Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

European Union’s post COVID-19 Trajectory- the Challenges Ahead

The European Union (EU) has faced a series of crises in the last decade which have tested its resilience as a supranational entity based on solidarity and common values. Since several of its internal issues remain unresolved, the EU would now...

May 22, 2020

Tags: COVID-19 Trajectory, Crises, EU, European Union, Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Roundtable Discussion on Brexit and its Impact on the European Union: Implications for India

Dr Himani Pant

Nearly four years after holding the fateful referendum to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom eventually ceased to be an EU member on 31 January 2020. The country, however, would remain a part of the Customs Union till the culmination...

March 9, 2020

Tags: Bilateral Trade, Brexit, European Union, UK, Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with the Visiting Chinese Delegation led by Amb Yang Yanyi

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a Chinese delegation led by Amb. Yang Yanyi, (Former Head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union). She was accompanied by Mr Zhu Feng, Executive Director of China Center for...

July 2, 2019

Tags: European Union, South China Sea, US-China trade, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Round Table Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India, on ‘European Union – India Relations and a Way Forward’

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to India and Bhutan Tomasz Kozlowski participated in a high-level Roundtable meeting on the growing engagement between the EU and India. His speech covered the positive development of relations in recent...

April 24, 2018

Tags: Economic relations, EU-India Strategic Partnership, European Union, Internet of Things, Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Interaction with H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norway’s Ambassador to India

Amid growing uncertainties over Brexit, especially in the Eurozone and the UK, the VIF invited Norway’s current Ambassador to India, H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, on November 28, 2016, for a talk on the current state of play in Europe in post...

November 28, 2016

Tags: Brexit, European Economic Area, European Union, Norway, International Relations and Diplomacy

Joint RCSS-VIF-ITS Conference Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific

The Colombo-based Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RSCC), in collaboration with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS) of Germany, organised a two-day conference on 21-22 October 2016 in...

October 21, 2016

Tags: Emerging Strategic Dynamics, European Union, Indo-Pacific, OBOR, Southeast Asia, United States, International Relations and Diplomacy

Seminar on “India-EU Relations: Opportunities and Challenges”

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Finland Future Research Centre (FFRC), held a day-long seminar on ‘India-European (EU) Relations: Opportunities and Challenges’ on 1 Aug 2016. The seminar sought to build...

August 1, 2016

Tags: European Union, Finland Future Research Centre, India-EU Relations, Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy