Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

On January 13, 2025, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interaction with a visiting scholar Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd of Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The interaction was to obtain a brief on the current situation in ...

January 13, 2025

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , China , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , EAOs , International diaspora

VIF-Habibie Centre Joint Seminar

On November 27, 2024 the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the Habibi Center, hosted a commemorative Indonesia joint seminar, celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Indonesia. The seminar served a...

November 27, 2024

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , strategic partnership , Civilization , India Indonesia relations , Habibi Center , Indonesia Trade

Discussion on Strategic Outcomes and Lessons Learnt from the Shangri-La Dialogue for the Region and India

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a discussion on "Strategic Outcomes and Lessons Learnt from the Shangri-La Dialogue for the Region and India” on 26 June 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, Chaired the sessio...

June 26, 2023

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Indo-Pacific , Shangri-la dialogue

Talk by Singapore’s High Commissioner to India H.E. Simon Wong Wie Kuen

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by High Commissioner of Singapore to India H.E. Simon Wong Wie Kuen on “Singapore’s Approach to the Indo-Pacific” on January 16, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaire...

January 16, 2023

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Singapore , US-China

Developments in West Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual interactive session on the subject, “Developments in West Asia” on 13 July 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks and introduced the central topics, i.e...

July 13, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , China , Indo-Pacific , Iran , COVID-19 , West Asian region , Gulf

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Barry O’Farrell, High Commissioner of Australia to India

Vivekananda International Foundation hosted His Excellency, Mr. Barry O’Farrell for an interaction on India-Australia bilateral relations. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, Amb. Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF, Amb. Kanwal Sibal, former ...

June 17, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Australia , 5G , India-Australia bilateral relations

Interaction with New Zealand Delegation

On 13th January a delegation from New Zealand visited the Vivekananda International Foundation. The delegation comprised of Commodore Mellissa Ross, Deputy Chief of the Navy, Ms. Erin Duncan, Deputy High Commissioner to India, Ms. Suzannah Jesse...

January 13, 2020

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , UNSC , Maritime Security , JCPOA , New Zealand Delegation , Bilateral Cooperation , Pacific Islands

Interaction with the Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies on 19 September 2019 at VIF. The delegation was led by Dr Chen Dongxiao, the other members of the delegations were Liu Youfa (ser...

September 19, 2019

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , CPEC , US-China trade , India-China relations , Act Far East , Shanghai Institute , Middle East

Round Table Discussion on the Indo-Pacific

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September 09, 2019

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean , BRI , Sub-continent , Arabian Sea , Eastern Africa , East China Sea

VIF Capsule for Defence Attaches Designates and their Spouses

VIF organized a one day capsule for 14 India’s Defence Attaches designates who have been assigned to various Indian Embassies abroad. It was also the first time that spouses of the Defence Attaches (DAs) also attended the capsule. This was muc...

June 20, 2019

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , foreign policy , Indo-Pacific , Neighbourhood , Defence Attaches , Army DAs

Interaction with the Delegation from the Prospect Foundation

The Vivekananda International Foundation hosted a delegation from the Prospect Foundation, Taipei led by Dr Mark Tan-sun Chen. The other members of the delegation were Dr Joanne Jaw-ling Chang Chyou, Dr Arthur Shufan Ding, Dr Ming-fang Tsai, Dr ...

June 07, 2019

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , foreign policy , Indo-Pacific , UNSC , Indian Ocean Region , Prospect Foundation , India-Taiwan Relations , Indo-Pacific Security

Interaction with China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing. The delegation consisted of researchers from various institutes of CICIR. The following were the p...

April 16, 2019

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Indo-Pacific , CICIR , India-China cooperation

Interaction with Delegation from Vietnam National University

The VIF scholars discussed the salient points of India-Vietnam bilateral relations, India’s Act East Policy, the Indo-Pacific perspective, Indo-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, defense cooperation and people-to-people understanding...

January 22, 2019

Tags: Indo-Pacific , India’s Act East Policy , Social values

Interaction with Delegation from the Institute of National Security Strategy, South Korea

The interaction was focused on India-South Korea bilateral relations and the uncertainty in the regional security architecture. Criticality of the Korean Peninsula in stabilizing the Northeast Asian order, dichotomy between the peace and denucle...

December 04, 2018

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , South Korea , Indo-Pacific , Korean Peninsula , India’s Act East , New Southern Policy

Interaction with the Heritage Foundation (Washington DC, USA)

The brainstorming session was devoted to Indo-US bilateral relations, developments in the South China Sea and Indo-Pacific, stabilising South Asia, and US-China relations. In bilateral domain, strengthening US-India defence cooperation, and issu...

October 17, 2018

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Indo-Pacific , US-China relations , Heritage Foundation

Interaction with the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC)

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC), led by Ms Huang Yihua, the Deputy Director General of Research Office of the I...

September 27, 2018

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Indo-Pacific , 2+2 Dialogue , Communist Party of China