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Energy Cooperation

Myanmar - Russia Partnership: Deepening Strategic Ties

Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlain conducted ‘an official goodwill visit’^[1] to Russia, accompanied by other members of SAC and sen....

March 19, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Myanmar , Putin , Min Aung Hlaing , Energy Cooperation , Myanmar-Russia Bilateral Ties , State Administrative Council (SAC) , Security Ties

The Impact of Ukraine Conflict on Japan-Russia Relations

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has markedly altered the state of relations between Japan and Russia. Though many analysts see the start date of the conflict with annexation of Crimea in 2014, it was only with the Russian special military operation in Fe....

November 25, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , National Security Strategy , NATO , shinzo abe , Ukraine Conflict , Energy Cooperation , China-Russia , Kuril Islands

Eurasia News Digest (16-31 July, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Tajikistan Commences Export of Mineral Fertilizers to Afghanistan

Tajikistan has begun to export mineral fertilizers to Afghanistan. It has recently delivered 626 tons of fertilizer produced at the Azot p....

July 31, 2024 Transportation , Energy Cooperation , Eurasia News Digest , EU Membership , Border Demarcation , COP29 , Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

Eurasia News Digest (16-31 October 2023)

Russia and Central Asia

Contract for Remaining Work on Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Power Line Signed

Turkmenistan's 500 KV line project was started in 2016 with the financial support of the Asian Development Bank, but with the re....

October 31, 2023 Military cooperation , Energy Cooperation , Eurasia News Digest , Reintegration of Nagorno-Karabakh , ArcelorMittal , C5+1 Ministerial meeting , Trade Turnover , BRI Forum

PM Dahal’s Visit to India: A vision of Trust, Respect and Enhanced cooperation

Aarushi Gupta Article

Nepal’s Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal’ Prachanda’, was on a four-day official visit to India from May 31 to June 3. It was his first bilateral visit abroad since he assumed office in December last year. It is his fourth visit to India in t....

June 14, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepal , Prachanda , Hydropower , Energy Cooperation , PM Dahal , MoUs

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 March 2023

Afghanistan

US military gear left in Afghanistan resurfaces with Pakistani Taliban – Mission Network News

It was bad enough when the US hastily withdrew from Afghanistan, leaving $7 billion-worth of military equipment to the Ta....

March 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , Pakistan politics , defence cooperation , Taliban , Imran Khan , EU , G20 , Tourism , IMF , Pakistan Economy , Ports , Afghan women , Prachanda , India-Bangladesh , junta , war crimes , India-Maldives , Ukraine War , Bhutan politics , Bhutan Economy , Confidence vote , Energy Cooperation , P2P