Ukraine
Learning to Win Wars, Not Just Battles!

The Russo-Ukraine War 2022 has clearly indicated that warfare is changing at dramatic rate and scope and historical similarities might not provide any guidance to the future ones. Our experience of past wars would be divorced from realities of 21st...

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 system reforms at and...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Central Asia

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 of influence...

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia

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 the...

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 economy running within...

VIF Cyber Review: March 2022

NATIONAL 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 Electronics and Information...

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...

Ukraine Crisis: Towards a New World Order

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...

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 Councilor and Foreign...

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 Ursula von der Leyen. Experts...

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