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India - Mauritius: An Umbilical Relation
Dr Neha Sinha

Located about 900 km east of Madagascar, Mauritius is the ‘Little India’ of the southwest Indian Ocean. While the vast majority of ethnically heterogeneous nations have struggled to form successful democracies, Mauritius has not. Since independen....

May 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Mauritius , colony , Indian Diaspora
Iran's Presidential Election
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Iran's just concluded 12th Presidential election attest the stability of the Iranian system. The election witnessed high voter turn-out of above 73 percent. Rouhani won 57 percent or 23,549,616 votes out of total of 40 million votes cast. He improved....

May 22, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , INSTC , Chabahar Port , Iran , Presidential elections , Rouhani , PM Modi , Tehran , International North-South Transit Corridor
The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Jayadeva Ranade

The upcoming 19th Congress of the nearly 88-million strong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is important not only for Xi Jinping and China, but potentially for China’s neighbours and the world. It will consolidate the course on which China is set. ....

May 18, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , Chinese Communist Party
Kazakhstan: Emerging Player on the World Stage
Dr Rashmini Koparkar

Kazakhstan has assumed non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the tenure of 2017-18. It is the first Central Asian Republic (CAR) to join this supreme body. Kazakhstan is a young nation that gained independence i....

May 17, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , UNSC , Emerging Player , Eurasian Economic Union
Achievements: India-Vietnam Defence and Security Cooperation
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“We realise that our efforts to bring economic prosperity to our people need to be accompanied by steps to secure them. Prime Minister and I have, therefore, agreed to deepen our defence and security engagement to advance our common interests. T....

May 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , security cooperation , South China Sea , Indo-Vietnam relations , Indo-Vietnam defence cooperation , Ho Chi Minh , Modi visit to Vietnam , Indian military
Round Table Discussion on Deep-Water Gas Pipeline

Dr T N Rao, on behalf of South Asia Gas Enterprise Private Ltd (SAGE), a consortium led by the Indian Siddho Mal Group, laid out a presentation for the VIF faculty on building a deep-water, trans-national, natural gas pipeline system from the Middle....

May 10, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Conferences , Gas pipeline , SAGE , SAGE Vision , MEIDP
Interaction with Chinese Scholars on the Belt & Road Initiative

With Beijing upping its diplomatic ante on its ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a group of Chinese scholars, led by Amb Liu Jinsong, visited the VIF to seek support for an international conference on the BRI slated to take place in Beijing on 14 & ....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Beijing , BRI , Belt & Road Initiative
Interaction with Delegation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China

A ten-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China, with Mr Yang Yu leading and Mr Wu Songlin, Mr Li Bijian, Ms Zhang Mengzhuo, among others, as members of the delegation, held a broad-ranging interaction with the VIF’s faculty on ....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Af-Pak region , Modi-Xi chemistry , common economic interests
Visit of Delegation from Peking University, China

Mr Liu Xianjing, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Center (ICC) for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), led a delegation from Peking University (China) to visit the VIF. The visit was aimed furthering the bilate....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , POK , Terrorism , CPEC , Af-Pak region , Peking University
Interaction with Australian Delegation

The VIF held a closed-door informal interaction with a five-member Australian delegation led by Mr Graham Fletcher, First Assistant Secretary, North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), and comprising of Mr Adam Clancy, Ms ....

May 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , US Foreign Policy , Australian Delegation , North East Asia , President Trum
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