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Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: August 2022
Naval Jagota

In the month of August 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a total of seven expert group, think tank, round table and eminent person interactions with most of them being hybrid but with increasing in person attendance. The month....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , China , Iran , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC Security Challenges , Transport Connectivity , Geo-economic Trends , developments in Sri Lanka
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 1-15 August 2022

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West Asia Round up-July 2022

Abstract:
After 19 months into his Presidency the US Administration decided that President Joe Biden embark on a ‘mending fences’ visit to West Asia including Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia to interact bilaterally and regionally ....

August 12, 2022 Israel , Palestine , US , Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Syria , West Asia , West Asia Round Up , Iran-Taliban Clashes
China: Daily Scan, August 05, 2022

China's non-CPC political parties make joint statement on Pelosi visit: Xinhuanet
August 4, 2022
China's eight non-Communist Party of China (CPC) political parties on Thursday released a joint statement expressing their strong o....

August 05, 2022 US , ASEAN , Taiwan , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , PLA Eastern Theater Command
Ayman al-Zawahiri is Dead: The Ending of a Chapter of al-Qa’ida’s Founding Fathers!
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 02 August 2022, United States (US)’ President Joe Biden made a public announcement about a successful counter-terrorism operation carried out by the US forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. On 30 July 2022, on command of US President Biden, the Central ....

August 04, 2022 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Pakistan , US , Afghanistan , Terrorism , ISIS , Taliban , IslamicState , AlQaida , AlQaeda , Zawahiri , OsamaBinLaden , AymanZawahiri
China: Daily Scan, August 03, 2022

China to improve sci-tech services for rural population: Xinhuanet
August 2, 2022
China will launch a national campaign to better mobilize the science and technology sector to contribute to the country's rural revitalization dri....

August 03, 2022 US , Taiwan , PLA , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Pelosi
VIF- The Heritage Foundation Roundtable Discussion on 7 July 2022

The VIF in collaboration with the Heritage Foundation, USA, organized a virtual roundtable discussion on the ‘Geopolitical and Economic Implications of the Ukraine Crisis for India’ and the US on 7 July 2022. The opening remarks were delivered by....

July 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , US , Sino-Russia Axis
The I2 U2: A Matrix of Some Consequence
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On July 14 , while President Biden was in Israel on the first leg of his much discussed desert Safari ending in Jeddah conferring with the regional leaders to strengthen the Abrahamic security bridges, he virtually hosted a summit of his counterpart....

July 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , India , US , Investments , Oil , UAE , I2U2
China: Daily Scan, July 05, 2022

Climate change: melting Tibetan glaciers could unleash potentially dangerous bacteria, scientists say: South China Morning Post
July 3, 2022
Scientists have found nearly 1,000 species of bacteria – many of them new – in glac....

July 05, 2022 US , Russia , Japan , COVID-19 , Huawei , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Canada , Senkaku , Everbright
Nepal Army and SPP – Multiple Nuances
Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle Article

Nepal Army has emerged as a capable provider for UN Peace Keeping missions. The country’s Peacekeeping contingents as well as leaders have demonstrated professional competence standing tall amongst contemporaries from other nations in multinational....

July 01, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , US , Nepal , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Communist parties , SPP
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