Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported that it wi....

June 20, 2020 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Make in India, FDI, Defence sector, technologies, ROI

An Assessment of China’s 13th National People’s Congress – May 2020’

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Summary The 3rd Plenum of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) was held in Beijing from May 22 to 28, 2020, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic with restrictions on expenditure and social interaction. The state-owned CCTV sought ....

June 20, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, China, Article, China, economy, Xi Jinping, CPPCC, Tsinghua University, Pandemic, Two Sessions, 13th CPC, military Deputies, criticism, Hongkong, Two Centenary goals, US-China relations

India gets Elected as a Non-permanent Member of the UNSC: A Busy Agenda Ahead

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 17 June, India wascomfortably elected to the non- permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of two years starting January 2021, receiving the endorsement from 184 out of the 192 countries who voted. In its last bi....

June 20, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, UNSC, Multilateralism, Non-permanent member, permanent seat

गुटनिरपेक्षता के 65 वर्ष

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चाओं में गुटनिरपेक्षता के विचार को अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा में अक्सर बाबा आदम क....

June 19, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, कोविड-19, प्रधानमंत्री मोदी, विदेश मंत्रालय, अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा, संयुक्त राष्ट्र, गुटनिरपेक्षता

Modi’s Message: India Can and Will Defend its Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The brutal killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese troops at the Galwan river area on the Indian side of the India-China Line Of Control (LAC) in Ladakh on 15-16th June has led to national outrage in India. The brave Indian Army soldiers were in....

June 18, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, China, Article, PM Modi, Territorial integrity, Befitting reply, sovereignty, soldiers sacrifice, China's aggressiveness, bilateral relationship

Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

June 17, 2020 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, China, Siachen, Aksai Chin, Galwan, Eastern Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Shyok, Trans Karakoram Tract, ISR

US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA Navy is growing rapidly, and in the last five y....

June 17, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter

The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election

Dr Harinder Sekhon Article

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nat....

June 16, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Article, Donald Trump, US elections, Pandemic, New York, US economy, Immigration, Paycheck Protection Program, COVID Challenge, US Demographics, US Unemployment, Great Depression, CARES Act, America's troubles, H1B Visas, Epicentres of the disease, Rural America.

वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण

Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

June 16, 2020 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, विभिन्न धारणाएं, गालवान घाटी, एलएसी, लद्दाख, नकुल, सिक्किम

Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support their favourite militias or quasi governments wh....

June 16, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Putin, Tripoli, Tobruk, GNA, Erdogan, Gen. Haftar, UN, Berlin Process