Year: 2020

COVID-19 and the Japanese Approach

The Japan Times states that the social distancing measures might be essential until 2022 to reduce persistent outbreak following the initial wave. Whatever situation arises during…

How COVID-19 Could Reshape the Italy-China Relationship

(Re)-Thinking Climate Change after COVID-19

The focus on climate change and health must go simultaneously, as they are interconnected -  a better climate yields better health, and helps ease the pressure…

COVID-19 and the Case of the European Union

The need of the hour is a more cohesive pan-European response to COVID-19, requiring the UK government to abandon its ideological hostility towards the EU. The…

India-Vietnam Harnessing Strategic Regional Cooperation

The strategic and dynamic relationship with Hanoi is a major pillar of strength for India’s Indo-Pacific strategy, as Vietnam has been building and renewing its relations…

Virus Crisis will Open Doors to Huawei 5G in Europe

COVID-19 and the Politics of Compensation

It would be extremely difficult to hold China responsible for the spread of the pandemic, therefore, the whole exercise is to stigmatize China and nothing else.…

WHO and Nepal: Filling the Void in Pandemic Preparedness

At time when high income countries around the world are occupied with their own numbers, peripheral countries like Nepal are left with very limited or the…

Tight vs Loose Cultures: Decoding Vietnam’s COVID-19 Success

Vietnam’s response to the crisis has earned praise from the World Health Organization. The official statistics clearly exhibit that there are currently more than 75,000 people…

Combating COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Looking at Public Policy Solutions

Widespread test covering maximum infected people can be one of the solutions. Government is trying to ease the lock down and allows industries, by maintaining appropriate…