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Chabahar Port - A Rethink is Needed
Rajesh Soami

Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan...

July 19 , 2019 Central Asia, Chabahar Port, Iran’s changed priorities, US Sanctions, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
More Needs to be Done to Revitalise Chabahar Project
Gautam Sen

The latest Govt. of India`s regular budget of 2019-20, has a meagre allocation of Rs. 45 crore for the development and operationalising of Chahbahar Port infrastructure under the Ministry of External Affairs line of credit to finance this...

July 10 , 2019 Central Asia, Chabahar Port, India-Iran relations, India’s access to Central Asia, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
India and SCO Summit at Bishkek and Beyond
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

India has completed two years as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and therefore it would be useful to assess the worth and utility of being a member of such an organization. There is no gainsaying in the fact that it...

June 24 , 2019 Central Asia, Indo-CARs relations, SCO leaders’ meeting, SCO Summit 2019, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
नज़रबायेव के बाद कज़ाकस्तान का भविष्य: आकलन
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति नूरसुल्तान नज़रबायेव ने 19 मार्च 2019 को टेलीविजन संदेश के जरिये ऐतिहासिक घोषणा करते हुए इस्तीफा दे दिया। उन्होंने कहा कि यह फैसला आसान नहीं है, लेकिन वह कज़ाकस्तान की राजनीति में नेताओं की युवा पीढ़ी के लिए रास्ता साफ करना...

June 12 , 2019 Article, Central Asia, Hindi, VIF Alerts, अंतरिम राष्ट्रपति का शपथ, कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति का सत्ता हस्तांतरण, सामाजिक-आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में चुनौतियों, International Relations and Diplomacy
Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organization in June 2017, along with...

June 06 , 2019 Central Asia, India-CAR’s relations, India’s objectives in SCO, SCO Summit 2019, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
Putin’s recent Visit to Kyrgyzstan: Major Takeaways
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

Background

The Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan is considered to be significant at a time when there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiments arising within the local Kyrgyz population regarding the arrest of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xinjiang...

April 23 , 2019 Central Asia, China-Kyrgyzstan-Russia dimensions, Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
Future of Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: An Assessment
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

In a historic announcement on 19 March 2019, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev declared his resignation through a state television message. He stated that this decision was not easy, but he wanted to pave the way for the young...

April 15 , 2019 Article, Central Asia, Kazakhstan Presidential election, Presidential succession in Kazakhstan, VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Visit to India Charts a New Course in the ‘Strategic Partnership’
Skand Ranjan Tayal

The 2nd President of independent Uzbekistan was in India on 30 September and 1 October 2018 on a significant State visit. After the death of the first President Islam Karimov in September 2016, the then Prime Minister Shavkat...

October 24 , 2018 Central Asia, India-Uzbekistan, Uzbek Presidential visit, VIF Alerts, Commentary, International Relations and Diplomacy
Peace Mission 2018 - the Larger Perspective
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Somebody queried, "While Indian armed forces do joint military exercises with almost every nation in the immediate neighbourhood, even China, and with many others in the external environment, why not with Pakistan"? The quick reply was, "Joint...

September 14 , 2018 Article, Central Asia, Exercise Peace Mission 2018, Multinational military exercises, VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy
Kyrgyzstan in Political Turmoil
Dr Rashmini Koparkar

Kyrgyzstan, a small, landlocked and mountainous republic in Central Asia, is less known to the world because of its remote location and tiny population (about 6 million). The country borders China on the east and three Central Asian Republics (...

May 09 , 2018 Article, Central Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, International Relations and Diplomacy
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