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VIF- Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) Conference, Moscow

The theme of the conference was ‘Global Strategy and Foreign Policy Priorities in India-Russia Relations’, wherein various positives and road blocks in bilateral and multilateral were discussed. The discussion also focused on US, China, South ....

April 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Conferences , SCO , BRICS , UN , India-Russia Relations , RIAC
Assessing US Recognition of Golan Heights
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 21 March 2019, the US President Donald Trump announced his decision in a tweet stating that the US after 52 years have recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. The reason according to President Trump is that the region ho....

April 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US-Israel alliance , occupation of Golan Heights , Israel-Syria dispute
Post-Balakot, Terrorism on Front Burner in Russia's South Asia Discourse
Vinay Shukla Commentary

In the wake of daring strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on the terrorist training facility of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's Balakot, the Russian discourse has radically shifted from an ‘imminent’ nuclear stand-off between the two South A....

March 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , Pakistan’s terrorism , Russian opinion on Balakot strike
Putin-Trump Summit: Untangling the Knots
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Ensuring Peace is a global good and a responsibility of all countries and stake holders. But it is more so of the Hyper and Super powers, who always indulge in the political chess games and move their rooks adroitly and sometimes bluntly, to ensure t....

July 15, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Commentary , Helsinki Summit , Trump-Putin meeting
Modi-Putin: The Sochi Rendezvous
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Black seaside resort of Sochi is President Vladimir Putin’s favourite place to conduct most intricate and intense interaction in the serene and scenic environment with his key counterparts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was his latest guest of honou....

May 31, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Sochi Summit , Putin-Modi interactions
The False Euphemism of ‘New Cold War’
Vivek Sugandh

Introduction Russia’s relationship with West has been on a downward trajectory for a very long period of time. It is under this pretext that an eminent discourse of ‘A New Cold War’ has emerged in the official and academic c....

October 17, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , US , Russia , Trump , New Cold War , Asia pivot , geo-politics in Asia , Edward Lucas , Putin
70th Anniversary of Russia-India Relations: New Horizons of Privileged Partnership
(VIF-RIAC Joint Paper)

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July 04, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , 70th Anniversary , India Russia Relations , Soviet Unio , International Arena
Interaction with Maxim Shepovalenko, Russian Navy

The VIF invited Capt Maxim Shepovalenko (Retd), Russian Navy, for an interaction on India-Russia relations with emphasis on maritime cooperation. Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, headed the VIF panel which comprised of Amb D P ....

May 29, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Interaction , Maxim Shepovalenko , Russian Navy
India-Russia 70: VIF-RIAC Bilateral Dialogue and the Way Forward

With India and Russia barely two weeks away from celebrating their 70 years of bilateral ties, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Moscow-based think tank Russian International affairs Council (RIAC), held a joint se....

April 05, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Conferences , India-Russia Relations , RIAC , Af-Pak region
Discussion on ‘Russia In The 21st Century: Where From, Where To'

The VIF organised an internal discussion the topic being, ‘Russia in the 21st Century: where from, where to’, on 23 Sep 2016. The discussion was conducted by Amb PS Raghavan and moderated by Amb PP Shukla, both India’s former Ambassadors to Rus....

October 03, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Featured , Russia , Interaction , India-Russia Relations , India-US relations , Russia In The 21st Century , President Putin
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