G20 Summit Series- 2023 Road to Reforming Multilateral Development Banks
THIS SESSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED Date And Time – 27th April, 2023 | 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM Venue – WWF India Auditorium The G20 member countries have agreed to support India’s proposal on developing a pathway for the reform of multilateral development banks (MDBs), such as the World Bank. The idea is to reform […]
Focus Indian Ocean Rim 10th April, 2023
Highlights from the region 10th April, 2023 | Volume – 02 – 01/04 Bonding was visible among two key island states in the Indian Ocean Region countries when Seychelles during the past week decided to back Mauritius’ bid to secure a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2025-2026. In key […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 3rd April, 2023
Pushback against China’s expansionist designs including attempts to create Sino-Centric world order gained salience across the Indo-Pacific region during the past week even as the Singapore PM called for managing tensions with SE Asia feeling the maximum heat. Ahead of her trip to Beijing European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has accused China of […]
Central Asia Digest | April 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments● Economic Developments● India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments The growing resentment towards China’s debt diplomacy and land encroachment in Central Asia has resulted in over 150 anti-China protests in recent years, with Kyrgyzstan being the worst affected, followed by Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Experts suggest the number could rise due to rising unemployment […]
Focus Indian Ocean Rim 29th March, 2023
Highlights from the region 29th March, 2023 | Volume – 02 – 01/03 As the Chinese and Russians make substantial inroads into Africa, US Vice-President is undertaking a visit from March 25 to key Indian Ocean Region state of Tanzania besides Ghana and Zambia to boost sustainable economic growth & food security. Ironically though Tanzania […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 20th March, 2023
HIGHLIGHTS The past week witnessed history being created in the Indo-Pacific region by key members of the Quad and their partners with the Australia, UK & US have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to countering China’s influence. Understandably, China reacted. However, AUKUS divided opinion within Australia with […]
G20 Summit Series – 2023 Crypto Currency Digitization : The Next Chapter
Date And Time – 28th March, 2023 | 5:15 – 6:30 PM Venue – WWF India Auditorium A collective global endeavour needs to be made to deal with a cutting edge digital technology that also carries with it considerable disruptive potential. This discussion explored the future of crypto currency digitisation and how the G20 nations […]
Central Asia Digest | March 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments● Economic Developments● India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments Inaugurating the new Parliament, elections to which were held on 19th March, 2023, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said: “This is just the beginning of a long journey. Reforms aimed at improving the political system will continue.” He pointed out that Kazakhstan is the only […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | March 2023
IA) Political Developments: Pan-Regional and Global Issues Pandemics and Natural Disasters: Two severe earthquakes struck south-central Turkey and north-western Syria on Feb 6 causing colossal death and destruction. The first, measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, happened before sunrise and was centred 26 km east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi; the second, 7.5 strong, […]
Central Asia Digest | February 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments● Economic Developments● India-Central Asia Relations Political DevelopmentsUzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a historic border agreement and over 20 other agreements, including deals for an auto-assembly plant and a textile factory in Kyrgyzstan. The bilateral relationship between the two countries has improved since the death of Uzbekistan’s leader Islam Karimov in 2016. The […]