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Round Table on ‘Xi Jinping Visit and India-China Relations’

A Round Table to discuss the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India was organized at VIF on 29 August 2014. In his opening remarks, General NC Vij, Director, VIF underlined the importance of military factor as constituting the....

September 16, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Indian Ocean Region , India-China relations , Xi Jinping Visit
China’s Pakistan Syndrome and India
Sushant Sareen

As two giant countries sharing a common border, India and China have a host of issues between them that they need to sort out and work together. From border disputes to concerns over river waters, from trade imbalances to safety of investment and mar....

September 16, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
India and Japan: Asia’s Best Friends
Aftab Seth

India’s relations with Japan reach back over 15 centuries. The Tokyo Declaration issued on September 1st 2014, on the occasion of the meeting of the two Prime Ministers, echoed this connection in the following words: ”Conscious tha....

September 15, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
Vimarsha on Teacher’s Day: Prof J S Rajput, former NCERT, Director

Noted educationist and former NCERT Director Prof J S Rajput addressed the Vimarsha programme at VIF on the occasion of Teacher’s Day on September 5, 2014. Speaking on the topic, ‘Education and Teachers: Emerging Perspectives’, he outlined....

September 15, 2014 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Education , NCERT , Indian society
Interaction with Chinese Scholars

Vivekananda International Foundation held an interactive session between eminent scholars from China and the VIF faculty on 27 August 2014. The session was organized to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to India in September and....

September 12, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit , Sino-Indian relationship
Interaction with Islamic Scholar Syed Babar Ashraf

Mr. Syed Babar Ashraf, noted Islamic scholar and National Secretary, All India Ulama & Mashaikh Board interacted with the VIF faculty on July 23, 2014. In his address, Ashraf traced the history of Wahabism and its growing presence in India. He sai....

September 12, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Iraq , Syria , Syed Babar Ashraf , Wahabism , India Ulama & Mashaikh Board
Will President Xi Jinping’s Visit change the Contours of Sino-Indian Ties?
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The coming visit of President Xi Jinping is being viewed as a visit that could define the next decade of engagement between the two Asian giants. It is generally accepted that Sino-Indian relationship could turn out to be more important than the....

September 12, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
India-Japan Ties: Tokyo Must Move Forward on Nuke Deal to Realise Strategic Potential
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just concluded visit to Japan has been successful on various counts. Politically, the India-Japan relationship has been solidified; economically, prospects of major Japanese investments in India have improved; on the ....

September 11, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
President’s Visit to Further Boost India-Vietnam Ties
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Introduction India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently completed a visit to Vietnam from 24 August to 26 August 2014. During the visit, she interacted with the top leaders of the country and candidly stated that o....

September 10, 2014 Media Studies
India Should Leverage the Tectonic Shift in the Global Economic Order
Prof R Vaidyanathan

As per Angus Maddison’s pioneering OECD study, India and China had nearly 50 percent of the global GDP as late as the1820‘s.1 Hence, India and China are not emerging or rising powers. They are merely retrieving their original position ....

September 09, 2014 Economic Studies
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