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Launch of ‘Character – the Power Supreme’ at VIF

‘Character – the Power Supreme’, the last book authored by late B P Singhal, former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, was launched at a function at the VIF by former Deputy Prime Minister Shri L K ....

September 10, 2013 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Indian Parliament , Character – the Power Supreme
Geopolitics of RCEP and TPP: Implications for India
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed grouping that is centered around ten members of ASEAN and includes the format of ASEAN +6, which includes China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India. ASEAN already has ....

September 10, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
VIF Delegation’s Visit To Israel

A VIF delegation led by Gen (Retd) N C Vij, former Chief of Army Staff and Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, VIF; Lt. Gen. (Retd) R. K. Sawhney, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff and Distinguished Fellow, VIF and C D Sahay former Secretary, R&AW and ....

September 10, 2013 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Israel , Indian Ocean , Gulf , Middle East , Galilee International Management Institute , Asia Pacific Region
Should the Indian and Pak PMs meet in New York?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Whether the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, should meet his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, in New York in September has become a politically controversial issue. The government is being cautious in not ruling in or out such a meeting at this....

September 09, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Biden’s India Visit – Points to Ponder
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Vice President Joe Biden was in India for four days in July, visiting Delhi and Mumbai. The visit got less than the usual level of media exposure than high-level visits from the US normally attract. This was effectively the second visit at this level....

September 09, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
National Interests should Guide India’s Afghan Policy
Amb Kanwal Sibal

2014 will be a turning point in Afghanistan. Power will be handed over to a new President after elections. The US military will complete its withdrawal. The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) will take over the security responsibility for the cou....

September 07, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
How All India Are The All India Services?
Dr M N Buch (late)

Article 1 of the Constitution makes India a Union of States and the Seventh Schedule framed under Article 246, by containing List 1, the Union List, List 2, the State List and List 3, the Concurrent List prescribes the legislative bounds of Parlia....

September 06, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
Israel Palestine Talks: Joining Pieces to Attempt Peace
Col Rajeev Agarwal

The recommencement of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis on 29 July 2013 was long overdue and marked the culmination of six rounds of shuttle diplomacy in the region over the past six months by John Kerry, US Secretary of State holding mul....

September 06, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
INS Sindhurakshak Tragedy: Navy should Strengthen and Safeguard its Submarine Fleet
Radhakrishna Rao

Even as the Indian Navy, the youngest of the three services, had every reason to rejoice over India’s home-grown nuclear powered submarine INS Arihant attaining criticality and the launch of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in the fir....

September 04, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Interaction with H. E Amb Glenn White, Australian Ambassador to Nepal

On 3rd September 2013, VIF welcomed Amb Glenn White, the Australian Ambassador to Nepal for a brief interaction on the latest political developments in Nepal. Having spent the last four months in Nepal, Amb White gave a succinct assess....

September 03, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , Nepal , Australia , Himalayan state , Australian Ambassador , Democratic values
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