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Remembering Gorbachev
September 12, 2022 Amb Rajiv Sikri Article

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” (William Shakespeare) Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing away on 30th August has compelled observers around the world to assess his place in history. For t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Nuclear , Soviet Union , Ukraine , Yeltsin , Moscow , CPSU , Gorbachev , perestroika , KGB , Khrushchev , oligarchy , reform , Stalin , uskorine
Gorbachev’s Legacy: A Reformer Who Lost the Game
September 05, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and the last president of the Soviet Union, passed away in Moscow on 30 August 2022 at the age of 91. He was no ordinary leader. He was the principal architect of the end of ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Russia , Putin , Ukraine , glasnost , Gorbachev , Marxist-Leninist , perestroika , USSR
The man who brought down the Iron Curtain
September 02, 2022 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has frequently been quoted as saying that the breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the USSR, who passed away in Mosco....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Soviet Union , Vladimir Putin , mikhail gorbachev , nobel peace prize , warsaw pact
Belarusian Dynamics in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Crisis
September 02, 2022 Varuna Shankar Article

Introduction Belarus is a European nation with a population of 10million and runs a 1000km long southern border with Ukraine. The political character of the government is a unitary presidential constitutional republic with capital at Mins....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Putin , Belarus , Lukashenka , Elections Economic relations , Protest
A Way out from the Dangers of Nuclear Leakage and Fallout from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
September 01, 2022 Gautam Sen Article

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in south-eastern Ukraine is in the crosshairs of the Russia-Ukraine conflict since March this year. The power station, largest in Europe and one of the three presently operative nuclear power generation sources of U....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Russia , Ukraine , UN , Fall Out , nuclear plant
Russia questions Switzerland’s Policy of Neutrality
August 31, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Ukraine crisis has dramatically altered how nation states view their foreign policies and conduct relations with other nations. For most part of the post-War years when the world was divided into two camps on ideological grounds each lead by the ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , sanctions , World war , Ukraine , Switzerland , neutrality
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and its Implications for the Environment
August 10, 2022 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction The Russia-Ukraine war is re-shaping the world. The war which began on 24th February 2022 has resulted in a fast-moving refugee crisis, unprecedented sanctions on Russia, and a re-shuffle of global relationships.....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , genocide , Crisis , Environment , Nuclear threat , Ecocide , impacts , Generations , Explosions
Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments: An Indian Perspective
August 01, 2022 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(This is an updated version of the presentation made at an international conference organised by National Institute of International Strategy, CASS, Beijing on “Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments” on 26 July 2022) The Russi....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , India , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , energy crisis , Food Crisis
Economic Dimensions of Russia-Ukraine War
June 25, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Russia-Ukraine war is in its fourth month. There are no signs of the conflict coming to an end soon. While the political and military dimensions of the war have drawn a lot of attention, the social and economic implications of the conflict are extrem....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , India , Russia , economy , Ukraine , energy , Food Security , sustainable development
Responding to American Criticism of India’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
June 06, 2022 Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

If western governments are ready to accommodate India by balancing their longer term interest in keeping it within their “democratic” fold with their shorter term interest in drawing India into the circle of “democratic” states condemning Rus....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia

Tags : Article , India , Russia , Europe , Ukraine , Oil , America
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