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Interaction with Delegation from Royal College of Defence Studies, UK

A 17-member delegation of senior level defence officers and defence ministry officials from the UK and other countries led by Commandant RCDS, Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), Lt. Gen (Retd) Sir David Bill, KCB, visited the VIF on 30th

June 02, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , India’s foreign policy , Royal College of Defence Studies , UK , India’s economy , RCDS
BCIM Economic Corridor: Prospects and Issues
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction One of the cornerstones of India’s strategy has been to develop India economically and technologically. Another facet of India’s policy has been to seek partnerships on the strategic, economic and technological fronts to wi....

June 02, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Verdict 2014: Piercing the Veil of Secularism
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The period 1987 – 89 was a watershed one in recent Indian political history. It was over this period that the Congress dominance ended, and a period of coalitions began. The speed of the collapse of the Congress Party from its historic peak of 400-....

May 29, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
Time for Intense India-Japan-Vietnam Strategic Partnership
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Introduction The 24th ASEAN Summit was held for the first time in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar. At the commencement of the summit on May 10, there were serious concerns raised by Vietnam on the recent drilling of an oil rig ....

May 27, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Need to Clean Up the Augean Stables of Defence Acquisition
Radhakrishna Rao

The commitment of the Narendra Modi Government to the ushering in of self-reliance in India’s defence sector, which under the ten years long, lack lustre UPA(United Progressive Alliance) dispensation had got enmeshed in corruption, bureaucratic ....

May 27, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Book on Bangladeshi Migrants Released at VIF

‘Bangladesh Migrants - A Threat to India’ authored by P K Mishra, Senior Fellow of the Vivekananda International Foundation, was released at the VIF on 13 May 2014, by Shri Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd) and former Director General, BSF and a member o....

May 26, 2014 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Book Discussions , Bangladesh Migrant , Indo Bangladesh border , Coxs' Bazaar , Islamic interest
No Leader of the Opposition was the Norm during Most Cong Regimes
Dr A Surya Prakash

Ever since the Congress Party’s crushing defeat in the recent Lok Sabha election, many acolytes of the Nehru-Gandhi family and Congress sympathisers are bemoaning the fact that the leader of this party, which has just 44 seats, cannot be designated....

May 23, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
Congress Bares its Hitler Bunker Mindset in the Last Days of UPA-2
Dr M N Buch (late)

H. Trevor-Roper, a British historian, wrote a seminal book called “The Last Days of Hitler”. Hitler and his close colleagues were sheltered in the Hitler bunker buried deep within the bowels of the earth in Berlin. From the West, the British an....

May 17, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
Why Does The Election Commission Treat Rahul Gandhi with Kid Gloves?
Dr A Surya Prakash

On May 1, 2014, the Congress Party’s Vice-President, Mr.Rahul Gandhi, made an extraordinary prediction while addressing a rally at Solan in Himachal Pradesh. He said if Mr.Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, 22,000 people would be killed....

May 15, 2014 Governance and Political Studies
Will the Transitional Bill on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bring Peace to Nepal?
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

The Bill on Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and on Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances (CID) was tabled in the Legislature-Parliament on April 16, 2014 for discussion, which was finally approved by the majority of the members on April 2....

May 13, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal
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