Articles

The Russia-Ukraine War 2022: A Point of No Return?

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

On 24 February 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced ‘special military operation,’ the beginning of land, sea, and air offensive against Ukraine. The Western Pundits had forecast that the war under the onslaught of Russian famed military and t....

September 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Nuclear , Referendum , Ukraine , EU , Donetsk , Luhansk , Donbas

Biden’s visit to M.E., Energy Crisis and Recession

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The sharp increase in oil prices following the Ukraine war brought President Biden to Saudi Arabia. This was seen as a departure from the position taken by candidate Biden during his election campaign when he had criticized the Crown Prince and threa....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , Iran , Saudi Arabia , EU , Oil , OPEC , Biden

China: Daily Scan, July 22, 2022

Senior CPC official urges preventing, defusing risks in united front work: Xinhuanet

July 21, 2022

Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official You Quan has urged efforts to prevent and defuse risks in the united front work an....

July 22, 2022 South Korea , China , Japan , EU , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , CATL , Anhui , HSBC , Ford

China: Daily Scan, July 20, 2022

China launches inspection of municipal, county-level law-based governance: Xinhuanet

July 19, 2022

China on Tuesday launched an inspection of law-based governance at the municipal and county levels. The inspection will focus on ....

July 20, 2022 India , China , Taiwan , Bangladesh , EU , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Dandong

China: Daily Scan, June 28, 2022

Chinese vice premier meets exemplary groups, individuals of government offices administration: Xinhuanet

June 27, 2022

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Monday met with exemplary groups and individuals working in government offi....

June 28, 2022 EU , UK , Shenzhen , Hong Kong , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Fujian , Afghan

Impact of Russia-Ukraine crisis on the Baltic States

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Russia’s “special military operation” of Ukraine has created global reverberations on a scale not seen since 9/11 and re-set global politics. The transformational impact of this on geopolitics, global governance, and the global economy has ....

April 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , EU , defence spending , Finland , Denmark , NATO membership , security dynamics , Putin’s strong-arm tactics , global politics

VIF Cyber Review: March 2022

NATIONAL

National Policy on Electronics 2019: India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)

On 30 March 2022, the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019 was notified by the Ministry of Electroni....

April 07, 2022 Russia , Ukraine , Cybercrime , EU , Phishing , Facebook , cybersecurity , VIF Cyber Review , NPE2019 , MeitY , GDPR , CERTIN , Ireland

China: Daily Scan, April 7, 2022

Former deputy head of State Administration of Grain indicted for graft: Xinhuanet

April 7, 2022

Xu Ming, former deputy head of the State Administration of Grain, has been indicted on charges of taking bribery and abuse of power,....

April 07, 2022 Russia , mongolia , EU , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Omicron , Hangzhou

China: Daily Scan, April 04, 2022

Chinese vice premier stresses support for foreign trade companies: Xinhuanet

April 2, 2022

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Saturday called for more efforts to ramp up support for foreign trade enterprises and ensure stable ....

April 04, 2022 Russia , Afghanistan , EU , COVID-19 , Huawei , Hong Kong , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , digital Yuan , Inner Mongolia

Afghanistan

Blinken: Qatar Continues to Be Main Transit Point for Afghans: Tolo News