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Ukraine Crisis: Assessing the US Response and the Economic Implications

Amb Arun K Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Russia's sudden military incursion into Ukraine has taken the world by storm with the developing situation having far-reaching economic and geopolitical implications. Join Amb. Arun K. Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF and Avantika Menon in this podca....

March 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , India , economy , Europe , sanctions , Podcast , SWIFT , Ukraine Crisis , Invasion

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 15-28 February 2022

DEFENCE

Preparations of Def Expo 2022.
President’s Fleet Review.
Indian Air Force’s Eastern Bridge-VI exercise.
Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan.
Indian Air Force will participat....

March 05, 2022 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Africa , Terrorism , LWE , West Asia , Extremism , Khalistan , FICN , Somalia Israel

China Daily Digest February 18, 2022

Chinese vice premier stresses food safety: Xinhuanet

February 17, 2022

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng Thursday called for the application of new technologies including big data to ensure food safety. Han, also a member of the St....

February 18, 2022 India , China , Taiwan , China Daily Digest , Quantum Computing , Inner Mongolia , semiconductor , Robot shark , Patent Law

Israel’s Africa Conundrum: Bilateral Relations, Multilateral Opposition

Samir Bhattacharya Article

Background

In the first week of February, the annual summit of the African Union (AU) took place in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union. The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achieveme....

February 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , International Relations , Algeria , United Nations , Netanyahu , ECOWAS , Non-Aligned Movement , Yom Kippur War , Arab , African Union , Israel in Africa , Nigeria , South Africa

Quad Foreign Ministerial meeting in Australia

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The Foreign Ministers from the Quad countries met in Melbourne, Australia on 11 February 2022. The meeting was in the preparation of the Quad summit which is expected to be held in the first half of this year. In the last two years, the Quad members ....

February 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , US , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Maritime Security , Terrorism , Japan

India’s Engagement with Human Rights

The Vivekananda International Foundation hosted a discussion on India’s Engagement with Human Rights on 27th January 2022. In 2021, India got elected to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the second term (2022-24) to strengthen its commitment ....

February 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , India , UN , Human Rights , Human Rights Council

Sri Lankan Economy Spiralling out of control; Requests IMF assistance

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Commentary

Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown is one of the worst in recent decades, pushing many families into poverty. The situation is rapidly spiralling out of control with multiple ill prescribed economic policies. The unstable economic crisis is clearly on t....

February 14, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , India , economy , Sri Lanka , IMF

VIF-RIAC-IPIS Trilateral on the Developments in Afghanistan and their Regional Implications

The VIF, in collaboration with the Russian Institute of International Affairs (RIAC), Russia and the Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIS), Iran organised a webinar on the "Developments in Afghanistan and their Regional Implications....

February 02, 2022 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Russia , Iran , IPIS , RIAC , SGO

Xi Jinping’s Upgrading of PLA and Implications for India

Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China’s perception of its external environs has been changing incrementally since Xi Jinping took over in 2012 as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and China’s President. Rec....

February 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India , CMC , CCP , PLA