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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (19-25 August)

Economic

EU slashes planned tariff on Tesla's China-made EVs to 9%

The European Commission on Aug 20 cut its proposed tariff on imports of Tesla cars built in China, as it broadly maintained other planned punitive duties it se....

September 04, 2024 Turkey , Ukraine , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Lula , Fukushima , Nord Stream , South Pars , Power of Siberia 2 , Nuclear Employment Guidance , Sabina Shoal

Prime Minister Modi and the Two Unions

Rajesh Singh Commentary

Of late, the Modi government has made a renewed push to further its relationship with two important regional groupings, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). While New Delhi has been constantly engaging with several individual member-co....

September 03, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , European Union , Ukraine , Rwanda , G20 , African Union , South Africa , Uganda , India-Arica Forum Summit

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (24-30 June 2024)

Economic

World headed for ‘food wars’ – major commodities trader

The world is facing “food wars” as geopolitical tensions have triggered a rise of protectionism amid concerns about waning supplies, according to one o....

July 15, 2024 Taiwan , Taliban , Ukraine , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Germany , US Dollar , Azm-i-Ishtekam , Food Wars , Energy Consumption , China Plenum

2001 Bonn Afghan Conference - 2024 Swiss Ukraine Peace Summit Lessons For India

Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

"India's position has been vindicated," Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India's Former Permanent Representative to the UN says on 'The Gist'. That's because 14 out of the 100 participants of the 'Summit on Peace in Ukraine' in Switzerland similarly dissoci....

June 18, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Russia , Ukraine , Afghan Conference , Pathtopeace

Russo-Ukraine Conflict: Some Inferences on Air and Air Defence Aspects

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

February 2022 to June 2024 and counting, that is over two and four months for which a bloody war is raging between Ukraine and Russia with no signs of ebb in the near future. ^[1]....

June 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ukraine , Russo Ukraine conflict , air and air defence war in Ukraine

Neighborhood News Digest - 17 June 2024

Afghanistan

Afghan Interim Govt to Attend Third Doha Meeting-Tolo News

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, announced the participation of a delegation from the interim government in the third Doha mee....

June 17, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Ukraine , Doha , IMF , Budget , India-Bangladesh , PPP , Rohingyas , India-Myanmar , Peshawar , India-Sri Lanka , Bangladesh-Myanmar , Maldives-UAE Relations , Maldives-China Relations , the National Assembly , Lahore High Court , Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) , Thailand-Nepal Relations

Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Missiles , Iron Dome , Ukraine , Gaza , GPS , Air Power , Hamas , Drones , VKS , rockets , Electronic warfare , Katyusha rockets

Neighborhood News Digest- 31 May 2024

Afghanistan

Business Tax in Afghanistan Reduced to 0.3%-Tolo News

Some senior officials of the Islamic Emirate announced today (Thursday) in the "exemption and reduction of the fixed tax" meeting that the leader of the Islamic....

May 31, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , UNSC , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Ukraine , Imran Khan , Sri Lanka elections , EU , Tourism , Gilgit , India-Bangladesh , India- Sri Lanka , Thailand-Myanmar , Bangladesh-Myanmar , ECP , Maldives-India relations , Upazila Polls , Small Island Developing States (SIDS) , Bamyan , British War Crimes , Poland , UK-Myanmar , Japan-Nepal , Political Crisi

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 April- 05 May 2024)

Economic

China to hold key Communist Party plenum in July amid economic pressure

The Chinese Communist Party's central committee will gather in July for a key meeting known as a plenum, the third since the body of elite decisi....

May 16, 2024 Ukraine , US Sanctions , Yen , Gazprom , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , AUKUS , Fujian , China Third Plenum , G7 Coal

Chilling Geostrategic Environment: An era of ‘Authoritarian Conflict Management’

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Are we getting close to a global confrontation or are these fears grossly exaggerated? Lately, the French President had spoken of sending ground troops to Ukraine, there are reports of 12 CIA bases in Ukraine, and 50 British troops (SAG) are in Ukrai....

March 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Russia , War , Myanmar , Nuclear , NATO , Ukraine , Gaza , Hamas , Sahel region