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Vivekananda International Foundation & the Heritage Foundation: A Bilateral Initiative

A Seminar on 'Perspectives on Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region' was held between 30th April and 1st May 2012 in New Delhi. The Heritage Foundation was represented by Mr. Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies Center, Ms. L....

May 03, 2012 Seminar_57 , International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Maritime Security , Asia Pacific , US–China relationships , US-India Relations , China’s Military Modernization
Iran, Israel and India's Interests
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

Geo Politics of Civilisations and Culture Two civilisations, India and Iran and a very ancient culture consecrated in the creation of Israel are in an enigmatic triangle. India is involuntarily at the apex with inimical, Iran and Israel at....

May 02, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy
The Arc of the India-US Partnership
Amb Kanwal Sibal

US-India Geo-political Convergence? Is there a geo-political coherence in the India-US partnership that can be delineated on the ground by tracing a curving line across the globe or a sizable part of it that connects points of convergence? ....

April 02, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Sea Dragon or Manatee- Red China Aircraft Carrier
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

The sailing of the former Varyag to be christened Shi Lang, a Qing Dynasty admiral who in 1681 conquered the Kingdom of Tungning — a territory better known today as Taiwan; reminds the author of the Gunter Grass poem

“THE SEA BATTLE....

March 31, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
PLA Navy Long Legs from the Coast to the Blue Water and Deep Seas
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power”. Tao Te Ching The Chinese Navy nee the People’s Liberation Army Navy has been evolved on the above phil....

March 27, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Recent Political Turmoil inside the Communist Party of China
Dr Binod Singh

The Downfall of Bo Xilai While the world is busy in finding a peaceful solution for Syrian crisis, and saving the Euro Zone, the world’s largest Communist Party of China (CPC) is currently undergoing a power struggle where one of the most....

March 22, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Chinese Chequers
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Venkat Bharathan

“ Shi lang, the latest addition to the PLA Navy has triggered speculation, concern, and some anxiety about what next by China as America the lone super power and the supposed to be guardian of the Free World seems to crawl into a fetal position....

March 21, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Don’t Take Sides on Syria
Amb Kanwal Sibal

When the street rose against the entrenched regimes of Tunisia and Egypt and toppled them there was enthusiastic references to an “Arab Spring”. The nature of the political upsurge in these two countries was defined by western observers from thei....

March 13, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Of Principle and Beyond
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Vladimir Putin’s clear victory in the Russian presidential election, garnering about 64 per cent of the votes — close to the 70 per cent he won in the 2004 election — suggests that his overall standing with the electorate at large has not been ....

March 13, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy
Interaction with Mr. Michel Miraillet, Director Strategic Affair, Govt. of France

As part of what could be described as an exercise in Track 1.5 diplomacy, Mr. Michel Miraillet, Director Strategic Affairs in France’s Ministry of Defence, held wide-ranging and intense interaction with the VIF’s battery of policy experts on Marc....

March 06, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , NATO , UN Security Council , France , Strategic affair
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