West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | November 2020
I) Political Developments Regional Impact of Covid-19: Second Wave Persists The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic continued to roil the region during October 2020, with unchanged growth in confirmed cases and slightly higher death rate. The total number of affected cases in the WANA region on Oct 31 crossed 3.45 million with over 85,000 fatalities. The region […]
Russia Review | November 2020
Overview • Russia’s subdued expectations of a Biden Administration • A fragile Russia-brokered peace in Nagorno-Karabakh• Another layer of complexity in Russia-Turkey relations• Russian Navy eyes the Indian Ocean Russia awaits Biden without illusions Vladimir Putin is one among very few world leaders not to have congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden. Asked about this, Foreign Minister Lavrov gave the legalistic […]
Central Asia Digest | November 2020
H I G H L I G H T S ● Political Developments ● Economic Developments ● India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments Twists and turns continued at lightning speed in Kyrgyzstan after protests against results of the October 4 parliamentary elections brought down the government. President Sooronbai Jeenbekov tendered his resignation on 15th October. Sadir Japarov a nationalist leader […]
