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Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the prosp....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Putin , Ukraine War , Valdai Club , Non-west , Trump election
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (08-14 April 2024)

Economic

What overcapacity? China says its industries are simply more competitive
The last day of U.S. Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China coincided with the strongest retort yet from Beijing officials over her claims tha....

April 25, 2024 North Korea , Philippines , Taliban , Turkey , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Myanmar military , Ukraine War , Yoon , Yellen , Olefins , Russian Metals ban , Iran Attack , Biden-Kishida
Sweden Joins NATO – Does it Contribute to Peace or Intensify Conflict?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

On 7 March 2024, Sweden officially became NATO’s newest member, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington DC, thereby ending its 200-year-old policy of neutrality....

April 10, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Ukraine War , Nordic countries , Article 5 , containment strategy , defensive modernisation , Finnish War
Making Sense of a so-Called Frozen War
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This brief piece picks up the thread from the latest the Russo-Ukraine war and attempts to reflect on what may lie ahead.

Visiting the Russo-Ukraine Battlefield
Following points briefly reflect the current scene:-
A Full Circle by Second Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
The Russo-Ukraine war crossed its two-year mark on 22 Feb 2024. This work is based on the premise that in the two years gone by, the war has come a ‘full circle’. How? On 22 Feb 2022, Russia looked ‘strong and confid....

February 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russo-Ukraine war , Ukraine War , Russian invasion of Ukraine , Ukraine counteroffensive
Prospects and Problems: Providing Aid to Ukraine
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Strategic Perspective
A Global War
The Russo Ukraine war which is treading its blood-soaked trail (676 days and counting) has truly been a ‘global war’. Simply put, it is West plus the US versus Kremlin on the....

January 03, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russo-Ukraine war , Ukraine War , Aid to Ukraine , US aid to Ukraine , EU aid to Ukraine
What Goes Around Comes Around - Changing Contours of Air and Air Defence War in Ukraine
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Abstract
The old cliché, ‘what goes around comes around’ best describes the changing contours of the air and air defence war as it unfolds in Ukraine and is now spilling into Russia. This work examines how this part of the conflic....

July 05, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ukraine War , Air war in Ukraine , Air and air defence war , Russia- Ukraine air war
Erdogan Consolidates Power in Turkey with Third Win: India needs to be Watchful
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The unprecedented third term that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won during the second round of presidential elections has attracted considerable media attention in India and Europe. Before the first round of elections held on 14 May, opinion....

June 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Erdogan , OIC , G-20 , Ukraine War , missile defence system , Kilicdaroglu , Bosporus Strait , strategic location
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (01-07 May)

Economic
Investment in developing nations may hit 20-year low: World Bank official
Plunging investment in developing countries could lead to lower growth in the long term and exacerbate problems, said Hiroshi Matano, executive ....

May 09, 2023 Arab League , World Bank , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Ukraine War , 20 Year Low , US Debt Default , Food Insecurity , Japan-South Korea thaw
Changing Shades of Russian Weapon Deployment in Ukraine War
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Picking up the Thread- the Premise
The recent reports in the open source have stated that in the massive missile strikes on Ukraine between 06-10 Mar 2022, Russia has used ‘new age weapons’, namely the Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles....

March 25, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Ukraine War , Ukraine-Russia War , Russian weapon deployment
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