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Ukraine: How is the Air and Air Defence War Unfolding ?
April 21 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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A Sequel
This work is the sequel to the author’s earlier work titled, “Why the Ukrainian skies are still contested” available at www.vifindia.org[1].

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air war in Ukraine , Russia’s air war , Russo-Ukrainian war

Impact of Russia-Ukraine crisis on the Baltic States
April 20 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 6369
The Russia’s “special military operation” of Ukraine has created global reverberations on a scale not seen since 9/11 and re-set global politics. The transformational impact of this on geopolitics, glob...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : defence spending , Denmark , EU , Finland , global politics , NATO membership , Putin’s strong-arm tactics , security dynamics

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Central Asia
April 19 , 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 7627
Background
Central Asia is geo-strategically significant for the Kremlin as the region border Afghanistan and Iran to the South, China to the East, and the Caspian Sea to the West. The Central Asian region is considered Russia’s sphere of influence, and Moscow is also the region’s security provider.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CSTO. Kazakhstan , economy , Eurasian Union , Kyrgyzstan , Labour Migrants , Remittances , Russia , Tajikistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia
April 19 , 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Podcast Views: 4816
Central Asia is Russia’s sphere of Influence, and Moscow is also the security provider in the region. In addition, Central Asian economies are highly dependent on remittances from the Russian Federation...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Economic Slowdown , Energy Exports , Food Security , Labour Migrants , Remittances , Russia , Ukraine , UNGA resolution , Western Sanctions

Joint Report : Impact of Ukraine War on Various Regions/ International Concerns
April 18 , 2022 VIF Young Scholars Team
Article Views: 5624
The VIF Young Scholars Forum discussed ‘Impact of Ukraine War on Various Regions/ International Concerns’ in their weekly meeting on 08 April 2022. Scholars raised ramifications and responses to the Ukr...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , Central Asia , Climate Change , Cyber , Food Crisis , Indo-Pacific , Inflation , South Asia , Terrorism , Ukraine War , US , West Asia

The Ukraine Crisis: India’s Approach
April 18 , 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4125
India abstained on the last UNGA resolution which suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council. Explaining India’s vote, the Indian ambassador strongly condemned civilian killings in Bucha while reite...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 2 plus 2 dialogue , China , India , Libyan , Russia , Soviet Union , Ukrainian crisis , UNGA resolution , US

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