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India’s SCO Presidency and its implications for India-Central Asia connectivity
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

 India became a permanent member of SCO in 2017. Since joining, New Delhi has made a substantial contribution to this organisation by raising certain critical concerns relating to connectivity, transportation, regional security, and economic growth ....

December 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , INSTC , Iran , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Chabahar , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Podcast , SCO summit
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 07, 2022

Afghanistan
Uzbekistan NSA: It is Important Afghanistan Not Be Isolated: Tolo News
Uzbekistan National Security Advisor Victor Mohammadov said that it is “important” to not allow Afghanistan to be Isolated or to leave it ....

December 07, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Uzbekistan , Nepal elections , Tourism , IMF , Women , Emergency , Bilateral discussions , Environment , ADB , Military Coup , NUG , Nepal Economy , India-Myanmar , Bhutan Economy , Nepal India , Sri Lanka-Maldives , Delhi-Dhaka , AL and BNP , WB , Russia-Myanmar , Pakistan-Myanmar , Bhutan trade , Bhutan border , Nepal bangladesh , PTM
China: Daily Scan, September 26, 2022

Chinese FM expounds on right way for China, U.S. to develop relations in new era: Xinhuanet
September 23, 2022
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, making a keynote speech here on Thursday at the headquarters of....

September 26, 2022 Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , BRICS , Srilanka , G20 , Weibo , WTO , China Daily Digest , Jiangsu , Renminbi
China: Daily Scan, September 15, 2022

China to further optimize industrial chain for pharmaceutical sector: Xinhuanet
September 14 2022
China will shore up weak links in the industrial chain for the pharmaceutical sector, the Ministry of Industry and Information Tec....

September 15, 2022 China , Russia , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Taiwan , Vietnam , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Twitter , Malaysia , Zhejiang , Fujian
China: Daily Scan, September 14, 2022

Xi's upcoming visits show high importance China attaches to SCO, relations with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan: Xinhuanet
September 13, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming attendance to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SC....

September 14, 2022 SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , COVID-19 , IMF , China Daily Digest , Twitter , China Life Insurance
Sinostan: China's Growing Influence in Central Asia
Raffaello Pantucci

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China had greater ambitions to establish cordial relations with newly independent CARs, which had not previously been the case due to Sino-Soviet animosity. In addition, the geopolitical vacuum left by the ....

September 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , Xinjiang , Uyghurs , Sinophobia , Podcast
China: Daily Scan, August 22, 2022

Spokesperson denounces proposed U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement: Xinhuanet
August 18, 2022 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday voiced resolute opposition to the negotiation of any agreement of official nature or with implication....

August 22, 2022 Uzbekistan , COVID-19 , Indonesia , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , KMT , Qinghai , Lingang
Engaging Central Asia
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Commentary

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe....

July 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan
The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia by Kirill Nourzhanov and Amin Saikal; London, I.B.TAURIS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2021, pp. 249.
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are three Central Asian countries that share geographical boundaries and cross-border ethnic linkages with Afghanistan. As a result, the developments in Afghanistan have directly impacted these countries. Alth....

June 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Uzbekistan , United States , NATO , Book Reviews , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Central Asian countries
China: Daily Scan, June 3, 2022

China voices firm opposition to agreements with sovereignty implications between U.S., Taiwan region: Xinhuanet
June 2, 2022
Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, on Thursday expressed ....

June 03, 2022 Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Taiwan , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Liaoning , Hainan , Sichuan
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