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Neighborhood News Digest- 07 May 2024

Afghanistan
OIC Calls for Inclusive Govt, Human Rights Protection in Afghanistan-Tolo News
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation in its final statement of its 15th session of the Islamic State Conference asked for the establ....

Eurasia News Digest (16-30 April, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakhstan Commits $448.2 Million to Boost Recycling Infrastructure
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources will allocate 200 billion tenge ($448.2 million) to finance the construction and moderniza....

Neighborhood News Digest- 30 April 2024

Afghanistan
From spring offensive to charm offensive: The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan - Times of India
Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run ....

International Strategic Engagement Capsule (IN-STEP)

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a two-day International Strategic Engagement Programme (IN-STEP) module on March 26-27, 2024, for 37 senior policymakers (both civil and military) including 29 from overseas. The overseas part....

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: January 2024

Having joined the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 16th January, soon after my superannuation from the Indian Navy on 31 December 2023, I have been assigned the onerous task of editing the ‘Monthly Expert Groups Report’. It is a tall....

Climate Change & Environmental Degradation: Impacts of War in Afghanistan

Introduction
In the beginning of this month (February 2024) a three-day international conference on climate change was organized by the Nangarhar University situated in Jalalabad, the capital city of the eastern Nangarhar province of Afgh....

Climate Change in Central Asia: An Assessment of its Impact and Crisis Management

Introduction
Climate change is having a significant impact on Central Asia, affecting social, economic, and environmental facets of society. Extreme weather conditions such as the coldest winters, flooding, earthquakes, melting of glacier....

Climate Change in 2023: Has the World Reached an Inflection Point?

Introduction
2023 was a watershed year for climate change. As record after record was broken that year, experts lamented that the world may have reached an inflection point. For example, CO2 levels in the atmosphere are projected to reach....

Pathways to World War III

Understanding ‘World War’
A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. The Oxford English Dictionary cited the first known usage in the English language to a Scottish newspaper, Th....

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