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Indian Army Chief’s visit to Uzbekistan and prospects of Indo-Uzbek Defence Cooperation
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande is on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan from 15-18 April. [1] In the backdrop of a fast-ch....

April 16, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Make in India , Afghanistan , defence cooperation , Missiles , terrorist attack , Joint Production , Military Exercise , military medicine
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Down End of the See-Saw
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
This work attempts to analyse the following premise:- While much seems to be ‘advantage Russia’ at this point in time in the Russo-Ukraine war, the down under-belly of Black Sea is hurting them increasingly. Ukraine is go....

April 15, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ukrainian attacks in Black Sea , USVs attack Russian Ships , Black Sea fleet of Russia
Multilateralism Digest: March 2024-Issue 3

I. India in the UN
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
The choice — the repeat of 2014-24 or throwback to 1989-98?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Modi is the first and only Prime Minister to place before the people a long term vision for the nation and the world—that of a developed India by 2047. There are four main issues in the ensuing elections. One, a government which will be s....

April 14, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Congress , modi , Indian democracy , Article 370 , 2047 , INDI Alliance
Modi’s message to West — Democracies too can deliver
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

From being an intensely hated person, he has become the most admired world leader in just 10 years. Like the US presidential elections, the Indian parliamentary polls too attract the world’s attention. For two reasons. India’s emergence....

April 13, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , Indian democracy , US elections , Narendra Modi
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (25-31 March 2024)

Economic

Why is Japan changing its ban on exporting lethal weapons, and why is it so controversial?
Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on March 26, its latest step aw....

April 12, 2024 North Korea , Russia , Myanmar , Kremlin , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Digital Silk Road , UNSC Resolution Gaza , Baltimore , Fossil Fuel funding , China WTO dispute , Ukraine Tariff-Free Trade , US CEOs in China , Cocoa Crisis
Voices from Jallianwala Bagh
Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF Article

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar, Punjab, was a watershed moment between the era of moderate politics at the national level and the emergence of mass nationalist movements against British imperialism in India. On this day,....

April 12, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Punjab , Martial Law , Amritsar , Jallianwala Bagh massacre , Baisakhi , British imperialism , Reginald Dyer , Rowlatt Act , Proclamation , Indian National Congress , The Congress Punjab Enquiry , Hunter Commission , Disorders Inquiry Committee
Neighborhood News Digest- 12 April 2024

Afghanistan
Officials: Over 20,000 Afghan Children Expelled from Iran in Last Year-Tolo News
Local authorities in Nimroz reported the expulsion of over twenty thousand Afghan children from Iran in the past year. They said that....

April 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Tourism , Federalism , EAOs , ADB , India- Sri Lanka , Assam Rifles , BNP , Katchatheevu , Cyber Slave Camp , U.S , Drungpas , IMF Loans , Forest Fires
Myanmar Round Up: March 2024

The situation in Myanmar remains troubled since the military coup in February 2021. Myanmar's military chief, Min Aung Hlaing, acknowledged the possibility that the country might not be able to conduct its next nationwide election. The military's con....

April 12, 2024 elections , Humanitarian aid , Suu Kyi , Myanmar Round Up , NUG , IndiainMyanmar , PDFs , Thailand-Myanmar , Martial Law , Armed Forces Day , ChinainMyanmar
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