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Neighborhood News Digest - 22 January 2025

Afghanistan
Haqqani Meets UAE President to Discuss Regional Stability-Tolo News
Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Acting Minister of Interior, along with Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Head of Intelligence for the Islamic Emirate, visited....

January 22, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Tourism , Germany , UAE , Middle East , India-Maldives relations , Haqqani , China-Bangladesh , Maldives-China FTA , Climate Grant , Gwadar International Airport , Scam Centers
Neighborhood News Digest - 03 October 2024

Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Exports to Pakistan Decline in the Current Solar Year-Tolo News
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce reports that from the beginning of Hamal (solar calendar) to the 10th of Mizan (sol....

October 03, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Russia , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , IMF , Inflation , Middle East , Malaysia , India Bhutan , Sri Lanka Election , RMG , India Sri Lanka , State Reform , Afghan Railways , Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh , ISIS terrorist group
Neighborhood News Digest- 23 August 2024

Afghanistan
Vice and Virtue Law Ratified By Islamic Emirate Leader-Tolo News
The Ministry of Justice has announced the enforcement of the law concerning the Ministry of Vice and Virtue after it was ratified by the leader of th....

August 23, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Illegal Migration , Middle East , - Maldives , Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) , Azm-i-Istehkam , Awami National Party
Neighborhood News Digest- 09 May 2024

Afghanistan
Uzbek foreign minister emphasizes acceleration of ‘Trans-Afghanistan’ project-The Khaama Press
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has announced that the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of th....

May 09, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka elections , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , Middle East , Suu Kyi , India-Bangladesh , India-Bhutan , Russia-Ukraine War , India-Myanmar , Thailand-Myanmar , US-Nepal , Boundary Dispute , Imran Khan Moon Satellite , Monetary Authority of Maldives
Neighborhood News Digest- 15 April 2024

Afghanistan
Efforts to Start Afghanistan Contact Group Halted by Regional Discord-Tolo News
The Express Tribune reported that the process of establishing a regional contact group for Afghanistan has come to a standstill due to....

April 15, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , World Bank , IMF , Opposition , Middle East , PTI , BNP , India-Myanmar , Myanmar Thailand , Sri Lankan Navy , Enclave Dwellers , Bhutan Vision , Tigers , Regional Contact Group , Hindus and Sikhs , Second Batch Indian Military Personnel in Maldives
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
The IMEC Way
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the sidelines of G20 leaders of India, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, Italy, Germany and EU announced a new maritime and overland connectivity corridor between Asia and Europe i.e. India, Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). Recently, som....

September 28, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , PM Modi , BRI , UAE , Biden , Middle East , IMEC
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 May- 04 June)

Economic

China’s economic recovery faces challenging summer as hydropower producer sizzles amid drought
As sizzling summer heat leads to a surge in power demand, months of persistent drought conditions across a major hydropo....

June 07, 2023 national security , Bangladesh , Employment , BRI , Toyota , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Middle East , Khartoum , China Stock Rout , OPEC plus , Nuclear Reactors , Shangri La
Talk on “Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region” by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva on

“Connectivity Strategies in the Indo- Pacific Region”
on February 13, 2023. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, chaired the session and made welcom....

March 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Interaction , US , China , Middle East , Economic Partnership , Indo- Pacific
West Asia Experts Group Meeting

The West Asia Experts Group Meeting was held on 8 July 2022 by the Vivekananda International Foundation, the discussion was focused on "The Geopolitical Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Middle East". The key speaker for the session was Giorgio Fra....

August 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , West Asia , North Africa , Middle East
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