On April 7, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The document suggests searching for new formats of cooperation between Russian and Indian research centers, an exchange of analytical materials and holding joint activities.
The Vivekananda International Foundation is an Indian think tank aimed at analyzing key political, economic and social trends in India and in the international ...
... negotiations with the Taliban; China, the United States and Pakistan act as facilitators, that is countries that facilitate the negotiation process, together with the government in Kabul. Today’s situation is favourable for diplomatic steps (I would put India aside for now, even though it is interested in a normal development of the country no less than the neighbouring countries).
China is interested in maintaining steady relations with all members of the Afghan conflict, and it is doing it successfully....
A distinctive feature of current Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is his direct call to the Indian diaspora abroad. Every appearance he has made in the 18 months since he came to office – at Wembley Stadium in London, Madison Square Garden in New York and Dubai International ...
... ASEAN to play a larger diplomatic role in the Asia-Pacific region? What is the future of the Asia-Pacific region?
Maavak: Southeast Asia is a colorful tapestry weaved by aeons of indigenous cultures as well as civilizational strands from China and India. By virtue of being bridges between both ancient civilizations, ASEAN is a natural buffer of stability as well as a beltway for prosperity.
These unique factors alone equip ASEAN to play larger arbitration and diplomatic roles in the Asia Pacific ...
On March 1-3, 2016 New Delhi hosted an international conference
Raisina Dialogue
, organized by the
Observer Research Foundation
. The event, held under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, brought together more than 100 speakers from 35 countries. The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), represented by its Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov, was invited to participate in panel discussions.
The conference focused on ...
... alone. Asia was projected to need $8US trillion worth of basic infrastructural projects for the 2010-2020 period, in order to lift its citizens out of poverty. This is a just a fraction of the critical infrastructural and logistics deficit worldwide. India alone has close to 300 million people who live on less than $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity and here is where close ties forged by Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can make a difference. China is facilitating trade and ...
On February 17, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council held a briefing for young diplomats from India. The event was organized on the initiative of the Embassy of India in Russia.
The Russian participants in the discussion included RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov, Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova ...
... past fifty years. Washington has so far not found a balance between defending its own national interests and acting with global responsibility, and this may become a critical obstacle to building a new world order in the foreseeable future.
China and India: Facets of Self-Limitation
The world’s second most powerful and influential country, China, has made much more progress in this respect over the last several decades. In the 1960s–1970s, the country’s unpredictability and ideological ...
... their voluntary goals of dramatically reducing carbon emissions by that time.
Back in 2012 when still at Goldman Sachs, Jim O'Neill, the creator of the BRIC (now BRICS) model, predicted that the combined GDP of eight countries-- China, Russia, India, Brazil, Turkey, Mexico, South Korea and Indonesia-- will account for about a third of the world economy by 2020. The G7 countries – Germany, the United States, Japan, Great Britain, Canada, France and Italy – will account for just over ...
On November 30th, Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister and François Hollande, president of France, launched together the “International Solar Alliance”. With the aim of providing developing countries with the technology for exploiting solar energy, Modi is heading ...
