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A brief for the Web page on the roundtable discussion on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict"

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on "Geostrategic & Economic Fall Out of Ukraine Conflict" at the VIF on 11 July 2022. The welcome remarks were given by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the participants w....

July 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Russia , Europe
Sri Lankan Leaders: Forcing the Hands of its Citizens
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

Last Saturday morning (9 July 2022) Sri Lanka faced a level of mayhem on the roads of not only Colombo but all of its major cities as that was most unprecedented but not truly unexpected. For a country that has struggled through ethnic stride, the so....

July 11, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , economy , Government , IMF , Debt
VIF Cyber Review: June 2022

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“Cyber secure India is integral to national security and development”: Union Minister of Home Affairs
Addressing a national conference on cyber security and national security on 20 June 2022, the Union Minister of H....

July 08, 2022 India , China , Russia , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , NATO , 5G , cyber espionage , Canada , CERT-In , VIF Cyber Review , spyware , MeitY
Engaging Central Asia
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Commentary

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe....

July 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan
China: Daily Scan, July 08, 2022

China's Wang Yi meets Indian FM Jaishankar on bilateral ties: Xinhuanet
July 7, 2022
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar here on Thursday on the ....

July 08, 2022 India , Russia , Taiwan , Japan , Wechat , China Daily Digest , Xizang , Wuhu , Bloomberg , SoftBank
China: Daily Scan, July 07, 2022

China criticizes U.S. attempt to ban Dutch chipmaking tech exports to China: Xinhuanet
July 6, 2022
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday censured the United States for pushing a Dutch supplier to stop s....

July 07, 2022 India , Russia , Taiwan , Japan , Philippines , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Britain , Yuan , FBI , Hainan , MI5
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 June 2022

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BRICS – Taking the Long View
Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The 14th BRICS Summit hosted by China on 23th-24th June 2022 was attended virtually by the leaders of the five BRICS countries including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There were a series of preparatory meetings prior to the summit, covering a ....

June 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , PM Modi , BRICS Summit , Ukraine , Covid
Economic Dimensions of Russia-Ukraine War
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Russia-Ukraine war is in its fourth month. There are no signs of the conflict coming to an end soon. While the political and military dimensions of the war have drawn a lot of attention, the social and economic implications of the conflict are extrem....

June 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , economy , Ukraine , energy , Food Security , sustainable development
China: Daily Scan, June 24, 2022

Yuan Jiajun elected Party chief of China's Zhejiang: Xinhuanet
June 23, 2022
Yuan Jiajun has been elected secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Yuan was elected to the post at the ....

June 24, 2022 India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Taiwan , BRICS , Beijing , China Daily Digest , CATL , Zhejiang , Macao
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