Analysis
For India, Is Pakistan the ‘Real’ Cause of Concern & Not Taliban?
Taliban’s spokesperson Mohammad Suhail Shaheen recently told an Indian audience that it wants to build ties with India, and is even willing to enact a law…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 18 June , 2020
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The Reward for Wage-Cuts is Disaster
There is no return to pre-crisis normality. The new lessons must be learned quickly, otherwise an economic catastrophe is imminent. The course must now be set…
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Development banks and the path to an efficient and sustainable recovery
The challenge is that the sacrifices we have made so far have been worth it. Juan Notaro I go through the newspapers in Latin America, and…
Analysis
The Pandemic’s Hidden Casualty: Human Rights
For many of Asia’s indigenous peoples, COVID-19 is exacerbating long-standing policies of marginalization. Carmina Flores-Obanil The lush forests of the Sierra Madre mountain range, on the…
Analysis
India paying price for Modi’s myopic China strategy
By ignoring the lessons from the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Modi has set his country on the road to disaster Bhim Bhurtel “Those who do not remember…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 17 June , 2020
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The Great Lockdown through a Global Lens
The Great Lockdown is expected to play out in three phases, first as countries enter the lockdown, then as they exit, and finally as they escape…
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How — and When — Can the Coronavirus Vaccine Become a Reality?
It is likely we’ll eventually have a coronavirus vaccine — but perhaps not as quickly as some expect. From development, to clinical trials and distribution, Pro…
Analysis
COVID-19 reveals unequal urban citizenship in Manila, Dhaka and Delhi
Redento B Recio, Ishita Chatterjee and Lutfun Nahar Lata “COVID-19 lockdown means starvation,” laments Lila, a street vendor in Manila, in the Philippines. Lila has previously…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 16 June , 2020
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COVID-19 a tragedy that offers opportunity for a reset
As the world begins to reopen after the devastation wreaked by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we will all watch and learn how different countries and regions…