Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

China’s Strategic Posture in Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Response

Relations between India and China are poised to affect and influence the global economic and strategic aggregates, which would significantly determine peace, security and stability in Asia in the coming decades. History denotes that interaction between two emerging powers is a contrasting blend of harmony and discord; India and China are no exception. The expanding economic and trade engagement between the two countries on one hand, and concomitant muscle flexing on the other, is a representation of this contrasting dyad.

November 21, 2012 DownloadMonograph

Tags: China, International Relations and Diplomacy

China’s Involvement in India’s Internal Security Threats: An Analytical Appraisal

Dr N Manoharan

Twenty-first-century India faces multifarious security challenges. At the core of India’s security concerns is its ‘internal security’ – a major national security challenge. Among many imponderable factors of India’s security calculus, internal security is regarded as one of the principal underlying aspects.

October 8, 2012 DownloadMonograph

Tags: China, India’s security concerns, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

The State of Public Education in Afghanistan: Political Problems, and Future Prospects

Aqil Zahirpour

The advent of the 21st century marked a unique era for Afghanistan. Presumably, an end was put to the wearisome conflict in late 2001, and a new chapter full of unprecedented and complicated pages was opened. Surviving every hardship in the last moments of the 20th century, the education sector of the country, like the other sectors, became the focal point of the international communities and aid agencies. In other words, following the immediate installation of the new government in 2002, high priority was given to the education sector.

August 27, 2012 DownloadMonograph

Tags: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic, Education in Afghanistan, Education Policy, Islamic State, Neighbourhood Studies