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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 May 2023)

Defence

  1. Indian Defence Secretary & US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy co-chair 17th India-US Defence Policy Group meeting in Washington DC.
  2. 164 Positive Indigenisation List items, wi....

    June 09, 2023 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , Pakistan , QUAD , Sri Lanka , Al-Shabaab , Africa , Terrorism , Defence production , J&K , LWE , Naxal , Vietnam , Islamic extremism , Malaysia , Extremism , Somalia , Maoist , Khalistan , Nigeria , FICN , indigenisation list , India-US Defence Policy Group , Scorpene submarine , Exercise Samudra Shakti-23 , Royal Saudi Naval Force , : Bharat
Neighborhood News Digest – 09 June 2023

Afghanistan
The Growing Threat of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and South Asia – United States Institute of Peace
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, counterterrorism experts were alarmed at the possibl....

June 09, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , Taliban , Imran Khan , UN , FTA , TTP , Jaishankar , Rohingyas , Bangladesh Economy , Israel-Myanmar , Solar energy , Myanmar-China , KPK , PM Prachanda , Sikh refugees , India-EU , Drug Prices , Sri Lanka-Thailand , SL Women , Sl-Maldives , Lawyers
Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy
Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd) Article

The Drone Threat
Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is ho....

June 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , DRDO , NATO , Ukraine , 5G , Drones , Counter Drone Strategy
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 23, 2023)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters.

Commentary

Why Russia is interested in Kenya and how Ruto’s US anti-dollar messa....

June 09, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Haftar , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Operation Kaveri , Airtel
Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojana
Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF India Positive

Education of women is essential for a just society as well as for accelerating social transformation. Despite significant progress in reducing the gender gap in education, several obstacles still prevent women in developing nations from building up t....

June 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , India , Women empowerment , Africa , Bihar , Education , Zambia , India Positive , cycle scheme , girls’ education
Neighborhood News Digest – 08 June 2023

Afghanistan
Russian Foreign Minister reiterates country’s support for inclusive government in Afghanistan – The Print
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated Russia’s support for an inclusive government in....

June 08, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Russia , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , USAID , Imran Khan , energy , Tourism , World Bank , Debt Trap , Budget , ADB , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , Heatwave , India-Sri Lanka , Akhand Bharat , Online Security
Critical Gaps in Atmanirbhar India
Vrinda Kapoor Commentary

Atmanirbhar Bharat requires much more than just local sourcing- and that local sourcing itself is a function of availability of indigenous technology. This remains the most critical gap in the realization of Atmanirbharta which is so necessary....

June 08, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , DRDO , Defence industry , Atmanirbhar Bharat , procurement , Critical Technology
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 May- 04 June)

Economic

China’s economic recovery faces challenging summer as hydropower producer sizzles amid drought
As sizzling summer heat leads to a surge in power demand, months of persistent drought conditions across a major hydropo....

June 07, 2023 national security , Bangladesh , Employment , BRI , Toyota , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Middle East , Khartoum , China Stock Rout , OPEC plus , Nuclear Reactors , Shangri La
Neighborhood News Digest – 07 June 2023

Afghanistan
Car bomb causes deaths in northern Afghanistan – provincial spokesperson – The Print
A car bomb detonated in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, causing some deaths, the provincial spokesper....

June 07, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Bhutan , Taliban , Tourism , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , India-Sri Lanka , Crypto , – Afghanistan , LPG gas , Sikh Pilgrims , Pakistan Debt , Sri Lanka-Nepal , Maldives-US
A Counterintuitive Assessment of China-Russia Energy Ties
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Since the 04 Feb 2022 Xi-Putin summit, strategic analysts have accorded greater attention to the growing ties between China and Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war that would start twenty days later has brought forth new dynamics, as well as limitations o....

June 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , BRI , renewable energy , Venezuela , Power of Siberia , Yangtze , Uranium , Electricity , China-Russia ties , Arctic LNG , Coal to Gas Switching
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