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India Impacted by the Great Geopolitical Churn

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Any attempt towards predicting the emerging world order is more likely to be incorrect. The geopolitical churn is so immense and future so fundamentally incomprehensible that it will be well served to desist from dire prognostications. The era is cau....

March 15, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , Russia , economy , sanctions , Ukraine , Oil , G20 , Covid , defence budgets

Decoding the Presidential Election of Nigeria

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In this episode of VIF podcast, Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation and Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF discuss the implications of Nigerian Presidential election for Nigerian democracy a....

March 15, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Boko Haram , Podcast , Nigeria , : Bola Tinubu , Naira , India Nigeria Relations , Nigerian Presidential Election

PM Albanese in India: A Natural Momentum to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Australia rests on the pillars of trust and reliability. Australian PM Albanese has just completed a successful 4-day visit to India this week (8-12 March 2023), which took him to Ahmedabad fo....

March 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Australia , PM Modi , ETCA , CEPA , PLI , Albanese , Joint Exercises , MRAs

Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey and its Regional and Domestic Ramifications

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, delves into the domestic and regional ramifications of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey and sheds light on India's response in the two West Asian states. He also touches upon the current dynamics ....

March 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Syria , Narendra Modi , Turkey , Bashar al Assad , Podcast , Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Xi Jinping Tightens his Grip on the Security Apparatus

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Moving rapidly after the 20th Party Congress (October 6-12, 2022) approved his policies and endorsed him for a third term, Chinese President Xi Jinping has over the past year and a half further tightened his grip on the Party, the People's Liberation....

March 09, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Politburo , CCP , Party Congress , Ministry of Public Security , two establishments

How Useful was Secretary Blinken’s Visit to Central Asia?

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

A year has passed since the Ukrainian conflict erupted in February last year. This crisis has had a devastating impact not just on the countries involved but also on those not part of this conflict. Supply chain disruptions, a ....

March 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Russia , SCO , Central Asia , reforms , CSTO , C5+1 , Ukraine Crisis , Sanctions. USA

Can India Play any Role for Peace in the Korean Peninsula?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

At a time when the Ukraine crisis has hogged international limelight impacting trade of energy, food and supply chain disruptions and many related worrying fallouts, the world seems to have drifted into a new era of Cold War with the US, West and NAT....

March 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Nuclear Weapons , missile firings , Extended deterrence , 1 March Movement , Table-Top Exercise , provocations

VIF Hosts the High Commissioner of South Africa and Ambassador of Sudan under its Connect Africa Programme

The High Commissioner of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. JS Ndebele, and the Ambassador of Sudan, His Excellency Mr Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, gave presentations on the status of India's relations with their respective nations and their prospects....

March 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , Indian Ocean , Cold War , South Africa , USSR , Connect Africa , Periplus , Erythraean Sea

Xi Jinping’s Leadership Appears to be Facing Opposition

Jayadeva Ranade Article

From the time Xi Jinping made his ambition for a third term clear, and for months before the 20th Party Congress (October 6-12, 2022), China’s official media has been publishing a series of articles highlighting the importance of safeguarding Xi Ji....

March 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , CDIC , two safeguards , rectification campaign

Talk on “Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region” by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva on

“Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region”

on February 13, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired the session and made welcom....

March 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Interaction , US , China , Middle East , Economic Partnership , Indo- Pacific