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BIMSTEC

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Conceived and formed in 1997 at Bangkok initially as a grouping of Bay of Bengal littoral countries, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping has expanded to include hinterland countries li....

September 14, 2018 Indian Ocean Region , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Kathmandu Summit , BIMSTEC

BIMSTEC – The Rubik’s Cube

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On August 30-31, the seven-member Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held its 4th Summit at Kathmandu within a span of over two decades. Many observers had begun to cast a shadow of doubt on its r....

September 10, 2018 Indo-Pacific , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , BIMSTEC , Asian regional cooperation , 4th Kathmandu Summit

BIMSTEC: Poised to make Progress?

Dr Sreeradha Datta, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

India’s commitment towards establishing regional connectivity has been reiterated once again at the Bay of Bengal initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit held at Kathmandu on August 30-31, 2018. According ....

September 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , regional cooperation , BIMSTEC , 4th Summit at Kathmandu

Securitization of BIMSTEC can protect the Blue Economy of Bay of Bengal

Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF

The riches of the Ocean rival the wealthiest economies of the world. According to an estimate made by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the ocean assets can be valued at 24 trillion USD with an annual turnover in goods and services of around 2.5 trillion....

April 15, 2018 Blue Economy , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Economic Studies

BRICS 2016: An Analysis

Dr Teshu Singh, Associate Fellow, VIF

The 8^th BRICS Summit was held in Goa from 15-16 October 2016. The theme of the summit was “Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions”. On 16 February 2016, India took over as the President of BRICS. This is second chance ....

November 08, 2016 BRICS , BIMSTEC , NBD , Terrorism , economic cooperation , Economic Studies