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Interaction with H.E Dr Riyad Kamel Abbas, Syrian Ambassador to India

On 11th September 2013, VIF welcomed the Syrian Ambassador to India, H.E. Dr. Riyad Kamel Abbas for an interaction session. The interaction focused on various issues of mutual concern, including the ground situation in Syria, the issue of ....

September 12, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Islamic Radicalism , Syrian Ambassador to India , Cross-border terrorism
India’s Position on Syria is Correct and Justified
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The G 20 meeting in St Petersburg has further exposed and deepened international divisions on Syria. President Barack Obama believes that the Syrian government is responsible for last month’s chemical weapon attack in Damascus, whereas as the Russi....

September 11, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Geopolitics of RCEP and TPP: Implications for India
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed grouping that is centered around ten members of ASEAN and includes the format of ASEAN +6, which includes China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India. ASEAN already has ....

September 10, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
VIF Delegation’s Visit To Israel

A VIF delegation led by Gen (Retd) N C Vij, former Chief of Army Staff and Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, VIF; Lt. Gen. (Retd) R. K. Sawhney, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff and Distinguished Fellow, VIF and C D Sahay former Secretary, R&AW and ....

September 10, 2013 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Israel , Indian Ocean , Gulf , Middle East , Galilee International Management Institute , Asia Pacific Region
Biden’s India Visit – Points to Ponder
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Vice President Joe Biden was in India for four days in July, visiting Delhi and Mumbai. The visit got less than the usual level of media exposure than high-level visits from the US normally attract. This was effectively the second visit at this level....

September 09, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Israel Palestine Talks: Joining Pieces to Attempt Peace
Col Rajeev Agarwal

The recommencement of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis on 29 July 2013 was long overdue and marked the culmination of six rounds of shuttle diplomacy in the region over the past six months by John Kerry, US Secretary of State holding mul....

September 06, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Recent Political Developments in China
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Back in the days of the Soviet Union, readers of a nationalist newspaper, Sovetskaya Rossiya [Soviet Russia] were exposed to a full-page article by one Nina Andreeva, a chemistry teacher at the Leningrad Technology Institute. The article appeared in ....

August 27, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Interaction with H.E Mr Stewart Beck, Canadian High Commissioner to India

On August 14, 2013, VIF welcomed the High Commissioner of Canada to India, H.E. Mr Stewart Beck. Mr Ajit Doval, KC, Director, VIF, commenced the interactive session by briefing Amb Beck about the objectives and achievements of the Foundation as also ....

August 22, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Canada , India-Canada relations , Colombo Plan
Will China Checkmate India on Chabahar?
Radhakrishna Rao

In a development that could very well upset India’s geo-strategic apple cart, China is making deft and vigorous moves to woo Iran to accept its offer of US$80-million to upgrade the Chabahar port located on the coast of Gulf of Oman, off the Strait....

August 22, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
India’s Defence Diplomacy as a Component of its Look East Policy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The dominant impulse of India’s Look East Policy (LEP) that was launched in 1992 was economic and cultural, the objective being to reintegrate India economically and culturally with our civilisational neighbours of South East (SE) Asia. In December....

August 12, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
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