Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

A timely meeting of the long-running Quad Plus Dialogue was convened virtually on 15 June 2022. This iteration of the dialogue was hosted by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan. As the designated think-tank representing...

June 15, 2022

Tags: Japan, Quad Plus, Quad Plus Dialogue, Taiwan, International Relations and Diplomacy

Quad Plus Dialogue

Avantika Menon

The latest iteration of the long standing Quad Plus Dialogue was hosted virtually by the Vivekananda International Foundation on 14 February 2022. Participating think-tanks representing the other Quad partners included the Heritage Foundation,...

February 14, 2022

Tags: Japan, QUAD, Quad Plus Dialogue, Ukraine Crisis, International Relations and Diplomacy

VIF-JINF Webinar on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) on 10 February 2022 on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022. After initial remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director...

February 10, 2022

Tags: ASEAN, China, CPEC, Indo Pacific, Japan, Quad Plus, Strategic Outlook, Ukraine standoff, International Relations and Diplomacy

Roundtable on ‘Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers in an Unpredictable World’

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a closed-door roundtable on ‘Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers in an Unpredictable World’ on 3rd February 2020. The meeting was attended by many retired senior diplomats and...

February 3, 2020

Tags: ASEAN, China, Global Economy, Japan, Managing India’s Relations with the Four Major Powers, Russia, Strategic Autonomy, United States, International Relations and Diplomacy

Think Tank Dialogue on the Quadrilateral Grouping: The ‘Quad-Plus Dialogue’- 2019, Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2019 (Report)

(A Track 1.5 dialogue hosted by think tanks from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S., and Quad-Plus Partner France) Participants: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), The Heritage...

February 20, 2019

Tags: Australia, India, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Domain Awareness, Nuclear Forces Treaty, Quad Plus, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

VIF-JINF Seminar on ‘India-Japan Partnership in an Uncertain Era’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a seminar on 6th February 2019 for a senior delegation visiting from Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) led by President Yoshiko Sakurai. The seminar was attended by senior...

February 6, 2019

Tags: BRI, China, India, Indo-Pacific, Japan, JINF, QUAD, security cooperation, Technological Cooperation, International Relations and Diplomacy

Conference on Security in Indian Ocean Region, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo

A conference was organised by Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) on February 22 & 23, 2018, at Tokyo, to conclude a two years project that explored the possibilities for major democracies - namely Australia, India, Japan and the United States...

February 22, 2018

Tags: China, China’s Naval Strategy, Indian Ocean Region, Japan, Maritime Connectivity, ndo-pacific Region, Indian Ocean Region, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Japan's Ambassador to India

On March 17, 2016, a broad panel of eminent foreign policy experts representing the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) engaged Japan’s present Ambassador to India H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu in an interaction going over the entire gamut of...

March 17, 2016

Tags: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, India-Japan bilateral relations, Japan, UN Security Council, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with a visiting Japanese Economic and Cultural Exchanges Delegation

Members of the VIF faculty on 01 February 2016 held a wide ranging interaction with a fifteen-member visiting delegation from Japan, led by Mr. Kenichi Watanabe, Chairman of FEC Japan India and Cultural Economic Exchange Committee and...

February 1, 2016

Tags: Cultural Economic Exchange Committee, Japan, Japanese Economic and Cultural Exchanges Delegation, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with Japan’s Former Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs

The VIF hosted Mr. Hitoshi Tanaka, Japan’s former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and currently Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan's Research Institute, on 17 Oct 2014, for an interaction on the Japanese...

October 17, 2014

Tags: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Chinese economy, Japan, International Relations and Diplomacy

The Weakness of Japanese Diplomacy in prospects of Indian-Japanese Ties

Professor Michimi Muranushi, Department of Law, Gakushuin University, Tokyo spoke on 'The Weakness of Japanese Diplomacy and the prospects of Indian-Japanese Ties?' on Monday, 28 March 2011 at Vivekananda International Foundation. While he was...

March 28, 2011

Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Indian-Japanese Ties, Japan, International Relations and Diplomacy