Articles

The United Nations 73rd General Assembly Session

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

“Making the United Nations relevant to all people: global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies”, this will be the theme for the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) from 15 Sept....

September 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indian priorities in 73rd UNGA , 73rd Session UNGA

Is BIMSTEC Finding due Attention?

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

Peace Mission 2018 - the Larger Perspective

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM,AVSM,VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Somebody queried, "While Indian armed forces do joint military exercises with almost every nation in the immediate neighbourhood, even China, and with many others in the external environment, why not with Pakistan"? The quick reply was, "Joint exerci....

September 14, 2018 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Multinational military exercises , Exercise Peace Mission 2018

The Tehran Summit

Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary

The trilateral Summit of Iran, Turkey and Russia concluded in Tehran on 7th September with a reaffirmation of support for the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria. The Summit once again underlined the central role of Ru....

September 12, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tehran Summit , Syria-Idlib war , Astana Process

Developments in West Asia, August 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Jordan-Palestine Confederation

President Trump had spoken about his “ Deal of the Century” for resolving the Palestinian issue. He also created a huge controversy and immense setback to the prospects of the Middle East Peace Process w....

September 12, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Yemen , Jordan- Palestine , Iran-US

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

Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific and India-Vietnam Cooperation

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

International order is undergoing profound and rapid changes, which compel all powers to continually adapt their foreign and security policies, in order to protect their national interests to the extent possible. The term Indo-Pacific though over a d....

September 06, 2018 Indo-Pacific , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific concept , India-Vietnam Cooperation

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

Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation

Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

September 05, 2018 Pollution , Maritime cooperation , China , India , Pollution of the seas , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats

Pinaki Bhattacharya Article

Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging fro....

August 28, 2018 International order , China , India , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy