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Eurasia News Digest (1-15 July, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia

Kazakh, and Chinese Business Leaders Ink 40 Multibillion-Dollar Agreements

Kazakh and Chinese business leaders inked over 40 agreements worth $3.7 billion on the sidelines of the Kazakh-Chinese Business C....

July 24, 2024 NATO , Military Exercises , Iran elections , SCO summit , Labour Migrants , Eurasia News Digest , Gas transit

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (07-13 August)

Economic

New US Rule on China Investments Creates ‘Agony’ of Ambiguity

Money managers, lobbyists and members of Congress had hoped President Joe Biden’s long-awaited restrictions on investment in China would make clear w....

August 14, 2023 Jerusalem , Saudi Arabia , oil prices , Cyberattacks , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Military Exercises , ECOWAS , S Investment Ban , US-Iran Prisoner Deal , Taiwan-EU , Ultrasound

China-Central Asia Relations

Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Since the Soviet disintegration, Chinese activities in Central Asia grew leaps and bounds. China has penetrated deep into economic and strategic spheres of these countries with its ambitious Belt and Road projects. However, with the increasing Chines....

May 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , China , Russia , Central Asia , BRI , Debt Trap , Oil and Gas , Military Exercises , Sinophobia , Podcast , Railways and roads

Eastern Ladakh: NTR - ‘Trust but Verify’ Information!

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

Apparently, and correctly, there is a reportage fatigue on Eastern Ladakh, because of the intensification and severity of pandemic and as post 11th Round of Talks at Moldo, in military coinage, there is NTR (nothing to report). Sporadic articles quot....

April 26, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , WMCC , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Depsang , Pangong Tso , Military Exercises , PPs , Raki Nala

Significance of Blinken’s and Austin’s Visits to Seoul and Tokyo

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No sooner than the first virtual summit of the four Quad leaders discussed the regional issues and underlined the importance of rules of law and free and open Indo-Pacific, the Joe Biden administration sent his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and D....

March 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Climate Change , summits , Military Exercises , Taiwan Strait , East and South China Sea , North Korea’s nuclear issue , 2+2 talks , comfort women issue , burden-sharing , institutional mechanism , weaponisation , island-building , China’s new Coast Guard Law , fishing vessels.

Chinese Activity in Central Asia; beyond Trade, Transport and Economy

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

China has invested in energy, infrastructure, transportation, railways and roads, communications etc. in Central Asia. Recently, Chinese Huawei has signed around one billion deal with Uzbekistan for digitalization of the countr....

June 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , military base , Security , Tajikistan , BRI , COVID-19 , Kyrgyz Republic , Gas pipeline , Badakhshan , Loans , Grants , Debt repayment , Military Exercises