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China: Daily Scan, September 16, 2022

Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting: Xinhuanet

September 15, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday presided over a State Council executive meeting, which made decisions on multiple economic issues. The co....

September 16, 2022 Russia , Nepal , SCO , Tajikistan , Covid , China Daily Digest , Belarus , Samarkand

Belarusian Dynamics in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Varuna Shankar Article

Introduction

Belarus is a European nation with a population of 10million and runs a 1000km long southern border with Ukraine. The political character of the government is a unitary presidential constitutional republic with capital at Mins....

September 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Putin , Belarus , Lukashenka , Elections Economic relations , Protest

The Failed Epitaph (!) of Conventional War: Russo-Ukrainian War 2022

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

Many a scholar and thinker had penned the epitaph of conventional wars as witnessed in the 20th Century. New formulations of grey zone and hybrid war, and the era of multi-domain cyber, space and informational wars had been unveiled. Yet, all too oft....

March 05, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Cyber Attack , Belarus , Air attacks , conventional operations , Donetsk , Luhansk

White Mutiny or a Grey Revolution in Belarus -Only time will Tell

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Who wants to give up power anyway? History of the long serving leaders abdicating before the time is ripe has rare entries even if the writing on the wall was rather clear. In last decade it has happened to several North African leaders as a consequ....

August 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Russia , Commentary , Russia , Eurasia , Election Commission , EU , COVID-19 , Belarus , Lukashenko