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Round Table Discussion on Taking India and Central Asia to the Next Level

Report and Recommendations The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Round Table Discussion on ‘Taking India and Central Asia to the Next Level’ on 01 December 2017. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered th....

March 20, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Conferences , SCO , India-Central Asia relations , International North South Transport Corridor , Connectivity China

Commentary: Ethiopia under State of Emergency - Prospects to Strengthen India-Ethiopia Ties

Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Background Hailemariam Desalegn submitted his resignation as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia following years of unrest and crises in the country. His sudden withdrawal from the post of the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Ethiop....

March 19, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , Ethiopia emergency , Ethiopia unrest , Ethiopia , Significance of India

Vimarsha: ‘Changing Security Environment: The Role of Indian Army’, talk by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff

At a public event, organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13 Mar 2018 under the Vimarsha lecture series, General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), spoke about India’s changing security e....

March 19, 2018 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Army , CDS , Bipin Rawat , People's Liberation Army , Special Forces’

Discussion on the Rohingya Crisis

Background Rohingyas, with a population of nearly 1.1 million, are mostly Muslims living largely in Myanmar’s western coastal state of Rakhine and also in Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. There are about 40,000 of them also li....

March 19, 2018 Ilegal Immigration , Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , Rohingya crisis , Myanmar Army , Arakan Rohingy

Interaction with Prof Syyed Mohd Kazem Sajjadpour, President, Iranian Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized an interaction with Prof Syyed Mohd Kazem Sajjadpour, President of the Iranian Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), on 16 January 2018. He was accompanied by a senior-level....

March 19, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , IPIS , Gholamreza Ansari , India-Iran Bilateral Relations

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण एवं राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा: क्या है सम्बन्ध

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण 2017-18 हमें राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के विषय में क्या बताता है? यह एक अजीब प्रश्न है क्यू....

March 16, 2018 Economic Studies

Commentary: Cambodia inching closer to China: Regional Implications on the Indo-Pacific

Asha Sundaramurthy

The forcible dissolution of Cambodia’s opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the seizure of its headquarters and the crackdown on reporters has resulted in condemnation from the West. The Cambodian senate elections that were condu....

March 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China-Cambodia’s partnership , Chinese aid to Cambodia

Interaction of Brig V Anand of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, with students of MIT School of Government, Pune

On March 12, 2018, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a group of teachers and students from the MIT School of Government, Pune. The session was chaired by Brig Vinod Anand. The other members on the panel were Shri RNP Singh (Senior Fel....

March 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , China , Maritime Security , Tibet , MIT School , Kashmiri Pandits

Vimarsha: Ensuring Food Security for India

VIF’s monthly Vimarsha for the month of February, 2018, focused on ‘Ensuring Food Security for India’ through an enlightening talk delivered by Mr. S.K Pattanayak, Secretary to the Government of India (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfar....

March 16, 2018 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Food Security for India , Ministry of Agriculture

Religious Conflict in Sri Lanka: An Assessment

Akash Sahu

Sri Lanka’s trauma with communal violence raging in Kandy eased on March 9, 2018. According to media reports (Times of India & Indian express, Mar. 10, 2018), no incidents were reported from the affected neighbourhoods of Kandy since then, although....

March 15, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka communal violence , Sri Lanka emergency