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Neighbourhood News Digest - 30 May 2023

Afghanistan
Iran vs Afghanistan: Why Helmand water-sharing dispute is boiling over, decades after treaty – The Print
With Afghanistan and Iran locked in a water dispute, tension between the two neighbours has escalated after....

May 30, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Nepal , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , BrahMos , Imran Khan , BRI , COVID-19 , IMF , Neighbourhood , PM Oli , Mount Everest , UN , Norway , junta , Rohingyas , Crypto , Bhutanese Refugee Scam
Nepal’s Prime Minister Dahal in Upbeat Mood about India Visit
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

The Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is going to India for a four-day official visit between May 31 and June 3. Both the Nepalese and Indian sides have done major homework to make the visit fruitful. About his forthcoming visit to India, PM....

May 30, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , China , Nepal , Infrastructure , PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal , hydro power
Modi government’s foreign policy has been transformative
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Timidity has given way to self-confidence, lassitude to vigour, and confusion to clarity that India’s actions, governed by its civilizational values, will be taken independently and not under anyone’s pressure. As a result of the Narendra Modi....

May 30, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , foreign policy , QUAD , Indian foreign policy , Modi Government
India’s Foray into the South Pacific
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

As the world’s geopolitics violently swings, contending parties are jostling for their own space in this geostrategic contestation. In this matrix of great power game, the South Pacific islands north of Australia have assumed sudden importance. For....

May 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South Pacific , PICs , PNG , highest civilian award , FIPIC , AEP , 12- step Action Plan , Great Power Game
Neighbourhood News Digest – 29 May 2023

Afghanistan
Kabul-Tehran issues can be resolved through talks: Afghanistan’s acting FM - Siasat
Tehran has been accusing Kabul of making excuses for giving Iran’s share in the water flow, but the Afghan side rejected the a....

May 29, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , elections , BSF , Bangladesh , Taliban , Imran Khan , Tourism , IMF , Budget , India-Maldives , Hydropower , WFP , import , Electricity , PM Prachanda , Cyclone Mocha , Afghanistan-Iran , King , Wangchuck , President pardon , May 9 , Pakistan High Commission , Fortify Rights , ASEAN-Japan
Sudan’s Fate: Revolution, Coup and Civil War
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Sudan since the last few decades has witnessed civil wars, terrorism, mass killings, state tyranny, street protests, partition and coups. The April 2019 protest that toppled the autocratic rule of General Omar Al-Bashir opened the path towards democr....

May 29, 2023 Climate Change , Sudanese civil war , Sudan’s factional conflict , politics and military in Sudan , India-Sudan relations , strife and emergency in Sudan
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 21, 2023)

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

Commentary

Operation Kaveri: India's call of duty to protect its citizens in....

May 29, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , G7 , 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 , Web3 , Operation Kaveri
The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and India’s ‘Adivasi’
Rohith Krishna, Research Assistant, VIF

The Vatican recently disowned the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ that it was associated with for several centuries. This comes a year after the much-discussed apology of the Pope to the indigenous Canadian population. The Vatican has only renounced the ....

May 26, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , UN , Doctrine of Discovery , Vatican , Explainer , Adivasi , UNDRIP , Vanavasi , Scheduled Tribes
Atmanirbharta in Defence: Approval of 4th Positive Indigenisation List
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF India Positive

The Hindi term "Atmanirbharta" means "self-reliance" or "self-sufficiency." In the defence domain, "Atmanirbharta" refers to India's objective of becoming self-sufficient in defence capabilities, reducing reliance on other nations for defence purchas....

May 26, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Make in India , DRDO , Indigenisation , India Positive , Atmanirbharta in Defence , Defence Industrial Corridors , Missile Cum Ammunition (MCA) , Line Replacement Units
What does China-Central Asia Bonhomie Mean to the World?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

When the G-7 leaders were meeting in Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the host, Chinese President Xi Jinping was hosting the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in a two-day China-Central ....

May 25, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Central Asia , Energy Security , BRI , Uyghurs , comprehensive strategic partnership , G-7 summit , energy trade
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