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16th BRICS Summit: Key Takeaways

The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on 22-24 October, 2024 marks a watershed moment since the group’s evolution, as it was the first after induction of four new members, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE. The key highlights from the Kazan summit...

Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the...

The Kursk Incursion – An Analysis

Scope This work attempts to analyse the issues related to the recent incursion of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia. In that, it examines the so-called 'gains' from such an incursion in the light of existing realities. The Event [1] On...

Portents of the Xi-Putin Meeting of May 2024

Summits between Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are invariably closely monitored in world capitals, especially since the onset of Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022 and the two having declared a “no limits friendship”! China...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (17-23 June 2024)

Economic China's influence on U.N. space agency grows as top funder China has been making the largest voluntary contribution to a United Nations outer space agency in recent years, underscoring the country's growing ambition in setting rules for...

As Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches two year mark, it is advantage Putin

With the West locked into a semi-permanent conflict with Russia, and the fraying deterrence equations between the big powers, the consequent disequilibrium on the Eurasian continent is a matter of deep concern. It works primarily to China’s...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (05-11 February 2024)

Economic Trump says U.S. must impose more tariffs on China, possibly over 60% Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on China again if he is elected in November and they could exceed 60%. "We have to do it,"...

India-Russia Relations Show Resilience and Stability

The year 2023 ended on high note for India-Russia relations with the successful visit of External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar. The five-day visit to Moscow and St Petersburg was significant for numerous reasons for both sides and also...

Forgotten Dimensions of Strategy: Russia- Ukraine War - Lessons for India

(Given below is the modified version of presentation given by Amb. DB Venkatesh Varma during Prof. Matinuzzaman Zuberi Memorial Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 7 December 2023.) Kissinger Syndrome By the time I joined the University in 1982...

Eurasia News Digest (1-15 November, 2023)

Russia & Central Asia Uzbekistan, France hold imperative bilateral agreements The governments of Uzbekistan and France signed eight bilateral documents on November 2, in Samarkand on various areas of cooperation to vitalize the mutual strategic...

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