Articles

Remembering Swami Vivekananda's Concept of Universal Brotherhood on Africa Day

May 20, 2022 Dr Neha Sinha | Nikhil Yadav Article

In the history of mankind, there have been rare instances where the introductory words spoken by a person have electrified the whole audience as much as Swami Vivekananda’s groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions. ....

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Africa , Egypt , Ramakrishna missions , Swamiji , universal brotherhood

Russia-China: The Unequal Relationship and its Implications

May 19, 2022 Jayadeva Ranade Article

A brief background of world events will help set the context for assessing this relationship. Without delving into why Russia did what it did in Ukraine, over the past few years we have witnessed major powers attempting to consolidate or expand their....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Russia , Putin , CCP , Ukraine , Tsinghua University , CPSU

Challenges that Confront South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol

May 18, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Yoon Suk-yeol assumed the office of South Korea’s new President on 10 May and had barely settled into his new role when he found himself at the centre of an ongoing tug of war between the US and China. In a smart move, China sent Vice-President Wan....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , Kim Jong-un , RCEP , Moon Jae-in , Fumio Kishida , Yoon Suk-yeol , US-ASEAN Special Summit , Vision 3000 , Indo-Pacific Pacific Economic Forum

In Aid of a Troubled Maritime Neighbour: India and the Sri Lankan Financial Crisis

May 17, 2022 Shashank Sharma, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India’s neighbourhood is in a churn with both Pakistan and Sri Lanka reeling under severe economic and political crises. While Pakistan, obstinately continues to inflict pain unto itself with its self-defeating obduracy, Sri Lanka finds itself at t....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Maritime Security , Trincomalee , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Neighbourhood First , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Colombo port , Hambantota port , Sri Lankan Financial Crisis

Uncertain Future of Women Rights in Afghanistan

May 16, 2022 Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The world is in a state of flux. Ukraine crisis is triggering cascading risks globally. However, while the world attention is diverted to the Ukraine conflict, the crisis in Afghanistan remains sidelined. The country faces confluence of multiple cri....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan , Taliban , Neighbourhood studies , women rights , Education , Afghan women

Learning to Win Wars, Not Just Battles!

May 14, 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Russo-Ukraine War 2022 has clearly indicated that warfare is changing at dramatic rate and scope and historical similarities might not provide any guidance to the future ones. Our experience of past wars would be divorced from realities of 21st C....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ukraine , PGMs , Human Rights , Mariupol , battlespace , logistics planning , political strategy , tanks

China is Edging over the US: Upcoming Ramifications

May 13, 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The US politically turning against China has been a defining interruption in China’s great power rise. It has led to a concerted effort to challenge China for its every misdemeanor, by leveraging on group dynamics. The friendly international ambian....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , BRI , Middle East , Liberalism , western universalism , Phase One trade deal , US-China High Level Talks in Alaska , PISA Data , Reserve Currency

भारतीय अभिलेखागार के कई पहलू

May 13, 2022 Ankita Vinayak | Ankit Mohonto Article

एक अभिलेखागार (आर्काइव) और इसके उपयोग के महत्त्व के विचार के संबंध में बहसें होती रही हैं। वर्तम....

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies , Hindi , Article , इतिहास , शोध-अनुसंधान , अभिलेखागार , निजी अभिलेखागार , भारत का अतीत , सभ्यागत अध्ययन

Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Food Security in Egypt

May 12, 2022 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched military campaign against Ukraine after months of posturing, military build-ups and breakdown of the Minsk agreement that failed to resolve the conflict between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separati....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Russia , Article , Egypt; Nile; Russia; Ukraine; Persian Gulf states; India

Future of Hydropower Cooperation with Bhutan

May 11, 2022 Amb VP Haran Article

‘Hydropower today is an important source of our wealth. With rapid advancements in harnessing nuclear, hydrogen, fusion, solar, thermal and wind energy, hydropower may soon lose its competitive edge. We may soon become a net energy importer’.....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan , Article , India , Bhutan , GDP , Chukha project , costs , hydropower potential