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Vimarsha on ‘Science’ of Economics - Dr. Rathin Roy, Director & CEO, NIPFP

Vimarsha, VIF’s monthly series of talks, was held on 18 Dec 2014 with Dr. Rathin Roy, Director & CEO, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and Member, Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India, speaking on the ‘Scienc....

December 19, 2014 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , World Bank , IMF , Science of Economics
Interaction with KIDA, a South Korean Think Tank

Dr Cho Nam Hoon, Director, Korean Institute for Defence Analyses (KIDA), leading a three-member delegation, visited VIF on 17 Dec 2014 for an interaction on issues bearing strategic relevance to both India and South Korea. The delegation interacted e....

December 18, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , India’s Act East Policy , Asia-Pacific , South Korean , KIDA , North Korea’s de-nuclearisation
How the Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan is being Funded?
Gaurav Dixit

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its latest Afghanistan Opium Survey 2014 suggests that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has hit an all-time high in 2014. It was estimated at 224,000 hectares in 2014, a 7% increase from the previous year, ....

December 18, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
IS Growth Poses Threat to Several Countries
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The menace which has been created by the Sunni militant group, Islamic State (IS) is likely to stay for some time to come. Despite the United States (US)-led coalition airstrikes to destroy the terror organisation , there has been no significant decl....

December 16, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , West Asia
Round table on India-Sri Lanka Relations

Experts and scholars from Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka and members of VIF Faculty discussed a broad range of bilateral issues between India and Sri Lanka on 09 December 2014. The Sri Lankan team was led by Amb. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman, and....

December 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Interaction , Indian Ocean , India-Sri Lanka relations , Sri Lankan Civil War
Modi’s Visit to Nepal: An Assessment
C D Sahay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kathmandu from November 25-27 to participate in the 18th SAARC Summit. Though the visit was primarily for a multi-lateral event,the summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), i....

December 15, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal
An Agenda for India’s new Defence Minister
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Mr. Manohar Parrikar as India’s new Defence Minister. The Minister will require all his management skills to set the right priorities for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the armed forces. He will need to....

December 12, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Interaction on India-Japan Relations

A four-member delegation from Japan Institute of International Affairs, led by Ambassador Yoshiji Nogami, visited VIF on 08 December 2014 for an interaction on India-Japan relations. The interaction broadly encompassed three strategic aspects: streng....

December 11, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Abenomics , Modinomics , Asia-Pacific , India-Japan Relations
Joint VIF-RUSI-CICIR Seminar on Afghanistan at Beijing

A trilateral conference ‘China, India, the UK and Afghanistan- A Partnership for Stability’ was held in Beijing from 24 to 26 November 2014 under the auspices of VIF, Royal United Services Institute of UK (RUSI) and China Institute for Con....

December 11, 2014 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , CICIR , RUSI , Afghan National Security Forces , Karzai government
India and Russia: Putin Visit to Boost Ties
Dr Nivedita Das Kundu

The India-Russia Strategic partnership was formed in the year 2000. Russia was the first country with whom India established a strategic partnership and in the year 2010 during the 11th Summit, India and Russia elevated their relationship to a “Spe....

December 10, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia
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