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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (25-31 March 2024)

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Why is Japan changing its ban on exporting lethal weapons, and why is it so controversial?
Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on March 26, its latest step aw....

April 12, 2024 North Korea , Russia , Myanmar , Kremlin , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Digital Silk Road , UNSC Resolution Gaza , Baltimore , Fossil Fuel funding , China WTO dispute , Ukraine Tariff-Free Trade , US CEOs in China , Cocoa Crisis
US Presidential Election under Global Spotlight
Prof Chintamani Mahapatra Commentary

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
Kashmir-Xinjiang Linkages in Modern and Contemporary Times

Due to its geographical contiguity and cultural affinity with Xinjiang and linkage with the Silk Route by means of much frequented Srinagar-Leh-Yarkand-Kashgar route, Kashmir played an important role in India’s relations with Central Asia since ear....

March 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Kashmir , CPEC , Kashgar , Xinjiang Linkages , Uyghur activists , Soviet 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
Neighborhood News Digest- 01 March 2024

Afghanistan
Women’s media work may be banned if faces are not covered: AFJC- The Khama Press
The Afghanistan Journalists Center reports that the Minister of Virtue and Vice for the Taliban has issued a warning that if female....

March 01, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , election , Bangladesh , Arakan army , World Bank , IMF , Remittances , Women , Economic Growth , Civil war , Political Crisis , Cabinet , SLPP , China-Bhutan , MaldivesParliamentary Elections , Digital Finance , Climate Diplomacy , FINTECH Alliance , Min Hlaing
Neighborhood News Digest- 27 February 2024

Afghanistan
Afghanistan launches Polio Vaccination campaign- The Khama Press
The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with international organizations, has initiated the second sub-national polio vaccination campaign fo....

February 27, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Russia , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Japan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Cyber Security , Inflation , UN , Parliamentary elections , PPP , Crypto , China-Bhutan , Maldives-India relations , Climate action , Ministry of Industry and Commerce , Maryam Nawaz , Foreign Fund , Shan , Thailand-Myanmar-India.
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
Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War 2022-2024: Battleground of Adaptations and Innovations
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war that commenced on 24 February 2022 between Ukraine and Russia, has limited parallels with the ongoing war! The sheer dynamism in adaptation, by initiative, ingenuity and vitality of the battleground and industrial interface, is a lesson by it....

February 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Drones , HIMARS , Decoys , End game , EW
Neighborhood News Digest- 14 February 2024

Afghanistan
World Has No Option but to Engage With Islamic Emirate: Kabir- Tolo News
The deputy prime minister for political affairs, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said that the world has no option but to engage with the Islamic Emirat....

February 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Russia , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Daesh , Bangladesh , Presidential election , PTI , National Assembly , Human Rights Watch , PML (N) , polls , Maldives-UAE Relations , Khost , Federalism.
Uncertain Winds: Trends in West Asia in 2024
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Israel-Hamas Conflict
On 7 October, Hamas’ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades backed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades executed a multi-domain ‘shock and awe campaign’, ‘Operation Al Aqsa Flood’ i....

January 31, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , Palestine , US , China , Russia , Iran , Civil wars
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