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Yearend Assessment of Vietnam’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Vietnam took over the chairmanship of ASEAN in November 2019, and outlined that the objective of the next year of ASEAN meetings would be on ‘cohesiveness and responsive attitude’. This was meant to bring about better understanding within the ASE....

December 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , ASEAN Summit , Covid , COC , AOIP , community building , UNCLOS 1982

Talk on Philosophy of the Upanishads

Vivekananda International Foundation organized a webinar on 17 December 2020 on Philosophy of the Upanishads by distinguished speaker, Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar, Dean, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. This lectu....

December 24, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Upanishads , Vedic Literature , Mundaka , Katha , Atman , Brahman , Adhaytma vidya , Nididhyasana , shraddha , satyanvesi

China: Path to Hi-Technology

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The world is on the threshold of major technology advances that will translate what has so far been in the realm of science fiction to everyday reality. There is clear promise of transformational changes, with the next couple of decades being witness....

December 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CCP , Robotics , AI , Civil Military Integration , Digital Belt and Road , SOEs , Thousand Talents programme

Introduction to Vedic Literature: The Upanishads

On 26 November, VIF organized a lecture on ‘Introduction to Vedic Literature: The Upanishads’ by Prof Shashi Prabha Kumar, Dean, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. This is part of the VIF Lecture Series ‘Philosoph....

December 23, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Brahmanas , Upanishad , Samhitas , Vedic , shakhas , suktas , mandalas

Dialectics of Political Aims, Modern War and Victory

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

The PLA transgressions of 2020 in Eastern Ladakh, the large induction of units and formations that followed brought the PLA and Indian Army face to face, often in a nail-biting situation. The Agreements signed with China over three decades had been l....

December 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , future war , LOC. PLA transgressions , three warfares

कोविड-19 में नेपाली अर्थव्यवस्था को पटरी पर लाना

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

दुनिया में शायद ही ऐसा कोर्ई देश हो, जो कोवि़ड-19 जैसी वैश्विक महामारी से पीड़ित न हुआ हो। हालांकि....

December 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , भारत। अर्थव्यवस्था। रोजगार। कोविड-19। करों। काठमांडू घाटी।

The Drones of Nagorno-Karabakh....Where are we?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This article is a sequel to the author’s preceding work titled, “Why the drones turned the tide for Azerbaijan”¹. The previous work analysed the reasons as to why Armenia suffered such crippling losses attributed mainly to drone ....

December 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Nagorno-Karabkh , drone strike , drone defence , drone threat from Pakistan and China

The New National Security Directive will Strengthen Telecom Security

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a landmark decision, the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken steps to strengthen the security of telecom networks in India.¹ Henceforth, it will be mandatory for the telecom network providers to use only ‘trusted products’ from....

December 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , National Security Council Secretariat , cybersecurity , Digital Authority , Deputy NSA , National Security Directive

India Vietnam Relations on an Even Keel but Need a Push

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

On the eve of forthcoming virtual summit between Prime Ministers Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Narendra Modi it would be useful to reflect on the current status of bilateral relationship and look for ways and means to impart further momentum to the same. Over....

December 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , ASEAN , PM Modi , Vietnam , defence cooperation , hydrography , PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc