Traditional security (TS) issues like the defence of sovereignty and territorial integrity of a state or nation centric. TS puts a focus on instrument of states like the military to defend the interest of a state. In recent years the concept of human....
The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) is delighted to organize this function to release Professor R Vaidyanathan’s latest book titled “Black Money and Tax Havens”, brought out by Westland Publication Ltd. I extend a warm welcome to Sh....
Excellency, the Ambassador of China to India, Mr. Luo Zhaohui, I would like to extend you a warm welcome to this seminar on India-China relations being jointly organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Institute of China ....
On behalf of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), I welcome Dr. Tan-Sun Chen, Former Foreign Minister of Taiwan, and Chairman, the Prospect Foundation (PF)), Dr. I-Chung Lai, President, PF, and rest of the delegation. This is a very imp....
Welcome Address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF H.E. President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Security....
I have great pleasure in welcoming Mr. Bertil Falk who has written a very interesting book titled ‘Feroze: the Forgotten Ghandi’. I also take this opportunity to welcome Dr. Surya Prakash, Chairman Prasar Bharti and a Distinguished Fellow with us....
Prof Charan Wadava, Col Gautam, Friends, I would like to thank the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) for inviting me to this seminar. It is nice to be back at the IDSA after some time. It is particularly satisfying that I was invol....
By H.E. Ms Harinder Sidhu (High Commissioner of Australia to India) Address to The Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi; 15 July 2016 Introduction Thank you General Vij [Director VIF] for inviting me to....
On this day in 1959, thousands of Tibetans from all walks of life and all three regions of Tibet (U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo) converged in Lhasa to resist and protest the Chinese invasion and occupation of Tibet. We are the children of this tragic yet hi....
Transition in American and China: Implications for India by Amb. Prabhat P Shukla, Former Ambassador to Russia ....