Articles

Europe moving east, new alignments and priorities possible

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Recent interactions with strategic communities in Europe brought into focus how different the world looks from their vantage points and how geography – in its broader definition of location, physical features, natural resources, historical experien....

August 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Europe , NATO

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 14, 2022

Afghanistan

Attack on Kabul Hotel Sparks International Reactions: Tolo News

The attack on a hotel in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on Monday has brought international condemnation and calls to action. The Chinese Ministry of Fo....

December 14, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Kabul , Nepal politics , Europe , Nepal China , Security , Good Governance , WHO , Cambodia , IMF , United Nations , Indonesia , Floods , Sheikh Hasina , India-Maldives , India-Myanmar , Bhutan Economy , Nepal India , Bhutan India , Dhaka-Guwahati , IMF-Sri Lanka

VIF Cyber Review: July 2022

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Government of India issued a consultation paper on the “Need for a new legal framework governing Telecommunication in India”.

On 28 July 2022, the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Govt. o....

August 12, 2022 India , China , Russia , Europe , 5G , WhatsApp , TikTok , VIF Cyber Review , MeitY , Snapchat , Meta , Data Protection

Ukraine and the post-Cold War disorder

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war in Ukraine is in its sixth month, with no clarity on an endgame. Russia reiterates it will not back down, until it achieves its original objectives. Ukraine seeks more heavy weaponry from the West, to drive Russian forces back to their pre-wa....

August 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War

A brief for the Web page on the roundtable discussion on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict"

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict" at the VIF on 11 July 2022. The welcome remarks were given by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the participants w....

July 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Russia , Europe

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: May 2022

Naval Jagota

In the month of May 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized five expert group interactions and one think tank interaction with most of them being hybrid. The dominant theme in most of the interactions was the Ukraine-Russia conflict....

July 04, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan , Europe , USA , West Asia , PM Modi , Russia Ukraine war , impact on India

Responding to American Criticism of India’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

If western governments are ready to accommodate India by balancing their longer term interest in keeping it within their “democratic” fold with their shorter term interest in drawing India into the circle of “democratic” states condemning Rus....

June 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Article , India , Russia , Europe , Ukraine , Oil , America

China: Daily Scan, April 18, 2022

China's Xi'an launches new freight train service to Europe: Xinhuanet

April 14, 2022

Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, launched a new freight train service to Europe on Wednesday that traverses the Caspian Se....

April 18, 2022 Taiwan , Europe , RCEP , COVID-19 , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Shandong , Hainan , Dalian , Xian , Suzhou

Ukraine Crisis: Towards a New World Order

Brig Dinesh Mathur (Retd.) Article

The international order that existed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War heralded the emergence of a unipolar world with the operation of the Western Alliance sustained largely by the US (and Canada) military power an....

April 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War , World Order , Crimea

I. India in the UN