Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, will take place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. The main aim of the conference is to spur action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals a....

November 04, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate Change, Extreme weather events, COP 27, Climate Tipping Points

India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence

Prof Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, India, ASEAN, Indo-Pacific, Strategic, Act East Policy, Cooperation, Geostrategic, IPOI, Partnership, Plan of Action

India-Africa Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.” - Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster of External Af....

October 31, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, India, Islamic State, Africa, Terrorism, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Counter terrorism, France, Somalia, Mali, Nigeria, Al Qaida, JNIM, DRC

Political Control on Use of Combat Power

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia-Ukraine War 2022 is emphasizing on a time-worn question: what is the balance between political control and military operational expertise in deciding military strategy? Consequent to the attack on Kerch Bridge, Russia struck with high-precisio....

October 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Ukraine, Infrastructure, Military Strategy, Kerch Bridge, missile attack, political control

Japan-Australia Sign “landmark” Security Pact

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction Amid plummeting popularity at home after deciding to host the controversial state funeral for the slain former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo fully with tax payer’s money, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to stem this slide....

October 27, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Senkaku Islands, South and East China Seas, LNG, Rare Earth, resource trade, landmark security pact, defence expenditure, declaration on security cooperation

The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China Part II

Anushka Saxena Article

Return to Mao-era Politics: Death of Collective Leadership under Xi? Loyalty, personal connections and familial ties (guanxi, 关系) are perhaps the defining element of Chinese elite politics. Some analysts[1] attribute the rise of Xi Jinping hi....

October 21, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, CCP, 20th Party Congress, collective leadership, Unified Leadership

The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China

Anushka Saxena Article

Right before the third plenum of the fifth National People’s Congress in 1980, Deng Xiaoping, former Chinese leader-in-charge made a speech ‘On the Reform of the System of Party and State Leadership’.[1] The perspective he presented therein on ....

October 19, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, CCP, 20th Party Congress, collective leadership

A Perspective on Kashmir Situation: Tunneled View and Wide-Angle Scan

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Setting the Panorama While India was in her biggest ‘festival mood’, the Home Minister was in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit to Rajouri and Baramulla. Since the announcement for this visit on 4th and 5th October 2....

October 17, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Home Minister’s Visit to Kashmir, Kashmir Central, J&K GSDP

A ‘Quiet’ Test with a ‘Big’ Impact

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The brief news item about the successful test-fire of the indigenously developed Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur on 27 Sep 2022[1] c....

October 14, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, DRDO, MANPADS, VSHORADS