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Talk by UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon MP

The United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Defence, Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon MP delivered a perceptive talk at the VIF, on ‘the UK and India – together in an uncertain world’, during his one-day visit to India on 30 Oct 2014 which was essent....

November 03, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Security Council , Islamic State , World War I , India-UK Relations
Some Imperatives of Government
Dr M N Buch (late)

The present government at the Centre has just completed four and a half months in office. This is too short time to judge the performance of any government and, therefore, an effort will be made to ensure that this paper is in no way judgemental. H....

October 27, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
The Rise of the Islamic Caliphate: New Threat to Stability in West Asia
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

New Crisis: Barbarians on the March After having overrun Mosul and Tikrit in June 2014, the virulently radical Sunni militants of the new "caliphate" headed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the so-called Islamic State, appear to be gradually closin....

October 25, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Enhancing Strategic Partnership with Vietnam
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Introduction India and Vietnam share a close bonding since the Geneva Accords of 1954 which brought about an end to the First Indochina War. India has been an impartial member of the International Military Commission and the Vietnamese resp....

October 25, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Mr. Joseph M. Cohen, National Security Advisor of Israel

On October 22, 2014 Members of VIF faculty interacted with an Israeli delegation led by Dr. Joseph Cohen. He was accompanied by Israel’s ambassador to India H.E. Daniel Carmon. Dr. Cohen briefed the VIF faculty on the talks he had with India�....

October 25, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Israel , Make in India , ISIS
Interaction with Chinese Communist Party Delegation

A six-member Chinese delegation from the International Department, Communist Party of China, led by Dr. Lu Jianzhang, Deputy DG of Research Office, interacted with VIF faculty on, 20th of October, 2014. With Lt Gen (Retd) Ravi Sawhney, Distinguished ....

October 22, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Chinese Communist Party Delegation
Interaction with Japan’s Former Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs

The VIF hosted Mr. Hitoshi Tanaka, Japan’s former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and currently Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan's Research Institute, on 17 Oct 2014, for an interaction on the Japanese perception....

October 21, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Chinese economy , Japan , Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Need to Define Smart City Before Jumping Headlong
Dr M N Buch (late)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India will set up 100 Smart Cities in the near future. Many arguments are offered in favour of smart cities, one of which is that there is a demographic shift from village to town, this trend will acce....

October 21, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
Interaction with Taiwanese Strategist Dr. Francis Yi-Hua Kan

In an informal interaction with the VIF’s faculty, held on 15 Oct 2014, Dr. Francis Yi-Hua Kan, former Senior Advisor to the National Security Council, Republic of China, discussed Indo-Taiwan relations and the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacif....

October 17, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Taiwan , Indo-Taiwan relations , One-China policy
Interaction with H.E. Alexander Kadakin, Russia’s Ambassador to India

Russia's Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin was invited to VIF on 14 Oct, 2014 for an interaction with a select group of strategic experts to discuss the ‘Indo-Russian Relations and the Way Forward’. The interaction assumes significance in the....

October 14, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , Indo-Russian relations
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