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A New President and a New Hope for Taiwan

The decisive victory of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen in the Presidential elections in Taiwan was unexpected. Pre poll surveys had predicted a victory but the huge margin of votes with which she defeated the incumbent Pr....

February 15, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan’s political set up , National People’s Party

Interaction with a visiting Japanese Economic and Cultural Exchanges Delegation

Members of the VIF faculty on 01 February 2016 held a wide ranging interaction with a fifteen-member visiting delegation from Japan, led by Mr. Kenichi Watanabe, Chairman of FEC Japan India and Cultural Economic Exchange Committee and comprising of a....

February 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Japan , Japanese Economic and Cultural Exchanges Delegation , Cultural Economic Exchange Committee

Case for a Regional Maritime Security Construct for the Indo Pacific

Commodore Gopal Suri

The Indian Ocean has been the hub of major economic activity and global realpolitik since the end of the Second World War. It has assumed greater importance since the penultimate decade of the last century and will continue to remain so in the....

January 29, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Maritime Security , Indian Ocean , South East Asia

Interaction with Prof Alexander Lukin, Director of the Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies

Members of the VIF faculty, on 18 January 2016, interacted with Prof Alexander Lukin, Head, Department of International Relations, National Research University Higher School of Economics and Director, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Or....

January 21, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Shanghai Cooperation Organization , Prof Alexander Lukin , Syrian crisis , US rebalance strategy

Interaction with Prof. Yu Longyu, Director, Centre for Indian Studies, Shenzhen University, China

On 12 January 2016, the VIF held an informal interaction with Prof. Yu Longyu, Director of Centre for Indian Studies, Shenzhen University, China, focusing on the role intellectuals, especially writers and teachers, potentially can play in improving t....

January 18, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , India-Pakistan border , Shenzhen University

Rebooting India-Russia ties

Amb Kanwal Sibal

The international environment is changing, with new opportunities and challenges. India is not where it was since the early 90s. Our economic growth, even if it has been less spectacular than that of China, has changed international perceptions about....

January 12, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Skill India , Digital India , Smart Cities , India-Russia , Start-Up India

Modi Visits Russia

Amb Prabhat P Shukla

With all major foreign engagements, it takes a little time – or longer – for the full facts and implications to emerge; so it is with Modi’s visit to Russia. And the documents and statements made by the leaders do not cover all the ground. Howe....

January 05, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Putin , PM Modi , Modi-Putin

Interaction with an Australian Delegation

Leading a six-member delegation, Mr. Ric Wells, a senior career diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia, visited the VIF on 18 Dec 2015 for an interaction with members of the VIF faculty. Discussions were held across a ra....

January 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indo-Pacific Region , Australian Delegation

Interaction with Goran Persson, Ex-Prime Minister of Sweden

On 11 Dec 2015, the VIF hosted ex-Prime Minister of Sweden Mr. Goran Persson for an interaction on regional economic prospects, climate change, terrorism and Europe’s relations with Russia, among other issues. The interaction kicked off with Genera....

January 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , International cooperation , Ex-Prime Minister of Sweden

Modi-Putin Combo Imparts Momentum to Indo-Russian Relations

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Russia towards the close of year 2015 remains significant in view of the complex changes that have been taking place on the international firmament and India’s endeavours to realize its policy interests. Both P....

December 31, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Modi-Putin , Indo-Russian