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Putin’s recent Visit to Kyrgyzstan: Major Takeaways
April 23 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2881
The Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan is considered to be significant at a time when there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiments arising within the local Kyrgyz population regarding the arrest of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xinjiang by Chinese authority and holding them into internment camps. A large protest in December 2018 was staged outside the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek in this regard.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-Kyrgyzstan-Russia dimensions , Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan

An End to Bashir’s Three Decades of Rule in Sudan
April 23 , 2019 Dr Neha Sinha
Commentary Views: 4649
Sudan, the largest country on the African continent, lies in the northeast region of Africa. Chad, the Central Africa Republic, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopic, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo are its neighboring countries. It is one of the poorest countries of the world where most of the people live under hard conditions.

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ouster of Sudan president , Political developments in Sudan

अफगान वार्ता-लोगों को शामिल किये बगैर शांति वार्ता कैसे?
April 23 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 2467
अफगानिस्तान में मध्यस्थता के लिए नियुक्त अमेरिका के विशेष प्रतिनिधि जमे खलिलजाद ने कतर में तालिबान के साथ छह दिनों तक चले गुफ्तगू के दौर के बाद एक ट्विट में ‘बातचीत में उल्लेखनीय प्रगति’ होने की बात कही। मीडिया में आई खबरों के मुताबिक 17 वर्षो पुराने अफगानिस्तान संघर्ष का खात्मा करने के लिए दोनों पक्षों ने अहम मुद्दों को हल करने की दिशा में खास प्रगति की है।

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , अफगानिस्तान सरकार और तालिबान , तालिबान बातचीत

The Diplomacy of Awards
April 18 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4818
Arguably, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damoderdas Modi is the most decorated Head of Government by several foreign governments, and that too in a short period of less than five years. The most recent ...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : PM Modi’s awards , Russian award for Modi

The Inevitable Security Dilemma of the Space
April 18 , 2019 Radhika Daga
Article Views: 5930
The space age began with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 by the erstwhile USSR and transpired to be an eminent infrastructure to back the nuclear and conventional military capabilities of the two super po...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : ASAT weapons , India’s Mission Shakti , space security

सिंधु जल संधि: पुनर्विचार की जरूरत
April 18 , 2019 Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 2926
जम्मू कश्मीर के पुलवामा जिले में अवंतीपोरा के नजदीक 14 फरवरी को सीआरपीएफ के काफिले पर घातक आतंकी हमला हुआ। उस हमले में 45 जवानों के शहीद होने की खबर मिली। संयुक्त राष्ट्र द्वारा आतंकी संगठन घोषित किए गए जैश-ए-मोहम्मद ने उसकी जिम्मेदारी ली।

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , सिंधु जल संधि

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