STRATEGIC FORESIGHT ASIA 17 NOVEMBER 2013
Trends	Leading Trend	Details -  Click the Link
India-Russia Defence Cooperation	First Ever Joint India-Russia Air Force Exercise to be held in 2014	India and Russia Decide to give New Thrust to Strategic Cooperation by strengthening the training link
Afghanistan Economy	Afghanistan Finance Minister Welcomes Businesses Refutes Security Challenges	Zakhilwal dismissed the doomsday predictions for the country. Zakhilwal claimed that of 30 million population, 18.5 million had access to mobile phones and 30 national television channels.
India National Integration	India will Observe a National Integration Week	“Quami Ekta Week” (National Integration week) will be observed all over the country, from the 19th to 25th November, 2013.
Maldives Presidential Elections	India Welcomes Maldives New President	Indian Prime Minister congratulated Abdul Gayoom, India played a leading role in pushing the leaders towards holding the polls with  Joint Secretary MEA in Maldives monitoring developments
Myanmar Constitutional Amendment	NLD’s ‘constitution rally’ goes ahead in Naypyidaw	Some 88 percent at a public event in Naypyidaw hosted by the National League for Democracy (NLD) said wished to see the 2008 constitution amended