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Decoding ASEAN Response to Ongoing Ukraine Crisis
March 7 , 2022 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3636
Ukraine crisis have further underlined the fact that in the interconnected world of today the crisis in one part of the globe have the potential of impacting the regions that are far removed from the sc...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , domestic interests , Indonesia , Myanmar , Russia , Singapore , Ukraine , US , Vietnam

The Failed Epitaph (!) of Conventional War: Russo-Ukrainian War 2022
March 5 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4519
Many a scholar and thinker had penned the epitaph of conventional wars as witnessed in the 20th Century. New formulations of grey zone and hybrid war, and the era of multi-domain cyber, space and inform...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Air attacks , Belarus , conventional operations , Cyber Attack , Donetsk , Luhansk , Russia , Ukraine

बेकाबू होती श्रीलंकाई अर्थव्यवस्था; आइएमएफ से मदद की गुहार
March 4 , 2022 Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Article Views: 4780
श्रीलंका में छाई आर्थिक मंदी हाल के दशकों में सबसे खराब है, जिसने कई परिवारों को गरीबी के मुंह में धकेल दिया है। सरकार की कई गलत आर्थिक नीतियों के कारण स्थिति तेजी से नियंत्रण से बाहर होती जा रही है। अस...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , अर्थव्यवस्था , आइएमएफ , भारत , श्रीलंका

Is Environment Social & Governance the Way to Achieve UN SDG’s?
March 3 , 2022 Dr Swati Mitra
Commentary Views: 4971
Working in the broader spectrum of Sustainability past 17 years, it is heartening to see the deep interest every stakeholder has taken towards achieving the UN SDGs in every aspect of life. The Governme...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : governance , strategic fitness , Sustainability , UN SDGs

How is Central Asia Reacting to Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
February 28 , 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5519

Background

Central Asia has recently been in the geopolitical spotlight with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and political upheaval in Kazakhstan. Russia’s special military actions in Ukraine have once again drawn attention to Central Asia for two reasons.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

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

Iran Nuclear Deal amidst the Ukrainian Crisis- A Diplomatic Quandary for the US
February 25 , 2022 Col Rajeev Agarwal
Article Views: 5039
The eighth round of talks on Iran nuclear deal between Iran and the P5 plus1 countries has been on in Vienna since 27th December last year. Shuttling between the Iranian camp and the US, the delegates o...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Iran , JCPOA , Nuclear Deal , Ukraine Crisis , US

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