Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

During the last weeks of the month of Ramadan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan faced the public wrath and continued demonstrations due to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored taxation regime and a poor state of the economy and opportunity ....

June 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Jordan unrest , Government change in Jordan

Yoga and an Indian Framework of Ethics

Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

In September 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the world by surprise when he proposed the adoption of an International Yoga Day (IYD) that will help create a change in lifestyle and consciousness, ....

June 21, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , International Yoga Day , Yoga , Yog

Maritime Power through Blue Economy in the Indian context

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Preface At the outset, this monograph has sought to resolve the ambiguities in comprehending the oft-used phrase ‘maritime power’. It has established that constituents are those permanent attributes which make a country easier....

June 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Blue Economy , Monograph , Maritime Power

OHCHR Report on Kashmir: Inconsistencies Exposes Malicious Intent

Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle Commentary

It is ironic that on a day when the entire nation was mourning the killing of one of the most respected journalists of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Mr Sujaat Bukhari, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published t....

June 20, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Biased OHCHR report , inconsistencies in OHCHR Report

The Trump-Kim Summit: A Mixed Bag

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The fact that the much talked about Summit meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim happened on June 12 in Singapore is an achievement by itself. The world would have been on edge without it. The short document signed, even though shorn of c....

June 20, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US-North Korea Summit , Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula

Review of the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on “The Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir”

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) Report (hereafter called ‘the Report’) on ‘The Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir’ attempts to project itself as an even-handed Report.¹ The bulk of the Report (140 par....

June 19, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Flawed UN HCHR Report , Pakistani manipulation UNHCHR Report

UNHRC Report on ‘Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018'

Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Commentary

Created as a follow-up to the Vienna Declaration on Human Rights in June 1993, the Office of the newly created High Commissioner for Human Rights was intended to ensure a balanced and equitable implementation of all human rights, be they ‘political....

June 18, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Prejudiced Report on Kashmir , Credibility of UNHRC

Interaction with Mr. AKM Chowdhury of Bangladesh Nationalist Party

A Roundtable interaction with Mr. AKM Chowdhury, former minister of Commerce and a ranking leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was organised at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on June 8, 2018. Introducing the gue....

June 18, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Bangladesh-India relations , AKM Chowdhury , Bangladesh Nationalist Party

गगन शक्ति अभ्यास, 2018, का महत्व

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

8 से 12 अप्रैल 2018 तक भारतीय वायु सेना के द्वारा भारत में गगन शक्ति अभ्यास 2018 किया गया जिसमें सभी अभि�....

June 18, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , भारतीय वायु सेना , गगन शक्ति अभ्यास , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा चुनौति

Report of OHCHR on Human Rights in Kashmir Reeks of Bias

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

The recent Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the ‘Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir’ is disappointing. It reeks of an anti-Indian bias and is deeply flawed. This is evident from the title itself w....

June 17, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , flawed OHCHR Report , Human Rights in Kashmir