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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 October 2022

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VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - October 21, 2022

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Iran and Pakistan Officials Pledge to Act for Peace in Afghanistan: Tolo News
Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan on a trip to Iran talked about the current situation in Afghanistan with Iranian officials. Ira....

October 21, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , Iran , Afghanistan , GDP , Oman , Infrastructure , Myanmar Junta , USA- Pakistan , polls , Elections Economic crisis
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - October 20, 2022

Afghanistan
Iran and Pakistan Officials Pledge to Act for Peace in Afghanistan: Tolo News
Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan on a trip to Iran talked about the current situation in Afghanistan with Iranian officials. Ira....

October 20, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , Iran , Afghanistan , GDP , Oman , Infrastructure , Myanmar Junta , USA- Pakistan , polls , Elections Economic crisis
China: Daily Scan, September 30, 2022

Former vice governor of China's Hubei expelled from CPC, public office: Xinhuanet September 29, 2022
Cao Guangjing, former vice governor of central China's Hubei Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dis....

September 30, 2022 India , Iran , NDRC , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , C919 , Return to Dust
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: August 2022
Naval Jagota, Senior Fellow, VIF

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
The Iraqi Political Conundrum
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Iraq’s problems do not seem to go away. Any effort for a domestic stabilization always meets with an unequal and more intense opposing force. Politico- religious leaders hold the sway. External powers play their own games in keeping their stables a....

September 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Iran , Iraq , Ali Khamenei , Shia , Kurds , Sadr , Sunni
China: Daily Scan, August 25, 2022

Nationalistic blogger Sima Nan banned from Chinese social media: South China Morning Post
August 23, 2022
Sima Nan, a Chinese blogger who shot to fame on the back of rising nationalism by writing inflammatory articles about the ....

August 25, 2022 Pakistan , SCO , Iran , Africa , Japan , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Deng Xiaoping , Guangxi
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
West Asia Round up-July 2022

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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
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 July 2022

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