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Roundtable Discussion on ‘India-China Relations’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Round Table Discussion on ‘India-China Relations: Global, Regional and Bilateral Context’, including the economic issues. The speakers at the Round Table were:-

Amb. Ashok Kan....

August 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , QUAD , Chinese economy , Xi Jinping , India-China relations , BRI , Chinese Constitution , China’s Military Restructuring

कोरियाई उपमहाद्वीप में नए अंत का आरंभ

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

उत्तर कोरिया में प्योंगचांग शीतकालीन ओलिंपिक खेलों से पहले लगभग साढ़े तीन महीने की उच्चस्तरीय �....

August 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , अमेरिका-उत्तर कोरिया संबंध , उत्तर कोरिया परमाणु निरस्त्रीकरण

Round Table Discussion on ‘Asia-Africa Growth Corridor’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), a multilateral initiative with an objective to enhance growth and connectivity between Asia and Africa. It focuses on devel....

August 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , India Africa Forum Summit , Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

Marine Debris Worry Indian and Indonesian Leaders

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

The ‘Shared Vision of India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’¹ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia lists several issues for practical cooperation. Broadly, the leaders iden....

August 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Featured , Commentary , Bay of Bengal plastic debris , India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation

Two Years of PCA Judgement on South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

On January 22, 2013 the Philippines had instituted an arbitral proceeding against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under Annex VII of the United Nations Conventions on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) as case number 2013-19. After over ....

August 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , The Philippines-China dispute

Prof Tai Ming Cheung’s Talk, ‘Understanding China's Progress in the Development of its Defence and Strategic Science, Technology and Innovation Capabilities’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Prof Tai Ming Cheung, an Associate Professor at the School and Director of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), University of California. The talk was on ‘Understanding China....

August 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Communist Party of China , Tai Ming Cheung , S&T , IDDS model , Defence Advanced Research Project Agency

China-ASEAN Negotiations on Code of Conduct for the South China Sea

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It has been reported in the media that China and the ten ASEAN countries have agreed on a single draft of a negotiating text for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS). The formal announcement may be made soon. Negotiations on COC will ....

August 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , Code of Conduct

Visit of Delegation from the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) to China

A VIF Delegation comprising of Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) representative at Shanghai, Sh Madhav Sharma, visited China from 16th-18th of July. The Delegates in....

July 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , India-China trade , Cultural cooperation

कोरिया प्रायद्वीप में शुरू हुआ संवादः सामुद्रिक सुरक्षा के समाधान की उम्मीद

Commodore Somen Banerjee

इस साल 26 अप्रैल को दक्षिण कोरियाई धरती पर कदम रखते ही किम जोंग उन 1950 के दशक में कोरियाई युद्ध के बा....

July 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , उत्तर और दक्षिण कोरिया , सामुद्रिक विवादों के समाधान

Working to a Game Plan: Kim Jong-un

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

One has got to give it to Kim Jong-un, or more appropriately, the neo international statesman, who now with a ‘winner’ lapel on his coat is already in the mop up mode of consolidating and furthering the gains of his Singapore Summit. In just a w....

July 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Kim Jong-un , North Korea’s economic re-construction