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Neighborhood News Digest- 31 July 2024

Afghanistan

Certain Consulates Abroad Not Recognized By Islamic Emirate: MoFA- Tolo News

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate announced on Tuesday that consular services provided by Afghanistan in several Wes....

July 31, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Kazakhstan , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , Gulf , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Maldives Tourism , Quota Protest , Debt Assistance , World life Fund Bhutan , PML (N).

Neighborhood News Digest - 10 July 2024

Afghanistan

UN, Qatar Hail Success of Third Doha Meeting on Afghanistan-Tolo News

The Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations, Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, and the United Nations Under-Secretary-Genera....

July 10, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Qatar , Bangladesh , Tourism , Shanghai , UN , Gulf , Bhutan Economy , Bangladesh-China , Afghan refugees , Digital Payment , Bangladesh’s Quota System , Renewable Natural Resource (RNR) , Maldives-US Trade Maldives State Shipping (MSS)

The Outlook for 2023

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The year 2022 will go down in history in which the great power rivalries returned with a vengeance. Even as the Covid pandemic lingered on, the world saw a major conflict erupting in Europe, bringing in its wake huge supplychain disruptions, an unpre....

December 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Economic Studies , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , SCO , economy , hybrid war , Terrorism , 2022 , G20 , health , Gulf , Extreme weather , Russia Ukraine war , Global Agenda , multilateral fora , 2023 , Outlook , Trends

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, discusses "Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia" by assessing the critical dimensions of the visit; dissecting the key areas of interest for China in the Persian Gulf and evaluating t....

December 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , China , Xi Jinping , Saudi Arabia , Gulf , Podcast , Persian

IPIS-VIF Dialogue on Bilateral, Regional and International Issues

India and Iran share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. In contemporary times, this relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-economic, security and multiple other sectors. In order to a....

July 27, 2021 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , JCPOA , South Asia , Joe Biden , Gulf , Doha Agreement

Developments in West Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a virtual interactive session on the subject, “Developments in West Asia” on 13 July 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks and introduced the central topics, i.e. Geo....

July 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , China , Indo-Pacific , Iran , COVID-19 , West Asian region , Gulf

VIF Presentation cum discussions on West Asia

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised two sets of interactive discussions on the impact of COVID-19 in West Asia and its implications on India. On 7 May 2020, Amb. D P Srivastava Distinguished Fellow, VIF spoke on the topic, “Ge....

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , COVID-19 , West Asian region , UAE , Gulf , Gulf Cooperation Council , Strategic cooperation

VIF Delegation’s Visit To Israel

A VIF delegation led by Gen (Retd) N C Vij, former Chief of Army Staff and Dean, Centre for Defence Studies, VIF; Lt. Gen. (Retd) R. K. Sawhney, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff and Distinguished Fellow, VIF and C D Sahay former Secretary, R&AW and ....

September 10, 2013 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Conferences , Israel , Indian Ocean , Gulf , Middle East , Galilee International Management Institute , Asia Pacific Region