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Twenty-Five Years of India-Israel Relations: Achievements and prospects

In what could be seen as curtain-raising to the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s upcoming three-day visit to Israel, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of...

June 29, 2017
Tags: India-Israel Relations, Israel, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with HE Queen Imaria Worlu, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to India

Her Excellency Queen Imaria Worlu, the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to India, was invited to a discussion on ‘Strengthening and upgrading India-Nigeria relations: the way forward’, held at the Vivekananda International...

June 15, 2017
Tags: India-Nigeria relations, Queen Imaria Worlu, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy
Vimarsha: ‘China’s Belt, Road and India’ talk by Mr RN Ravi

On 14 Jun 2017, Mr RN Ravi, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, Government of India, delivered an illuminating talk on “China's Belt Road and India" under the auspices of Vimarsha series of talks, delivered by persons ofeminence. The talk...

June 14, 2017
Tags: Belt Road initiative, BRI, POK, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Visit of a Delegation from the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK

Leading an eighteen-member delegation of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), Maj Gen Simon Leslie Porter (Retd) from the UK, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 30 May 2017 for an interaction with the faculty. The...

May 30, 2017
Tags: India-UK economic engagements, Royal College of Defence Studies, US policies, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with a Delegation of Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Leading a three-member delegation, Dr. Arifi Saiman, Director, Centre for Policy Development and Analysis on Asia-Pacific and African Region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (...

May 26, 2017
Tags: Indonesia, IORA-CEPA, International Relations and Diplomacy
India-Taiwan Strategic Dialogue

Leading a seven-member delegation of Taiwan’s Prospect Foundation, Dr. I-Chung Lai visited the VIF on 08 May 2017 for a joint strategic dialogue on India-Taiwan relations. The delegation comprised of Dr. Mumin Chen, Dr. Ming-Shih Shen, Richard...

May 8, 2017
Tags: China, India-Taiwan Relations, Taiwan, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with a visiting Delegation from Fudan University, China

A four-member delegation of Fudan University (China), led by Prof. Zhang Yi, Executive Vice Director, Fudan Development Institute (China), and comprising Prof. Sun Lijian, Prof. Shen Dingli, and Prof. Lin Minwang as members of the delegation,...

May 3, 2017
Tags: CPEC, Fudan University, National Congress, OBOR, US-China relations, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-Sati, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India

The VIF was privileged to host H.E. Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in India, for bilateral talks on 03 May 2017. The interaction began with General NC Vij, Director, VIF, highlighting the growing trajectory of India-Saudi...

May 3, 2017
Tags: Dr. Sau Mohammad Al-sati, National Transformation Program 2020, Saudi Arabia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Visit of a South Korean Delegation

The VIF, on 20 April 2017, hosted a six-member delegation from the Policy Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Korea (ROK), to a bilateral interaction, encompassing a broad range of issues of mutual interests -...

April 20, 2017
Tags: North Korea, South Korea, South Korean delegation, International Relations and Diplomacy
VIF-Sichuan University Dialogue on Sino-Indian Relations

Asix-member delegation from Chengdu-based Sichuan University (China), led by Yang Wenwu, Senior Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of South Asian Studies (Sichuan University), and comprising Mr. Zhen Bo, Assistant Director, Institute of...

April 12, 2017
Tags: CPEC, Maritime Silk Route, POK, Sichuan University, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with a Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

Mr. Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS), accompanied with Dr. Liu Zongyi, Senior Fellow, SIIS, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 03 April 2017 for an interaction on issues...

April 3, 2017
Tags: BRICS, President Trump, Shanghai Institute, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
India-Russia 70: VIF-RIAC Bilateral Dialogue and the Way Forward

With India and Russia barely two weeks away from celebrating their 70 years of bilateral ties, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Moscow-based think tank Russian International affairs Council (RIAC), held a...

March 30, 2017
Tags: Af-Pak region, India-Russia Relations, RIAC, Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Dr. Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi, Iran’s Former Foreign Minister

Dr. Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi, former Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, escorted by Ambassador Gholamreza, Iran’s present Ambassador to India, visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 20 March 2017 for an...

March 20, 2017
Tags: Af-Pak regio, Alinaghi (Kamal) Kharrazi, Central Asian region, Iran, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Prof. Baoz Ganor on Counter-Terrorism

On 14 March 2017, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited the globally renowned counter-terrorism expert, Prof. Bao Ganor, Founder & Executive Director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism and Dean at the...

March 14, 2017
Tags: Counter-terrorism, Global Terror, Terrorist organizations, International Relations and Diplomacy
VIF Delegation in Washington DC

A delegation from the VIF comprising Director, General NC Vij, Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney. Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Lt Gen Davinder Kumar and Dr. Harinder Sekhon visited Washington DC from 28 February 2017 to 04 March 2017 for the annual ‘Quad Plus...

February 28, 2017
Tags: Ed Royce, International affairs, Quad-Plus Dialogues, US Congress, Washington DC, US, International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Chinese Scholars on the Belt & Road Initiative

With Beijing upping its diplomatic ante on its ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a group of Chinese scholars, led by Amb Liu Jinsong, visited the VIF to seek support for an international conference on the BRI slated to take place in Beijing on...

February 23, 2017
Tags: Beijing, Belt & Road Initiative, BRI, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
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