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Neighborhood News Digest- 20 September 2024

Afghanistan

Russian envoy meets Amir Khan, invites him to Moscow talks-The Khaama Press

Dmitry Zhirnov, the Russian ambassador in Kabul, met with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister. The Ministry of Fore....

September 20, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , US , Russia , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , World Bank , UN Security Council , Tashkent , BNP , Pakistan China , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Extradition , Asian Development Bank (ADB) , Afghani Value

Africa Now (15-31 August, 2024)

OVERVIEW

Recent developments in Africa highlight significant strides in infrastructure, international diplomacy, and economic reforms. Key events include major investments by the New Development Bank, financial agreements by IMF, humanita....

September 02, 2024 India , China , Mozambique , Africa , Egypt , Libya , Rwanda , World Bank , IMF , UN Security Council , Spain , Sudan , Kenya , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Mali , Nigeria , South Africa , Guinea , Burkina Faso , FOCAC , Sahel region , Democratic Republic of Congo , Chad , Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) , 19th CII India-Africa Business Conclave.

The Global South and the Summit of the Future

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is scheduled to convene for a “Summit of the Future” in New York on 22-23 September 2024. The outcome of this meeting of world leaders will be the adoption of a “Pact for the Future”. During the past....

August 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , World Health Organization , Covid , UN Security Council , UNGA

India’s Global Leadership: Revamped Agenda and Reformed Multilateralism Impacting Emerging World Order

Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

India’s ascendancy as UNSecurity Council President in December 2022 for the second time in a span of only fifteen months remarkably reflect its growing global recognition as a formidable and credible power that is committed to strengthen the tenets....

February 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , UN Security Council , Multilateralism , World Order , Russia-Ukraine War

Explained: Why India’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine Crisis is Nuanced?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine evoked almost immediately world-wide condemnation. Russia’s actions were condemned at the UN Security Council and General Assembly. In view of India’s special ties with Russia, India abstained from....

April 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , sanctions , NATO , UN Security Council , security issue , national interests , dialogue and discussion , condemnation , arms procurement

Ukraine crisis: The war that is changing relations, rules

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Having pushed Ukraine into war, the US does not know how to save it. Having started it, Russia does not know where to end it. Having been pushed into the war, Ukraine does not know how to come out of it. It accuses its adversary Russia saying it is a....

March 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , NATO , Ukraine , UN Security Council , UAE

Has a Cold War Started between U.S. and China?

Amb K P Fabian Article

China-U.S. relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace and some scholars have wondered whether we are witnessing the beginnings of Cold War 2 between the two biggest economies? On 21st July 2020, the U.S. State Department ordered that Chinese C....

August 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Taiwan , Trump , Japan , Globalisation , COVID-19 , UN Security Council , Hong Kong , Cold War , Nixon

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 28, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Food security concerns stoked as exporters curb sales, importers buy more

Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods amid panic buying and disrupted....

March 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , G20 , Coronavirus , Covid , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , corona crisis , Food security concerns , UN Security Council , ventilator procurement scheme , Healthcare , COVID-19 vaccine development

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Japan's Ambassador to India

On March 17, 2016, a broad panel of eminent foreign policy experts representing the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) engaged Japan’s present Ambassador to India H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu in an interaction going over the entire gamut of Ind....

March 21, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Japan , UN Security Council , India-Japan bilateral relations , Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Reaping the Whirlwind; Michael Griffin; Pluto Press; PP 283; Price: Rs 1834

Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Afghanistan 2014: Forward to the Past? This is not a recent book, comparatively speaking; it was published in 2001, but remains topical. It covers the rise of the Taliban in the mid- to late-1990’s, and examines the main actors in the rise ....

May 06, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pashtun , Taliban , Book Reviews , UN Security Council , Osama Bin Laden , Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , America , US East African Missions