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Pathways to World War III
Sunil Yadav Article

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....

December 08, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Climate Change , Nuclear War , US-China , Cold War , Middle East , World War III , Geo-Political Faultlines , WMD
Human Rights and America’s Immigration Politics - Part 2
Rohith Krishna Article

(Reading Part 1 of this article is a recommended prerequisite to gain proper understanding of the second part. The ....

July 24, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Cold War , Human Rights , America , UDHR
Human Rights and the Uses of History: Expanded Second Edition | Author-Samuel Moyn, Verso; Reprint edition, 2017, 208 pp, London: ISBN-13:978-1781689004, Price-₹ 940 (paperback)
Rohith Krishna

When the history of human rights is written, there is a general tendency in scholarship to teleologically derive the concept from antiquity to the enlightenment period and its matured form today (for instance, Lynn Hunt, 2007). In such a framework of....

July 04, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Cold War , Human Rights , Indian culture , Last Utopia
Neighborhood News Digest – 19 June 2023

Afghanistan

Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran’s deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis – CNBC
Iran and Afghanistan are going head-to-head over control of the supply of a crucial resource that’s shrinking by th....

June 19, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Iran , Afghanistan , US Withdrawal , Bhutan , BRICS , Nawaz Sharif , Assam , Tourism , US-China , Cold War , Siliguri Corridor , Blasphemy , earthquake , Russia-Sri Lanka , Pakistan exports , PM Prachanda , Bhutan Refugee Scam , Explosion , Finance , Greek Boat Tragedy , Anti-Terrorism Act , Operation Pawan , BSF-BGB
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 16, 2023)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu has Renewed Nigerian Hopes: Can he Awaken the Sl....

April 17, 2023 China , Ethiopia , International Solar Alliance , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Cold War , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , Jaishankar , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Africa in India , AFINDEX , ODOP , 1D1F , Akufo Addo , Marburg , Tinubu
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 15, 2023)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters.

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President Akufo-Addo can still turn around the economy by drawing s....

April 10, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Cold War , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , TPLF , Jaishankar , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Africa in India , AFINDEX , ODOP , 1D1F , Akufo Addo , GERD , Marburg
VIF Hosts the High Commissioner of South Africa and Ambassador of Sudan under its Connect Africa Programme

The High Commissioner of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. JS Ndebele, and the Ambassador of Sudan, His Excellency Mr Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, gave presentations on the status of India's relations with their respective nations and their prospects....

March 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , Indian Ocean , Cold War , South Africa , USSR , Connect Africa , Periplus , Erythraean Sea
Russia’s Ukraine War and the Concept of Balance of Power since Congress of Vienna
Abhishek Das Article

Prologue
From Congress of Vienna to the beginning of the First World War; Europe survived for nearly a century without a major war like the one it saw ended with the Battle of Waterloo or the one it would see starting in 1914. During this....

December 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War , Crimea , balance of power , Great Wars
China’s Great Game in the Sahel
Samir Bhattacharya Article

On November 29–30, 2021, the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), under the theme "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era," took place i....

October 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Energy Security , International Relations and Diplomacy , France , Great Game , Cold War , Islamist , Lithium , Mali , African Union , Coups , Wagner , AU , Niger , Sahel , green transition , G5 , Barkhane , FOCAC , Uranium
Ukraine and the post-Cold War disorder
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war in Ukraine is in its sixth month, with no clarity on an endgame. Russia reiterates it will not back down, until it achieves its original objectives. Ukraine seeks more heavy weaponry from the West, to drive Russian forces back to their pre-wa....

August 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War
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