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Neighborhood News Digest- 13 August 2024

Afghanistan
UN: 63% of Afghanistan’s population is under 25-The Khaama Press
The United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan (UNFPA) recently highlighted that approximately 63 percent of Afghanistan’s population is under....

August 13, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Palestine-Israel conflict , Tourism , PTI , ADB , India-Bangladesh , Research Vessel , U.N , Airspace , Public Holiday , Faiz Hameed , Baloch Yakjehti Commi¬ttee , Maldives-Bahrain Relations
Neighborhood News Digest - 08 August 2024

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Seeks Transfer of Afghan Prisoners from Iran-Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate has requested Tehran hand over Afghan citizens who are imprisoned in Iran for various crimes to Kabul so that they can be p....

August 08, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , South Korea , US , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Political Violence , SAARC , OIC , Awami League , PTI , BNP , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , interim Government , Tata Power , Druk Green , Maldives National Defense Force
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 July 2024)

Defence
  1. Aatmanirbhartain defence: MoD notifies fifth Positive Indigenisation List of 346 items for DPSUs.
  2. Indian Naval Ship TabarArrives in Hamburg, Germany.
    3. August 08, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Defence budget , Indian Air Force , Radicalisation , Indian Army , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , MoD , Indian Navy , Radicalism , UK , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Baluchistan , Bharat , FICN , Coastal Security , Islamic , Anjem Choudary
Discussion on Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition

The VIF organised a virtual meeting on “Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition” on 12 July 2024, where the participants from two sides deliberated on India-US relations post the swearing-in of the new NDA government. Ambas....

July 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , US , strategic partnership , India foreign policy , I2U2 , India US Relations
Portents of the Xi-Putin Meeting of May 2024
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Summits between Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are invariably closely monitored in world capitals, especially since the onset of Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022 and the two having declared a “no limits friendship”! C....

July 16, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , Russia , Xi Jinping , Putin , Europe , CCP , Taiwan independence
Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli....

July 11, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , economy , technology , Terrorism , Japan , AI , Political , Bharat , Cyber , ML , Deepfake , Unreal , GAN , Neural , Defence Security
Neighborhood News Digest- 02 July 2024

Afghanistan
Diplomats’ insights on first day of Doha meeting on Afghanistan-The Khaama Press
The first day of the third Doha meeting began with remarks from Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Deputy Secretary-General. The closed-door ....

July 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Protests , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Qatar , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , Doha , Remittances , Floods , China-Myanmar , India-Sri Lanka , CJP , GRSE , Investors , Structural Reform , Himalaya - Bay of Bengal Connectivity , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Op 1027 , Nepal-Maldives.
Neighborhood News Digest- 14 June 2024

Afghanistan
PM's Office Discusses Second Sarobi Dam and Jawzjan Gas Power Projects-Tolo News
The Economic Commission of the Prime Minister's Office in a meeting discussed the construction of the second Sarobi Dam in Kabul prov....

June 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Iran , UNSC , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , UNESCO , Bhutan , Punjab , Bangladesh , Arakan army , IMF , UAE , Budget , Bangladesh-China , Russia-Myanmar , Landslides , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Teesta River , Britain-Nepal , Easter attack , Industrial Policies , VPN , Hydrography Agreement.
Convergence of the Indo-Pacific with the Indian Ocean—Is a Maritime Centric Approach Enough? An Indian Perspective
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This article examines China’s strategic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region through the lens of its “Zhōngguó” or “Middle Kingdom” dream of regaining its perceived historical dominance. It traces the deep roots of this aspiration in Chin....

June 07, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , CCP , Indian Ocean , Indo Pacific , Maritime Centric
Overview of India’s Trade Policy from 2014-2024
J S Deepak, IAS (R)

India’s trade policy through 2014-24 has seen both hits and misses, fortunately more hits than misses. Getting a permanent peace clause at the WTO for our food security schemes in 2014, walking out of the RCEP agreement in 2019, and focusing on FTA....

May 31, 2024 Economic Studies , India , US , China , trade , RCEP , WTO , Protectionism , FTAs , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
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