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 European solidarity, and the proactive engagements among members countries, can set an example for international cooperation everywhere in the world. ...
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 with the United States, and has been playing an active part in the US Indo-Pacific strategy, which is in line with India’s version. ...
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. It is also to score political points and disguise their own incompetence in handling the pandemic by shifting blame on others. ...
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 only option like WHO. Nepal, needs WHO to help ensure the right kind of resources to be brought to bear, for consistently and effectively meeting the needs of the people who are already vulnerable and are further likely to be much more vulnerable as the result of the pandemic . ...
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 in quarantine or isolation. ...
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 measures. Appropriate measures must be taken strictly by the industry managements as well. ...
Due to its geographic location, India’s position has always been in advantageous, but Modi's South Asia policy would depend heavily on India’s economic prowess in the future, especially since it was already in a bad shape even before the arrival of COVID-19. ...
With the uncertainties of Capitalism and Globalisation growing, there is no better alternative for the South Asian countries than having belief in the shared concern and prosperity of the entire region. No matter how the re-set world will be, the poor should not be left out. ...
We should not blame disasters on nature. Disasters emerge from society’s actions. So, we should prefer not to use the term “natural disaster”. Instead, they are simply, “disasters”. ...
(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 on the health systems of a nation. In this hour of crisis, a long-term planning is much needed. ...