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Eurasia News Digest (1-15 November, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakhstan, China Strengthen Economic Ties With $2.5 Billion In New Investments

Kazakhstan has signed eight commercial agreements worth $2.5 billion with Chinese companies, significantly enhancing bilater....

November 20, 2024 trade war , Nuclear Power , Russia Ukraine war , Green energy , Eurasia News Digest , COP29 , Green Corridor

China-Africa Cooperation Forum: An Analytical Overview

Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF Article

China hosted the Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing on September 4-6, 2024. In the Ministerial conference of the 2024 FOCAC summit, Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, stated that the summit would be ‘China’s most important home di....

October 03, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , China , Africa , modernisation , Debt , Green energy , FOCAC Summit

Eurasia News Digest (16-30 June, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine, strengthening enforcement and anti-circumvention measures

For the first time, the EU has adopted a measure....

July 03, 2024 Palestine , Water crisis , Misinformation , Green energy , Eurasia News Digest , EU Sanctions , Uranium.

How Critical are the Critical Minerals for Central Asia?

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Why are Critical Minerals Important?

Critical minerals, with their unique and irreplaceable properties, are vital to modern technologies, industries, and national security. Their designation as critical stems from these properties but als....

June 25, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , China , BRI , C5+1 , clean energy , critical minerals , Rare Earth Minerals , Green energy , US-Central Asia

Eurasia News Digest (16-31 December, 2023)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakhstan To Remove Taliban from List of Terrorist Groups

Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov said in a televised interview on December 29 that the Central Asian state's Security Council h....

January 04, 2024 Taliban , Gazprom , Green energy , Eurasia News Digest , CIS Informal Summit , Energy Transportation , Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Agenda , Kyrgyz Flag , Electric Auto Infrastructure , Kyrgyz Migrants

Nepal-India Energy Cooperation – on the Eve of PM Dahal’s India Visit

Sunil KC Commentary

Despite asymmetries between Nepal and India, the two countries have remained natural partners. The open border arrangements with similarities in socio-economic and cultural issues have facilitated that partnership further. That is why, the relations ....

April 19, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , PM Modi , South Asia , Hydropower , Green energy , PM Prachanda