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West Asian and North African states’ Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched military campaign against Ukraine after months of posturing, military build-ups and breakdown of the Minsk agreement that failed to stall the conflict between Russian-backed separatists in the two breakaway region....

March 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia , North Africa , Ukraine , Food Security , Oil and Gas , Vladimir Putin
China: Daily Scan, March 17, 2022

Former Supreme Court official indicted for graft: Xinhuanet
March 17, 2022
Meng Xiang, former chief of the enforcement bureau of the Supreme People's Court, has been indicted on charges of taking bribes, the Supreme People's Pro....

March 17, 2022 Ukraine , Coronavirus , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , E-Commerce , Tencent , Alibaba
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where do African Countries Stand?
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Context
On 21st February 2022, President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of Ukraine’s breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk and decided to support Moscow-backed separatists with a military operation March 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Russia , Energy Security , Ukraine , United Nations , Sudan , Food Security , Mali , African Union , Coups , Russia Africa Summit , Wagner
China: Daily Scan, March 16, 2022

Xi's speech on Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to be published: Xinhuanet
March 15, 2022
A speech by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a central conferen....

March 16, 2022 India , Beijing , Ukraine , BRI , G20 , COVID-19 , Indonesia , Shanghai , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Jilin , Evergrande , BYD
The Russian Airpower Dilemma
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G) Article

General Observations
The ‘fog of information war’ challenges any meaningful analysis at this stage. The western narrative with connivance of the corporate sector has virtually silenced the ‘other’ narrative. It is clear that everyth....

March 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Air defence , Ukraine , Air Power , VKS , Zelensky
China: Daily Scan, March 15, 2022

Report on Work of NPC Standing Committee: Xinhuanet
March 14, 2022
Following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC). Delivered by chairman of the NPC Standing....

March 15, 2022 Russia , NPC , Xi Jinping , Ukraine , Coronavirus , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , J-20 , DJI
China: Daily Scan, March 11, 2022

Panchen Lama encourages Tibetan Buddhism followers to serve society, motherland: Xinhuanet
March 10, 2022
Monks, nuns and followers of Tibetan Buddhism should turn their religious belief into the driving force for building their....

March 11, 2022 Japan , PLA , Corruption , Ukraine , COVID-19 , Panchen Lama , China Daily Digest , TikTok , green loans
China: Review of 2021 and Preview of 2022
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow at VIF briefs on the key developments in China in 2021 while speculating the trends to come for the year ahead and the global implications. ....

March 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , CPC , technology , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , USA , Wuhan , Ukraine , COVID-19 , Podcast
China: Daily Scan, March 10, 2022

China's top political advisory body wraps up annual session: Xinhuanet
March 9, 2022
The fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advis....

March 10, 2022 India , Taiwan , CPPCC , Ukraine , AI , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , maglev , Sumy
Report of VIF Strategic Discussions on the Ukraine Conflict
Avantika Menon Article

At the crack of dawn on 24 February 2022, President Putin announced a special ‘military operation’ in the Donbas region of Ukraine. A large number of tanks and troops rolled into several parts of Ukraine from Russia, Crimea and Belarus while w....

March 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , US , China , Putin , NATO , Ukraine , Information war , Air Power , Biden , Minsk Agreement
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