Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Respected science writer Nicholas Wade uncovers more. About how the guild of virology obfuscated, the World Health Organisation was suborned, the anti-Trump US media kept silent and the divided US polity let the culprit escape. Being a disciplined wr....

May 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , PLA , Chinese Military , Media , WHO , COVID-19 , Biden Administration , Wuhan Institute , US-China politics

Quagmire in Lebanon: Between Domestic Mismanagement and External Interference

Lebanon in the current decade has witnessed pressing economic instability, political turmoil, large scale protests, and clashes with security officials, fires and explosion exposing the gross mismanagement and the incapacity of the present political ....

May 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Iran , COVID-19 , Lebanon , Hezbollah , Beirut Port Blast , French Inititiative , Confessionalism , Harari government

Covid-19: The villain, bats or bat lady

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Even now, what the world knows about the mysterious virus 18 months after it broke out in Wuhan city in China, is that it is mysterious. Though officially called Covid-19 after its name was changed many times within three months of its detection, its....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , Global Security , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , SARS , Wuhan Institute of Virology

One Year of Chinese Aggression: Case of Unintended Consequences

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The consequences or outcomes of any deliberate aggression can never be foreseen in exactitude, many will be unintended and many a time unanticipated and with unexpected drawbacks. Indeed, many outcomes will have unexpected benefits, that can f....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Galwan , buffer zones , military talks

Gaza Conflict 2021: Why Now, Who Gains?

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

The guns have fallen silent, fighter aircrafts are back to their bases and the two sides, while counting their losses, are trying to hold onto their nerves as the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come to a halt after dec....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Gaza , Netanyahu , Biden , Hamas. Iran , Palsetine

Quad Plus Dialogue

The Quad Plus Dialogue is held every quarter, since 2013 and the Vivekananda International Foundation has been the designated think tank representing India since the inception of this dialogue. Apart from VIF, the other think tanks from Quad members ....

May 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , US , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , QUAD , Australia , Singapore

Can Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be ever Amended?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The worsening security environment in the Northeast Asian region triggered by China’s brazen aggressive and threatening foreign policy posture and North Korea’s nuclear and continuous missile firings has led to a debate in Japan if its pacifist p....

May 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security Environment , Constitution , Abe Shinzo , LDP , Article 9 , Article 96 , Diet , Amendment , regional tensions , shadow of the past , opinion polls , CDP , Komeito , ‘American imposition’ , Suga Yoshihide

VIF-IISS Roundtable on the UK’s Integrated Review: Impact on relations with India

The United Kingdom released its “Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy” on 16 March 2021. Titled ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’, the document stands out for shaping the country’s post-Brexit foreign, ....

May 24, 2021 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , UK , UK’s foreign policy

Talk by H.E. Amb. Emmanuel Bonne

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual talk by H.E. Amb. Emmanuel Bonn, diplomatic Advisor and G7-G20 Sherpa to the French President on 7th January 2021. On a visit to India for the annual strategic dialogue between France and ....

May 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , QUAD , Indian Ocean , France , Emmanuel Bonn , G 20

Strategic dialogue VIF-Australian National University

The Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the Australian National University organised a virtual discussion on the emerging geopolitical trends and their implications on 4 November 2020. The opening remarks were made by VIF direc....

May 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , QUAD , Emerging geopolitical trends