authority’. The conference was designed to address topics like Tibetan politics and new leadership....

September 15, 2011 Seminar_57 , Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Seminars , China , Tibet , Political Authority , Central Tibetan Administration
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