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Neighborhood News Digest – 06 February 2023

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Days After Peshawar Blast, Pak Teams to Ask Afghan Taliban to 'Rein in' TTP – The Wire
Days after the January 30 suicide bomb attack at Peshawar which killed 100 people, Dawn has reported that Pakistan will ask the ....

February 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , US , Russia , ASEAN , economy , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Bhutan , Qatar , Af-Pak , Tourism , UK , IMF , Pakistan Economy , TTP , Nepal-China , Bhutan politics , India-Myanmar , Sri Lanka-India , Quetta , Blast , Indo-Bhutan , Pervez Musharraf , Attack , Indo-Pak , EU-Nepal , Transparency International , Bangladesh-Pakistan , Rice Import , 50 Buses , Economic Assistance
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
Ukraine Conflict: A UK perspective

VIF organized a closed door round table discussion on a “Review of Russia-Ukraine Conflict”: A UK Perspective on 06 June 2022 in the physical mode at the VIF with members of the strategic community and Brigadier Nick Sawyer, Defence Advisor, Bri....

June 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Russia , UK , Russia Ukraine war
China Daily Digest February 24, 2022

Senior CPC official meets Panchen Lama: Xinhuanet Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official You Quan met with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu in Beijing Wednesday. You, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Commit....

February 24, 2022 Nepal , Putin , Japan , Ukraine , UK , Panchen Lama , France , China Daily Digest , Yuan , Inner Mongolia , Ant Group
Interaction between UK’s Chief of Defence and the Vivekananda International Foundation on UK’s “Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy”.

On 21 April 2021, Vivekananda International Foundation members had a virtual Interaction with UK’s Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nicholas PatrickCarter, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen. The interaction was focussed on the Indo-Pacific security and UK�....

June 14, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , foreign policy , UK , CDS. Indo-Pacific
Comments on the IISS paper of May 2021 titled: “Nuclear Deterrence and Stability in South Asia: Perceptions and Realities”1
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The recent IISS paper titled “Nuclear Deterrence and Stability in South Asia: Perceptions and Realities” is something of a letdown. Though it contains some nuggets of value such as the assessment that, given the China factor, the conventional arm....

June 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , UK , nuclear deterrence
VIF-IISS Roundtable on the UK’s Integrated Review: Impact on relations with India

The United Kingdom released its “Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy” on 16 March 2021. Titled ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’, the document stands out for shaping the country’s post-Brexit foreign, ....

May 24, 2021 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , UK , UK’s foreign policy
Cooperation on New Technologies, will India choose BRICS or D10?
Aayush Mohanty Article

As the Indian External Affairs Ministry prepares for the BRICS Foreign Minister’s Meeting, Beijing has proposed to set up an Innovation Base to strengthen the grouping’s cooperation on 5G, digital economy, Artificial Intelligence, information tec....

September 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , BRICS , UK , G7 , Huawei , Hong Kong , LAC , D10 , 5G. Innovation base
The EU -USA- China Contradiction: the Friends Turned Foes and Vice Versa
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The European Union (EU) is today facing a major contradiction. Its traditional ally, the USA has in several ways turned its back on Europe and is entering into trade and defence related quarrels. China which is the EU’s ‘systemic rival’ is on t....

July 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , US , China , Climate Change , trade , Brexit , NATO , EU , UK , COVID-19 , FDI , TTIP , 2020 EU China Cooperation Agenda
Two Expansions: Which G7 should India Choose?
Aayush Mohanty Article

The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union in June 2016 and Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States of America a few months later with the slogan “America First” has led to the offspring’s of globalisation, the....

July 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , UK , G7 , Expansion
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