Japan-UK ties are to strengthen in a post-COVID-19 world, and there are economic and strategic reasons. Closer ties between them are important not just in a bilateral context, but in the Indo-Pacific region as well. ...
As thousands of Indians are returning to their homeland, the Indian economy will be affected badly as it is already going through an economic recession, with rising unemployment. Both India and the Gulf will lose a significant part of their partnership - the diaspora links. ...
The formation of multiple sub regional initiatives and organization with India’s lead has further derailed if not damaged the process of wholesome regional integration. ...
China’s pandemic management model relies on a heavy-handed application of quarantine and lockdown. There is an ongoing debate on the effectiveness and political implications of quarantines since the Ebola pandemic. ...
The two countries must work for ensuring adequate production and supply of medical equipment through enhanced protocols of channelization and also focus on collaborating the Indian strength of fiber to fabric and America’s technological superiority to extract amenable advantages. ...
The need for regulation of the digital intermediaries cannot be debated but the selection of an appropriate method for escalation still needs to be reassessed. The co-regulation model is a more dependable system of regulation as it allows the public and private players to work as collaborators resulting in cooperation between state, civil society, and market players. ...
India has had border disputes with almost all its bordering neighbours, and while it has achieved success in mitigating its land and water disputes with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, it still faces tensions with Pakistan, Nepal and China. The India-Bhutan model cannot be applied across bilateral relations with other countries but few facets of the successful partnership in areas of development and economic activity can be incorporated. ...
Due to the health crisis generated by the COVID-19, people in bordering regions have been brought to face with some important choices. The first is between totalitarian surveillance and citizen empowerment as the state moves to introduce more restraining technologies. Though this is not fully possible in bordering regions, the other challenge to balance between local resources and their construction, to national reconstruction. ...
It is the widening gap and the massive accumulation of wealth that has left many with little and the few with many, the reason why we have to rely on their giving. These category of non-state actors are expected to take on a larger share of the accountability for the world problem after the state. ...
New Delhi’s Nepal Conundrum
As a bigger regional power, it is incumbent upon India to make the first move and demonstrate its benevolence. New Delhi needs to rein in the present regional situation by building new joint border dispute mechanisms that are equipped to deal with current issues more efficiently. ...