Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

In November 2022, COP27 will take place in Egypt. In this podcast episode, Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) discusses with Olivia Rumble and Andrew Gilder some questions related to COP27 were discus....

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : BRICS , Podcast , climate justice , climate finance , COP27 , African Union , Environment Negotiation , Climate adaptation

India and the Changing World Order

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Podcast

On 19 October, during an in-house interaction, VIF Chairman, S Gurumurthy spoke at length on ‘India and the Changing World Order’. Currently serving as Central Board Director at Reserve Bank of India and editor of the Tamil political weekly, Thug....

October 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , globalization , FRBM law , Federal Reserve , Podcast , Ukraine Conflict , Financialization vs. Commodification , Real Estate

Iran Protest and it's domestic and regional implications

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Podcast

Amb. Anil Trugunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF dissects the core issues in recent protest in Iran and evaluates it's domestic and regional implications.....

October 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : US , Podcast , Gulf States , Mahsa Amini , Gender Justice , Islamic Republic of Iran

Russia Africa Relations

Steven Gruzd Podcast

In this episode of VIF podcast, Steven Gruzd from the South African Institute of International Affairs discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on the current contours of Russia-Africa relation....

September 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Russia

Tags : Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union , Wagner

Afghanistan- One year after Taliban Takeover

Amb Gautam Mukhopadhaya Podcast

Two decades of progress in Afghanistan and the process of nation-building came to an abrupt end with the fall of the Afghan government and the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban on August 15, 2021. A year after the situation in Afghanistan is unparalle....

September 22, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Tags : Taliban , Economic crisis , Human Rights , Podcast

Turkey's Current Strategic Profile

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Podcast

Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF analyses, "Turkey's Current Strategic Profile" by addressing Ankara's strategic and foreign policy priorities in the context of Russia-Ukraine crisis; identifies the reasons for rapprochement between....

September 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Israel , India , Russia , Turkey , Ukraine , Podcast , Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Current Energy Dynamics in West Asia

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Podcast

Amb. D. P. Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow ar VIF discusses, "Current Energy Dynamics in West Asia" by evaluating the impact of the US President Joe Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia on global oil prices; assessing the policies of OPEC+ and Saudi Arabia....

September 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Russia , Saudi Arabia , G7 , OPEC+ , Podcast , states Iran

India’s G20 Presidency

Amb Rajiv Bhatia Podcast

In this episode of VIF podcast, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on India’s upcoming G20 Presidency and the associated c....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : India , Africa , G20 , Emergency pandemic aid , Multilateralism , COVID19 , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union

India at 75: Foreign and Economic Policies and the Road ahead

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Podcast

Since independence India has evolved at a rapid pace and successfully embraced numerous structural changes. Amid the 21st century realities, as India turns 75, its foreign policy and growing economic capabilities lend a sense of optimism about the co....

September 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : foreign policy , economy , International Relations , Podcast , India@75 , Economic Policy

Sinostan: China's Growing Influence in Central Asia

Raffaello Pantucci Podcast

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China had greater ambitions to establish cordial relations with newly independent CARs, which had not previously been the case due to Sino-Soviet animosity. In addition, the geopolitical vacuum left by the ....

September 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , Xinjiang , Uyghurs , Sinophobia , Podcast