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Talk on “Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region” by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva on

“Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region”
on February 13, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired the session and made w...

February 13, 2023
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , China , Middle East , Economic Partnership , Indo- Pacific
West Asia Experts Group Meeting

The West Asia Experts Group Meeting was held on 8 July 2022 by the Vivekananda International Foundation, the discussion was focused on "The Geopolitical Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Middle East". The key speaker for the session was Giorgi...

July 08, 2022
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , West Asia , North Africa , Middle East
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
Interaction with Mr Jérôme Bonnafont, Ex-French Ambassador to India

The Head of the Department of Middle East and North Africa in the French Government spoke on China's Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping, demographics in the Middle East and realities of terrorism and war. He said that fighting terrorism has been on...

January 10, 2019
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , foreign policy , Xi Jinping , Middle East
Round Table Discussion on Iran Nuclear Deal and its Implications on India

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a Round Table Discussion on “The Iran Nuclear deal and the Implications for India”. Former Ambassadors to the US, Iran and Middle East were invited to participate in this discussion for th...

May 23, 2018
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Iran nuclear deal , JCPOA , Middle East
Address by H.E. Mr. Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister, the Arab Republic of Egypt, on ‘Regional Developments and Prospects of India- Egypt Relations

On the side lines of his recently concluded visit to India, H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, addressed a wide galaxy of foreign and security policy experts, including representatives from the government’s age...

March 22, 2018
Tags: Syrian conflict , Middle East , India- Egypt Relations , Arab Republic of Egypt , Non-Aligned Movement
Interaction with Dr. James M. Dorsey on ‘Review of Major Conflicts in West Asia and the Way Forward’

On Mar 10th, 2018, Members of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) faculty had an interactive session with Dr James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), discussing together major conflicts in ...

March 10, 2018
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Syria , Libya , Yemen , North Africa , Middle East , James M. Dorsey
Interaction with Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum

OOn 10 February 2016, the VIF invited Daniel Pipes, an internationally acclaimed scholar on radical Islam and the President of the Middle East Forum, for an interaction on Islamism and the politico-religious dimensions of the conflict in the Mid...

February 10, 2016
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Islamic State , Southeast Asian countries , Sufi Islam , Middle East , Daniel Pipes
Interaction with Mr. Jon B. Alterman, Director Middle East Programme at CSIS

Mr. Jon B. Alterman, who holds the Zbigniew Brezezinski Chair for global security and geostrategy and is Director of the Middle East Programme at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), visited the Foundation on September 05, ...

September 05, 2012
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Middle East , US Rebalancing Strategy
Swedish Defence Delegation Interacts with VIF

A high level Defence Ministry delegation from Government of Sweden led by Dr. Hans-Christian Hagman, Senior Advisor, Secretariat for strategy & Security Analysis, Swedish Ministry of Defence visited Vivekananda International Foundation on May 11...

May 11, 2011
Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Middle East , Af-Pak region , Swedish Defence Delegation
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