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US Presidential Election under Global Spotlight

While more than sixty countries around the world will conduct democratic elections in 2024, currently it is the US Presidential election that is under the spotlight of the international community. Every fourth year, Americans vote for the occupant of....

April 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , Russia , West Asia , Presidential election , NATO , Biden , Hamas

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

Eurasia News Digest (16-31 March 2024)

Russia and Central Asia

US held the first B5+1 Forum

Announced by President Biden during the inaugural C5+1 Summit in September 2023 and highlighted in the corresponding New York Declaration, the B5+1 is the private-sector-led....

April 04, 2024 NATO , Labour Migrants , terrorist attack , Eurasia News Digest , EU Membership , B5+1 , South Ossetia , Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness , Solar power

Chilling Geostrategic Environment: An era of ‘Authoritarian Conflict Management’

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Are we getting close to a global confrontation or are these fears grossly exaggerated? Lately, the French President had spoken of sending ground troops to Ukraine, there are reports of 12 CIA bases in Ukraine, and 50 British troops (SAG) are in Ukrai....

March 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Russia , War , Myanmar , Nuclear , NATO , Ukraine , Gaza , Hamas , Sahel region

Eurasia News Digest (16-29 February 2024)

Russia& Central Asia

Wabtec Acquires Full Ownership of Locomotive Assembly Plant in Kazakhstan

The American company Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has acquired full ownership of the locomotive assembl....

March 05, 2024 NATO , CSTO , Military Intelligence , Eurasia News Digest , Qosh Tepa Canal , Munich Security Conference , Eurasian Supply Chains , Peace Keeping Mission , Golan Hights , Wabtec , Water Monitoring Station

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (12-18 February 2024)

Economic

China puts high expectations on ‘new productive forces’ in search for sustainable growth engines

In recent communications, China’s leaders and media have frequently used the phrase “new productive forces” wh....

February 27, 2024 NATO , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Kim Yo Jong , Zelensky , recession , Prabowo Subianto , New Productive Forces , Vertical Corridor , Myanmar Conscription Law , TB

As Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches two year mark, it is advantage Putin

Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

With the West locked into a semi-permanent conflict with Russia, and the fraying deterrence equations between the big powers, the consequent disequilibrium on the Eurasian continent is a matter of deep concern. It works primarily to China’s advanta....

February 24, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Putin , NATO , Ukraine Conflict

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (15-21 January 2024)

Economic

China confirms GDP rose 5.2% in 2023 on higher government spending

China's economy grew 5.2% on the year in 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Jan 17, confirming an unusual early revelation Premier Li Qia....

January 31, 2024 North Korea , NATO , Immigration , NAM , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Liberal Democratic Party , Red Sea , China GDP , Japan Economy , Data Centers , Pakistan-Iran

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (01-07 January 2024)

Economic

US becomes world’s top LNG exporter – Reuters

The US emerged as the globe’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the global market in 2023, Reuters reported on Jan 03, citing tanker tracking and g....

January 17, 2024 South Korea , Iran , Bangladesh elections , NATO , Gaza , Locusts , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Red Sea , EVs , Patriot Missiles , Somaliland , Top LNG Exporter

Japan Abandons its Three Basic Principles on Arms Exports

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In response to the increase in the region’s geopolitical stress, Japan’s vulnerability has increased manifold. This has compelled the administration of Fumio Kishida to make some drastic change in the country’s security posture. The main driver....

January 04, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , NATO , Taiwan Strait , missile launches , Ukraine Crisis , collective self-defence , Three Basic Principles , weapons exports , peace clause in Jaoanese Constitution