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Interaction with a U.S. Delegation on ‘US and Indian Roles in Afghanistan’

Representatives from Monitor 360, a US-based consultancy firm executing a project for the US Department of Defence and engaged in research and study of global strategic and analytical challenges, visited VIF on Feb 14, 2012. Their visit ostensibly ai....

February 16, 2012 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Conferences , Taliban , Civil war , US Delegation , Indian Roles in Afghanistan , Asia-Pacific strategy
Obama’s New Strategic Guidance Indicates a Shift in Defence Policy
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

The new strategic guidance for the US Department of Defence, issued on January 5th 2012, in an eight page document entitled “Sustaining US Leadership: Priorities for 21th Century Defense”, merits careful study. It not only ....

January 30, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , US
American Nightmare
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Book Review - That Used To Be US by Tom Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book spells out succintly where the US is slipping up, says Kanwal Sibal As the title suggests, this book deals with the reality of the United States’ slow decli....

January 05, 2012 US
Indo - Us Ties will see better days
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Public readings of the temperature of the India-US relationship keep fluctuating depending on assessments of the moment. Doubts are being raised again whether the relationship has reached a plateau and enthusiasm has waned on both sides. Lack of deli....

November 23, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Interaction with US Congressional Delegation

Leading a four-member delegation of the Oversight and Investigation for the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, Chief Council Mr. J Harold Rees, visited Vivekananda International foundation Oct 21, 2011 for an ....

October 28, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , US Congressional Delegation , US Secretary of State
Our Pak Policy Has Lost Focus
Amb Kanwal Sibal

US exasperation with Pakistan is mounting, with sharper warnings to it to curb the Haqqani group. The need to repeat such warnings in public also suggests a degree of helplessness in compelling Pakistan to do America’s bidding. Pakistan’s tenacio....

October 27, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Pakistan
Geostrategic Factors In Indo-US Relations
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

An examination of the history of the Indo-American engagement since Indian Independence shows that there were three major occasions when the relationship might have developed along more positive lines. These were, first, in the period immediately aft....

October 18, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Cables Wake-Up Call for Politicos
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Should Wikileaks be taken seriously? Has our media giving them more attention than they deserve? These are the questions that have been asked. The first round of Wikileaks created a sensation as, for the first time ever, classified diplomatic communi....

September 15, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
NO NEED TO BE ON BACKFOOT
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Our transforming relationship with the United States presents major opportunities as well as snares. The increasing attention we receive from the US recognizes as well as contributes to our growing international stature. If the US re-evaluates the po....

July 26, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
What is “Strategic” about Promoting Pvt Firms?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The second round of the India-US strategic dialogue has not produced anything especially noteworthy. The bilateral agenda is “transformational” in scope, as it seeks to overcome the hurdles and inhibitions of the past, and has spawned 21 Dialogue....

July 23, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
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