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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor(06-12 May 2024)

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China’s Xi visits EU to avert trade war – media
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on May 06 to resolve economic disagreemen....

May 17, 2024 Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Europe , Philippines , China economy , Gaza , tariffs , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Boeing , Kharkov
Neighborhood News Digest- 10 May 2024

Afghanistan
Mawlawi Kabir: If We Had Means, No Foreign Drones Would Patrol Airspace-Tolo News
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy of the Prime Minister's Office, at a public meeting in Panjshir said that American drones ....

May 10, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Europe , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Qatar , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka elections , Tourism , Inflation , Migration , Journalism , PTI , Suu Kyi , India-Bangladesh , Drones , India-Myanmar , Thailand-Myanmar , NPP , Boundary Dispute , Nepal-Switzerland
Multilateralism Digest: March 2024-Issue 3

I. India in the UN
Europe moving east, new alignments and priorities possible
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Recent interactions with strategic communities in Europe brought into focus how different the world looks from their vantage points and how geography – in its broader definition of location, physical features, natural resources, historical experien....

August 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Europe , NATO
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 14, 2022

Afghanistan
Attack on Kabul Hotel Sparks International Reactions: Tolo News
The attack on a hotel in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on Monday has brought international condemnation and calls to action. The Chinese Ministry of Fo....

December 14, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Kabul , Nepal politics , Europe , Nepal China , Security , Good Governance , WHO , Cambodia , IMF , United Nations , Indonesia , Floods , Sheikh Hasina , India-Maldives , India-Myanmar , Bhutan Economy , Nepal India , Bhutan India , Dhaka-Guwahati , IMF-Sri Lanka
VIF Cyber Review: July 2022

NATIONAL
Government of India issued a consultation paper on the “Need for a new legal framework governing Telecommunication in India”.
On 28 July 2022, the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Govt. o....

August 12, 2022 India , China , Russia , Europe , 5G , WhatsApp , TikTok , VIF Cyber Review , MeitY , Snapchat , Meta , Data Protection
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
A brief for the Web page on the roundtable discussion on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict"

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict" at the VIF on 11 July 2022. The welcome remarks were given by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the participants w....

July 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Russia , Europe
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: May 2022
Naval Jagota

In the month of May 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized five expert group interactions and one think tank interaction with most of them being hybrid. The dominant theme in most of the interactions was the Ukraine-Russia conflict....

July 04, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan , Europe , USA , West Asia , PM Modi , Russia Ukraine war , impact on India
Responding to American Criticism of India’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

If western governments are ready to accommodate India by balancing their longer term interest in keeping it within their “democratic” fold with their shorter term interest in drawing India into the circle of “democratic” states condemning Rus....

June 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Article , India , Russia , Europe , Ukraine , Oil , America
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