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Eurasia News Digest (1-15 December, 2023)

Russia& Central Asia Kazakhstan purchases 10 Su-30SM aircraft ignoring French Rafale On November 30, Yerzhan Nildibayev, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Chief of Air Defence and head of the primary armaments division, announced Kazakhstan’s decision to...

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 August 2023

Afghanistan WFP Says '5.6 Million' Afghans Given Aid in July – Tolo News The World Food Program announced it provided food and cash to more than 5.6 million people across Afghanistan in July. Wahidullah Amani, the spokesperson of the World Food...

Neighborhood News Digest – 1 August 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments BBC The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption". Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a...

Neighborhood News Digest – 27 June 2023

Afghanistan A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis – UN News Afghanistan, one of the world’s largest producers of heroin and methamphetamine – most of it smuggled abroad – is home to nearly 4 million drugs users, or...

Neighbourhood News digest – 28 April 2023

Afghanistan U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh...

Understanding the Trends in Russia US Relations

Russia’s relations with the West are deteriorating rapidly. The rhetoric from the top leaders on both sides has been sharp and uncharitably harsh. They have expelled diplomats from each others’ countries. On 19th March, in a TV interview, President...

CAATSA and S-400: The American Dilemma - An Analysis

After flashing in fury about an year back and eventually loosing much of its sheen and venom thereafter, the threat of CAATSA is alive, dangling yet again like the proverbial ‘Sword of Damocles’ over the fate of India’s purchase of S-400 system...

Myanmar Political Crises

Since the initiation of the election process in 2020, Myanmar has been surrounded with election-related controversies. Aung San Suu Kyi led National Democratic League (NLD) landslide victory was celebrated and recognised in the country and the world...

Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 29 September 2020 organised a virtual discussion on the topic titled, “Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives”. Amb. D P Srivastava was the key speaker in the discussion. Dr....

Et Tu Caesar – Unending Plight of Syria!

“Et tu Brutus” has been synonymous with perfidy. But on June 17 when the USA invoked its “Caesar Act” against Syria and its embattled President Assad, pursuant to the geo-political games, Assad would have closed the caption by accusing Caesar - his...

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