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Secretary Blinken’s Travel for the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 29 to serve as a co-chair, alongside Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and...

The Department Unveils its First-Ever Enterprise Data Strategy (US Department of State)

The release of “Enterprise Data Strategy – Empowering Data Informed Diplomacy” is a milestone in the Department’s transformation into a more data-centric organization. The Enterprise...

Public–Private Partnerships in Developing Asian Countries: Practical Suggestions for Future Development Assistance (Endo, Kei – Seetharam, K. E. – ADBI)

Substantial increases in development institutions’ assistance for PPPs from the 2010s created an enabling environment to mobilize private funds, especially in Asian developing...

Five Lessons for Shaping Policies and Programs to Accelerate Urban Sanitation in Asia: A Case Study on the Beijing Gaobeidian Wastewater Treatment Plant (Kitano,...

The Beijing Gaobeidian Wastewater Treatment Plant (Phase I) in the People’s Republic of China, financed by a Japanese official development assistance loan, offers...

Impact of Developments in Afghanistan on India: A Report (Aakriti Vinayak, Vinod Anand, VIF)

USA’s hasty troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover in Kabul has sent shockwaves throughout the world. The situation in Afghanistan remains...

Evolution of Indo-US Relations: From Estranged Democracies to Engaged Democracies (Rup Narayan Das, VIF)

From being what Dennis Kux, the US diplomat and author, called ‘estranged democracies’, India –U.S.A relationship has been transformed to ‘Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership’....

Qatar Registers its Soft Power Presence in Afghanistan (Anwesha Ghosh, VIF)

The Qatari’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani’s visit to Afghanistan in September marked the first high level visit...

Evergrande and Xi’s grand vision (Kalpit A Mankikar, ORF)

The optics of sit-in protests by irate investors in various offices of one of China’s largest realty firms, Evergrande, and clashes between demonstrators and...

Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation make a long-term difference in Afghanistan? (Saaransh Mishra, ORF)

The 21st Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tajikistan’s capital city of Dushanbe on the 16th and 17th of September was attended by leaders of all member states (Russia,...

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