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Roundtable on ‘Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0’

On 07 March 2025, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on “Navigating Complexities: India’s Strategic Ties with Taliban 2.0”. The panel included Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Prof (Dr.) Raghav Sharma, Prof Bilquees Daud...

March 19 , 2025
Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn

The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baffled the world. Within the US, the Democrats...

March 10 , 2025
Arctic Bridges: Are They Still an Option for Russia?

Over the past 1,000 days, the world has crossed an invisible yet critical threshold in the domain of mutually assured security. While the previous system was far from perfect, it maintained a relative balance and stability. Today, however, we find...

January 20 , 2025
Europe in Transition: Key Developments of 2024 and Prospects for 2025

Trends in 2024 In 2024, Europe found itself navigating a landscape defined by profound geopolitical, economic, and political shifts. The enduring conflict between Russia and Ukraine continued to shape the continent’s strategic priorities, prompting...

January 17 , 2025
Europe News Digest (1-15 January, 2025)

Russian Gas Flows Via Ukraine to Europe Stop as Deal Expires Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine stopped as a key transit deal expired, raising the stakes for the continent’s energy security as it draws heavily on reserves. For five decades...

January 16 , 2025
Navigating the Future of Europe: Impact of the Second Trump Administration

Donald Trump’s coming to power in the United States is being perceived as the biggest challenge for Europe in 2025, with respect to European defence, trade issues, the China factor, and diplomatic engagement. As Trump’s transactional approach to...

January 8 , 2025
Europe News Digest (16-31 December, 2024)

EU Proposes Sanctions on Georgian Officials: Hungary and Slovakia Veto Kaja Kallas, the EU's new foreign policy chief, is set to ask Member States for a mandate to move forward with sanctions on Georgian officials. Brussels has grown increasingly...

January 1 , 2025
Europe News Digest (16-30 November, 2024)

Pro-Ukraine Protests Take Place in European Capitals as 1000th Day of War Approaches Protesters have been out on the streets of cities such to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which the UN estimates has killed or wounded more than 35,000...

December 2 , 2024
The Impact of Ukraine Conflict on Japan-Russia Relations

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has markedly altered the state of relations between Japan and Russia. Though many analysts see the start date of the conflict with annexation of Crimea in 2014, it was only with the Russian special military operation in...

November 25 , 2024
Europe News Digest (1-15 November, 2024)

Germany’s ‘traffic-light’ Coalition Government has Collapsed Germany’s three-way coalition, the “traffic light” alliance of centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and free-market liberal Free Democratic party (FDP), has collapsed after three...

November 22 , 2024
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