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Tensions in Taiwan Strait must not be Allowed to Develop into a Regional/Global Crisis – Part II

In the context of understanding the developments in the Taiwan Strait, two aspects need to be highlighted as a spillover of Taiwan-China spat: fresh US arms sales to Taiwan and increase in defence expenditure of Taiwan by almost 14 per cent. First....

September 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , PLA , Natuna Island , defence spending , arms sale , incursions , microprocessors , air-to-air missiles , invasion scenario

Tensions in Taiwan Strait must not be Allowed to Develop into a Regional/Global Crisis – Part I

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

The island nation of Taiwan is caught in the cross-fire between the US-China spat and navigating through turbulent waters after Beijing almost violently reacted by firing missiles into the Taiwanese waters in response to the US Speaker Nancy Pelosi�....

September 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , One China policy , Nancy Pelosi , Daniel Kritenbrink , European lawmakers , Keiji Furuya , Marsha Blackburn , PLA aircraft

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: August 2022

Naval Jagota

In the month of August 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a total of seven expert group, think tank, round table and eminent person interactions with most of them being hybrid but with increasing in person attendance. The month....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , China , Iran , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC Security Challenges , Transport Connectivity , Geo-economic Trends , developments in Sri Lanka

Remembering Gorbachev

Amb Rajiv Sikri Article

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” (William Shakespeare) Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing away on 30th August has compelled observers around the world to assess his place in history. For t....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Nuclear , Soviet Union , Ukraine , Yeltsin , Moscow , CPSU , Gorbachev , perestroika , KGB , Khrushchev , oligarchy , reform , Stalin , uskorine

India’s G20 Presidency

Amb Rajiv Bhatia

In this episode of VIF podcast, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on India’s upcoming G20 Presidency and the associated c....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , G20 , Emergency pandemic aid , Multilateralism , COVID19 , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union

Deterrence in Asymmetries

Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar (Retd) Article

Ashley Tellis’s book – ‘Striking Asymmetries- Nuclear Transitions in South Asia’ has caught some media attention with commentators calling for a review of India’s nuclear doctrine and posture in view of an assessed build up of nuclear arsen....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , India , Nuclear , Submarine , deterrence , Arsenal , credible and minimum

Interaction with Amb Mohan Kumar on “WTO and Global Trade”

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interaction with Ambassador Mohan Kumar (retd) on “WTO and Global Trade” on 18 July 2022. After Welcoming Remarks by Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney (Retd), Ambassador Mohan Kumar expounded on the history....

September 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , WTO , Global Trade

India at 75: Foreign and Economic Policies and the Road ahead

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Since independence India has evolved at a rapid pace and successfully embraced numerous structural changes. Amid the 21st century realities, as India turns 75, its foreign policy and growing economic capabilities lend a sense of optimism about the co....

September 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , foreign policy , economy , International Relations , Podcast , India@75 , Economic Policy

Sinostan: China's Growing Influence in Central Asia

Raffaello Pantucci

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China had greater ambitions to establish cordial relations with newly independent CARs, which had not previously been the case due to Sino-Soviet animosity. In addition, the geopolitical vacuum left by the ....

September 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , Xinjiang , Uyghurs , Sinophobia , Podcast

The Iraqi Political Conundrum

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Iraq’s problems do not seem to go away. Any effort for a domestic stabilization always meets with an unequal and more intense opposing force. Politico- religious leaders hold the sway. External powers play their own games in keeping their stables a....

September 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Iran , Iraq , Ali Khamenei , Shia , Kurds , Sadr , Sunni