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China: Daily Scan, April 20, 2022

Xi stresses enhancing digital gov't construction, advancing fiscal reforms: Xinhuanet
April 20, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to enhance the building of a digital government and advance fiscal sys....

April 20, 2022 Australia , Japan , Ukraine , Hong Kong , U.S. , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Tesla , Suzhou , Lianhua Qingwen , Meng Fanli , SOE
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Central Asia
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background
Central Asia is geo-strategically significant for the Kremlin as the region border Afghanistan and Iran to the South, China to the East, and the Caspian Sea to the West. The Central Asian region is considered Russia’s sphere o....

April 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , economy , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan , Remittances , Eurasian Union , Labour Migrants , CSTO. Kazakhstan
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Central Asia is Russia’s sphere of Influence, and Moscow is also the security provider in the region. In addition, Central Asian economies are highly dependent on remittances from the Russian Federation. Central Asia has been heavily impacted by th....

April 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , UNGA resolution , Russia , Ukraine , Economic Slowdown , Remittances , Food Security , Podcast , Energy Exports , Labour Migrants , Western Sanctions
China: Daily Scan, April 12, 2022

Chinese premier calls for stabilization of employment, prices to shore up economy: Xinhuanet
April 11, 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday called for the stabilization of employment and price levels to keep the country's e....

April 12, 2022 NATO , Ukraine , Covid , BeiDou , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Hainan , Omicron , Guangzhou
VIF Cyber Review: March 2022

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National Policy on Electronics 2019: India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)
On 30 March 2022, the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019 was notified by the Ministry of Electroni....

April 07, 2022 Russia , Ukraine , Cybercrime , EU , Phishing , Facebook , cybersecurity , VIF Cyber Review , NPE2019 , MeitY , GDPR , CERTIN , Ireland
Strategic Discussion | Reviewing the Ukraine Crisis

Well over fifteen days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the VIF strategic discussions group convened on 15 March 2022 to review the ongoing developments and to deliberate on the future trajectories of the evolving geopolitical situation. The dis....

April 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Conferences , Central Asia , Ukraine , Chinese involvement
Ukraine Crisis: Towards a New World Order
Brig Dinesh Mathur (Retd.) Article

The international order that existed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War heralded the emergence of a unipolar world with the operation of the Western Alliance sustained largely by the US (and Canada) military power an....

April 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War , World Order , Crimea
China: Daily Scan, April 6, 2022

China sincerely wants peace in Ukraine: Xinhuanet
April 5, 2022
China hopes Russia and Ukraine would stick to peace talks until a ceasefire agreement is reached and the only thing that China wants is peace in Ukraine, State Coun....

April 06, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Xi Jinping , Ukraine , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Huawei , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Omicron , Washington , JL-10 trainer
China: Daily Scan, April 5, 2022

Xi's remarks on boosting China-EU cooperation for world stability: Xinhuanet
April 4, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping met via video link with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Urs....

April 05, 2022 Ukraine , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Wang Jianbing , Sophia Huang
Impact of Western Sanctions on Russia: Unintended Ramifications
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The fog of war isn’t just affecting the military aspects of the Ukraine war but going beyond to fundamentally alter an international system that was already turbulent. In this context, the gamut of western economic sanctions on Russia are going bey....

April 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , JCPOA , economic sanctions , Ukraine , Covid , Yuan , Food Crisis
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