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Last decade, especially since the Arab Spring of 2010, has been quite momentous for the Saudi domestic, foreign and security policies. This has been further accentuated in the last five years and is greatly marked by tremendous pragmatism and...

September 4 , 2023

Prime Minister Modi in Athens: A Visit of Special Significance

The Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, paid an official visit to Athens recently. Mr Modi represents modern India, a country the average Greek knows very little about. As far as India is concerned, the Greek collective memory is dominated by...

September 4 , 2023

Bharat’s Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in Neighbourhood— The Maldives

कश्चित् कस्यचिन्मित्रं, न कश्चित् कस्यचित् रिपु:। अर्थतस्तु निबध्यन्ते, मित्राणि रिपवस्तथा॥ - चाणक्य नीति [English Translation: Neither anybody is a friend of others nor enemy. Need (or situation...

September 1 , 2023

Kerry’s Visit to China, Climate Change and India’s Energy Transition

Climate change has resulted in the heat wave sweeping the northern hemisphere from the US, Europe, and China to South Korea. India witnessed heavy rains. The UN Secretary-General stated that “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global...

August 28 , 2023

Discussion on Outcomes of PM Dahal’s Visit and Developing Indo-Nepalese Relationship

On 19 July 2023, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk on “Outcomes of PM Dahal’s Visit and Developing Indo-Nepalese Relationship”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave the introductory remarks, followed by presentations by...

August 18 , 2023

Cyber Review - July 2023

National “Bharat emerging as trusted global electronics manufacturing partner”: EAM Dr S Jaishankar. On 31 July 2023, Dr S. Jaishankar, Bharat’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), spoke at "Semicon-India 2023" and emphasised the nation’s importance in...

August 18 , 2023

The Emerging Trends in the Indo-West Asian Ties: Newer Opportunities and Challenges

Since the last few years, there has been a discernible growth in India’s bilateral relations with most of the countries in its extended neighbourhood – West Asia. With the exception of a few, cooperation and joint collaborations between them are...

August 11 , 2023

Ideating an Indian Cyber Cluster Model with Global Partnerships

With rapidly evolving and emerging cyber technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Internet-of-Things (IoT), human interaction with the digital domain is now ubiquitous. In parallel, cyber criminals today seek new and sophisticated ways to...

August 10 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 7 August 2023

Afghanistan Amid humanitarian crisis, UN to cut aid to 21 million in Afghanistan – The Print Amid a dire humanitarian crisis, the United Nations humanitarians on Friday warned of a severe aid funding gap for aid to more than 21 million people in...

August 7 , 2023

Is the Sky the Limit for India-UAE Ties? Modi’s Fifth Visit to the Emirates

It is undeniable that the emerging trajectory of relations between India and a few key Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have become one of the most successful stories of the current foreign policy of the Narendra Modi-led government since mid-...

July 26 , 2023