Articles

At a time when India is confronted with unprecedented crisis situation due to the surging spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the country, it augur well that the country is receiving bounties of goodwill from countries the world over to fight the ....

May 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , modi , Taiwan , Trump , Putin , Singapore , COVID-19 , France , Biden , Suga , Morrisson , oxygen cylinders , sputnik v , HCQ

Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covid-19. Both are unfortunate developments and ....

June 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Kim Jong-un , Singapore , Pyongyang , Kaesong , Demilitarised zone , 2018 deal , Blue House , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , sanctions relief , summits , Hanoi , dialogue , Roh Moo-hyun , Park Geun-hye , Covid-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 28, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

European Union Plans $2 Trillion Coronavirus Response Effort

The European Union set out a $2 trillion coronavirus response plan, including a massive pooling of national financial resources that, if approved, would dee....

May 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , Singapore , Big Data , European Commission , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Huawei , Hong Kong , Arctic , Power of Siberia , Japan Tourist Industry , Gazprom , Nord Stream 2 , Meng Wangzhou , Merck , Superspreaders

Perceptions, Policies and Narrative about China over COVID-19 from the Indo-Pacific

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF Article

As the initial shock from the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in the past few weeks, there has been a rising criticism of China from nearly all over the world. This piece would survey China’s policies and popular narratives from the Indo-Pacific that hav....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Vietnam , Southeast Asia , Singapore , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , ASEAN.

From Third World to First -The Singapore Story: 1965-2000. First Edition. By Lee Kuan Yew. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. 729 pp. ISBN 0-06-019776-5.

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Singapore has been called the 20th century’s “most successful development story” and is considered a model for economic development. Its stunning economic transformation has been described as a “miracle” and have been the subject of numerou....

May 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Singapore , Book Reviews , From Third World to First , Mr. Lee Kwan Yew , Singapore’s independence , 1965-2000

Discussion on ‘India’s Recent Foreign Policy Moves in Wuhan, Sochi, Singapore and Qingdao’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a Round Table Discussion on ‘India’s Recent Foreign Policy Moves in Wuhan, Sochi, Singapore and Qingdao’, with the Director, VIF, moderating the discussions. Imperatives of whether strateg....

June 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , foreign policy , Wuhan , Sochi , Singapore , Qingdao