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Neighborhood News Digest- 02 September 2024

Afghanistan
Muttaqi Engages in Talks with Representatives of Several Countries- Tolo News
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister, met with representatives of several countries, including Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, an....

September 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Tourism , UK , IMF , Trade Deficit , Germany , Austria , export , UNP , India-Sri Lanka , RMG , Bhutan-Bangladesh , Liberalization , JUI-F.
Neighborhood News Digest- 30 August 2024

Afghanistan
Termez Trade Center Opens, Boosting Afghanistan-Central Asia Ties-Tolo News
The Economic Deputy of the Office of the Prime Minister has said that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, at the inauguration ceremony of the Term....

August 30, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Fiscal reforms , Maldives , Central Asia , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Baluchistan , India-Bangladesh , India-Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Privatisation , Bank of Maldives (BML) , Financial Coup , Fitch Rating , BNP.
Africa Now (01-15 August, 2024)

OVERVIEW
Africa, a continent marked by diversity and complexity, is currently navigating a dynamic geopolitical landscape. Recent developments reflect both the promise and challenges that define the region. In the first half of August 202....

August 30, 2024 Mozambique , Africa , World Bank , Sudan , VIF Africa Now , Mali , African Union , Nigeria , Cameroon , Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) , Democratic Republic of Congo , Chad , South Africa Tunisia , United Nations Security Council (UNSC) , Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) , Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) , Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) , India-South Africa Relations , Tunisia's CAP-Emplois program , Divyangjan Expedition 2024.
India and Voice of Global South Summit 3.0
Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

India successfully held the third Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS) on 17 August. It carried forward the agenda of the previous two summits, which had fed into the G20 process. The VOGSS remains India's initiative and is not held in conjunction....

August 30, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , G20 , Global South , VOGSS
Building Air Bridges of Friendship
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has hosted the largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades. Participants in the Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ (Wave Power)-2024 included ten countries as active participant....

August 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian Air Force , Tarang Shakti , Air power in regional security , Collective approach to creating deterrence , China air power intimidation , India key role consolidating regional air security
India- Africa Defence Engagement: Towards New Avenues
Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India and African countries have long standing ties in the defence realm. Traditionally, training and capacity building, deployment of Indian troops for United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) missions have been the main pillars of the India Africa defenc....

August 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , China , Rajnath Singh , Africa , Indian Navy , Narendra Modi , Maritime cooperation , Defence Exports , ITEC , Defence Security
The Civilisational Diasporic Approach: Understanding the Engagement of the Chinese and the Indian State with Diasporas

… civilizational approach is geared at securing a prominent position in the international arena through a larger narrative of peaceful rise and collective growth while achieving their domestic goals of growth and development ... it allows the state....

August 28, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , India’s overseas diaspora , Connecting with diaspora , Indian and the Chinese diaspora policies , Soft power of diaspora relationship , diaspora participation in lands of origin
Israel and the HHH- War of Attrition and Revenge
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator ....

August 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , Gaza , Houthis , Netanyahu , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , Ismael Haniyeh
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
Pakistan Study Group Report - June 2024

A meeting of the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) was held in hybrid mode on 20 June 2024. The main items on the agenda were the developments in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s Federal Budget-2024-25, Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China and the withering of ....

August 23, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Interaction , CPEC , Jammu and Kashmir , Shehbaz Sharif
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