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Constitutional Changes in Russia! What is Cooking?
January 21 , 2020 Rajesh Soami
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire government resigned on January 15th after a televised speech by President Putin to the federal assembly wherein he proposed sweeping changes to the constitu...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : democracy , Medvedev , Putin , Yeltsin

Key Developments in Africa in 2019
January 21 , 2020 Dr Neha Sinha
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The year 2019 bore witness to multiple developments which dotted the continent and may lead to not only an impact in the immediate times but also have far-reaching impact on the society and polity of Af...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , Cooperation , election , India , Power , Terrorism , Visits

सुलेमानी की हत्या: आगे क्या?
January 21 , 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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चूंकि कासिम सुलेमानी गुप्त तरीके से काम करने के लिए बनाई गई रणनीतिक सेना के कमांडर होने के नाते सार्वजनिक मंच से दूर ही रहते थे, इसलिए ज्यादातर लोगों को इस बात का भान तक नहीं था कि ईरान के पदक्रम में वह...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अमेरिका , आईएसआईएस , ईरान , सुलेमानी

Geopolitics of Trans–Caspian Gas Pipeline
January 20 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Introduction Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) is designed to export natural gas from resource-rich Turkmenistan and to a certain amount from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan by putting an underwater pipeline i...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Azerbaijan , Caspian Sea , European Union , Geopolitics , Iran , Natural Gas , Pipeline , Russia , Turkmenistan

Review of Developments in China in 2019
January 20 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Article Views: 3840
In 2012, Xi Jinping along with other members of the standing committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yushan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli vi...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 70th Anniversary , Chennai Connect , Foreign Investment Law , Hong Kong Protest , Second Belt and Road Forum , US-China Trade War

New Year review of major FP/security developments in the region
January 18 , 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee
Article Views: 1690
Bangladesh

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bangladesh , Chinese FDI , Nationalist Party , Security developments , Terror attack

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