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Neighborhood News Digest – 18 January 2023

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Afghan Taliban For First Time Reports Threat From Pakistan: Report – NDTV
For the first time, the Taliban reported threats from Pakistan, which they considered as the safe haven from 2000-2021, independent journalist....

January 18, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Terrorism , Bhutan , GCC , Bangladesh , Taliban , religion , refugees , Colombo , Northeast , Afghanistan Pakistan , Nepal India , Maldives-Cambodia , Elections 2023 , Dr. S. Jaishankar , Rally , Israel-Myanmar , India Myanmar , Census
Neighborhood News Digest – 17 January 2023

Afghanistan
UN Employ Technology to Stop Afghanistan’s Illicit Opium Cultivation – Khaama Press
On Monday, a British University, Cranfield, released a statement indicating a research partnership with United Nations. The report....

January 17, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Terrorism , Bhutan , GCC , Bangladesh , Taliban , religion , refugees , Colombo , Northeast , Afghanistan Pakistan , Nepal India , Maldives-Cambodia , Elections 2023 , Dr. S. Jaishankar , Rally , Israel-Myanmar , India Myanmar , Census
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 21, 2022

Afghanistan
Norway Donates $22 Million to Afghanistan: Tolo News
Norway announced its package of NOK 220 million (approximately $22 million) for the UN and World Bank to enhance food security and provide basic services, the No....

November 21, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Climate Change , Nepal elections , USA , GCC , Security , Floods , Durand Line , PDM , Lavrov , BNP , Budget 2023 , Cyril Romaphosa , Basil , PTA , HRW , Landmines , COP-27 , Pay structure bill 2022 , Bhutan politics , Nepal vote counting , voter turnout
Turkey's Changing Dynamics with the GCC States
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF analyses "Turkey's Changing Dynamics with the GCC states". The speaker identifies Turkey's strategic interests in the Persian Gulf region and the core areas of conflict; elaborates on the reasons for ....

May 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , GCC , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , UAE , Podcast , Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The Last Two Gulf Summits- Looking at New Horizons
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Addressing the Shura Council King Salman of Saudi Arabia last week reiterated his concern about the Iranian government’s policy which is destabilizing regional security and stability, including building, and backing sectarian armed militias and pro....

January 04, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Iran , JCPOA , Qatar , GCC , Syria , IRGC , Houthis , Gulf Summit
Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pac....

November 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Palestine , JCPOA , GCC , Golan Heights , Peace Process , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Riyadh , Tel Aviv
The Disarray in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Amb K P Fabian Article

The 5th of June 2020 marks a sad day in the annals of the 6-member GCC (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) founded in 1981. On 5th June 2017 the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. broke off relations with ....

June 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Iran , Qatar , GCC , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , U.S. , Muslim Brotherhood , 13 Demands and Ultimatum , Gas Fields , Al Jazeera
India’s Medicine Diplomacy
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

“Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam” (World is one family) has been a key ingredient of India’s outreach to the world from time immemorial. It has also acquired a greater salience in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. The whole world is suffering and is frankly ....

June 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , GCC , WHO , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , Vande Bharat Mission , International Vaccine Alliance , Pharmacy of the World , e-Arogyabharati
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 01, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Protectionism Spreads Globally With the New Coronavirus
Alongside growing opposition to Chinese investments, protectionism is widening. Nine of the world’s 10 largest economies have introduced new measures restricti....

June 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , UNSC , GCC , RIMPAC , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Locusts , Protectionism , New Taxes , Poverty Alleviation , Dollar Convertibility , Remote Learning , Cyberattacks , Drug Patents
GCC and the Indian Diaspora in the context of Covid-19
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

West Asia is India’s strategic extended neighbourhood. No wonder India’s policy with respect to the region especially the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain) has acquired a new depth a....

April 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , Cooperation , COVID-19 , diaspora , Kafala system
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