International Relations and Diplomacy
India and US Engagement: Deliberate and Determined Delivery

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US has become the focus of discussion amongst the strategic community across the world. Being dubbed as “the most consequential, comprehensive strategic partnership”, India-US ties have withsto....

Talk by Amb. Arun Kumar Singh

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Amb. Arun Kumar Singh on “An Assessment of the New US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET)” on February 23, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired....

Indian Prime Ministers and Engagement with the U.S. Congress

On June 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will enter the Chamber of the House of Representatives on the Capitol Hill, to record a rare distinction. He will be joining a handful of world leaders who addressed the Joint Sitting of the United States Cong....

Next Phase of India- US Strategic Partnership: Maximise Hope without Underestimating Challenges

Background
The momentum for the forthcoming State visit of PM Modi to the US, scheduled to commence June 21, 2023, is building up progressively. In the run-up to the visit, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin was in Delhi on June 04-05; ....

India-US Defence Cooperation: Assessing US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Visit to India

Introduction
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III was on a crucial visit to India from 4-5 June 2023 to discuss and explore ways to further strengthen the India-US defence and strategic partnership. During the visit, the two sides ....

Will Kishida go for a snap election in Japan?

Amid speculation that Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might call for a snap election, the news of fissures in the LDP-Komeito alliance would not be a welcome prospect for the future of Japanese politics. The speculation emerged following a flu....

A Counterintuitive Assessment of China-Russia Energy Ties

Since the 04 Feb 2022 Xi-Putin summit, strategic analysts have accorded greater attention to the growing ties between China and Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war that would start twenty days later has brought forth new dynamics, as well as limitations o....

Chinese Foreign Minister Highlights Main Features of China’s Foreign Policy

The latest (May 16) issue of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s leading theoretical fortnightly magazine ‘Qiu Shi’ (Seeking Truth) included a lengthy article by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. In it Qin Gang quite expli....

Erdogan Consolidates Power in Turkey with Third Win: India needs to be Watchful

The unprecedented third term that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won during the second round of presidential elections has attracted considerable media attention in India and Europe. Before the first round of elections held on 14 May, opinion....

India-US relations: Rescuing reality from expectations

While wanting US technological and security support to facilitate its rise, India does not acknowledge reciprocal obligations, even on a common challenge like China. Writing in the US journal Foreign Affairs (‘America’s bad bet on India’), A....

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