Articles

India’s Engagement with Nepal and Bhutan: What can India do More?

Amidst rising tensions along India’s northern border, does India’s engagement with Nepal and Bhutan meet its strategic requirements, and what else can India do more? To discuss these questions, a webinar was organised on “India’s Engagement w....

August 12, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Bhutan , Interaction , Act East , Doklam , OBOR , Neighbourhood first policy , Nepalese politics , Himalayan Railway network

China’s influence in Asian Geopolitics: Implications for India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

China, in Xi Jinping’s words, is a building a “new model” of major-country relations, and crafting a policy of building relations with neighbouring countries, based on “amity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness”. Geographically speaking, C....

December 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , OBOR , Asia , Indian Ocean , BRI , India China Relations , China’s influence in Asian geopolitics

China’s Great Leap Forward-II, by Lt Gen Gautam Bannerjee, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retired), Lancer Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, India, 152 pages, INR 595/-, 2019

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The Great Leap Forward was a campaign run in the People’s Republic of China from 1958 to 1962. Chairman Mao Zedong led the campaign and the aim was to transform an agricultural economy to a socialist society through rapid industrialisation and coll....

May 31, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , CPEC , PLA , Book Reviews , China’s Great Leap Forward , Republic of China , CMEC , BCIM

Interaction with the Tsinghua University, Beijing

The VIF hosted a 23 member delegation from the Tsinghua University, Beijing on 30 January 2019. The delegation was visiting India as a part of O. P. Jindal Global University-Tsinghua India Immersion Programme. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, delivered the....

February 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , OBOR , Southeast Asia , Fundamental Rights , Tsinghua University , India-China relations , BRI

‘China’s Asian Dream’, by Tom Miller, London: Zed Books, 2017, Pages: 256, Price: USD 20.29, ISBN 978-1-78360-923-9

Dr Teshu Singh

The One Belt One Road Initiative or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most widely discussed topics in the Chinese Foreign Policy. It has been five years since the launch of the BRI. On 17 May 2013 and 7 September 2013, Xi Jinping deliv....

November 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , One Belt One Road , OBOR , Book Reviews , BRI , China Strategy

Interaction with Myanmar Delegation

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interaction with a Myanmar delegation led by Gen. U Aung Min and comprising of five other members of Peace Development Foundation of Myanmar. Gen. U Aung Min, formerly a Minister and Chief N....

September 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Interaction , OBOR , Arakan army , Myanmar Delegation , India-Myanmar relations , Indo-Myanmar border , U Aung Min

Round Table on ‘Wuhan Informal Summit: Implications for India’

A Round Table Discussion on the Modi-Xi Jinping Informal Summit at Wuhan and its implications was organised at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, chaired the discussion. The Round Table was attended by Vi....

August 08, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , OBOR , PLA , BCIM , Wuhan Informal Summit , Chinese Motivations , Free Trade Agreement

H.E. Mr. Sergey V Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Russian Federation, delivers the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, 11 December 2017

His Excellency Sergey V Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, delivered the First Kadakin Memorial Lecture at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 11 December 2017, to a select gathering that comprised India’s ....

December 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Afghanistan , BRICS , OBOR , India-Russia Relations , Asia-Pacific , Sergey V Lavrov

Round Table Discussion on Bay of Bengal

Keeping Conflicts at Bay - Need for Bay of Bengal Community In today’s geopolitical landscape, regions are the locus of competition, conflict and cooperation. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is too diverse and large to always comp....

November 09, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , China , ASEAN , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , OBOR , SAARC , Rohingya Solidarity Organisation

The Impact of China’s “One Belt, One Road” Strategy on Political, Military and Economic Situations in the Asia Pacific Region

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Retrospect When one talks about Silk Road it conjures up visions of traders and caravans travelling from Occident to the Orient and vice versa. There have been many versions of silk roads which have been used by both traders and ....

September 27, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , Asia Pacific Region , Economic Situations