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Japan needs to work around its structural impediments to embrace digitalisation via the new Digital Agency
Kazakhstan President’s call to use foreign troops to quell the recent protest could further alienate people who are already dissatisfied by the regi
For most coalitions — and especially so when they involve developing countries — there are usually doomsayers predicting its premature death. The
The pandemic has worsened the problems that Latin America and the Caribbean were already facing. 2021 will surely be challenging in terms of political
While the coronavirus lockdown has certainly exacerbated the economic collapse and the protests that engulfed the country in October caused panic —
It is apparent that local government bodies played a big role in controlling the pandemic, therefore they should be further empowered
Jayashree Balasubramanian et al., “Leveraging Community Engagement in Swift and Skillful Disaster Response,” ORF Special Report, March 2024, Observer Research Foundation.
The global macroeconomy has undergone unprecedented change in recent years, particularly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the G20 had an effective coordinating role in steering the global economy through the 2008 global financial crisis, its role in engineering an inclusive and sustainable recovery from the pandemic has been more mixed. Incomes in the advanced G20 economies are on track to return to pre-pandemic levels by end-2022 but have
If one were to go by recent home-grown choices made in Mumbai, a process has started that would catalyse the road to Mumbai’s decline.
Despite last year’s quadrilateral Malabar exercises and the recent announcement of new working groups, Quad cooperation on naval interoperability, critical technologies, and Covid-19 had been manifest previously.
As we usher in 2022, we unpack the events and trends of 2021 that are likely to dominate East Asian politics in the coming years
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the literature on private health aid and official health assistance between 2000 and 2022. It provides an overview of the sites and themes in the literature pertaining to development assistance in health, and collates the significant policy recommendations presented therein. Several crucial findings emerge from the bibliometric analysis: 44.2 percent of the 489 papers/articles assessed focused on low
Task Force 6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda
As the US doubles down on its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, India and Europe can cooperate to stem the tide against the surge of Irani
The growing concern for mental health has only heightened in the past two years, amidst the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. This brief tells the story of Africa where, in many communities, the subject of mental health can often be a taboo. It discusses the role of the internet in helping individuals manage their mental health issues, while at the same time, posing its own challenges, especially those related to extensive use of social media.
India can be much bolder in its engagement with the Middle East, and particularly the Gulf.
Let us resolve to leave the standing forests and other natural landscapes alone and revisit the provisions of forest land diversion under the legal fr
There was a time for non-alignment. New Delhi has been there and done that. Today’s India and its aspirations demand much more from its leadership.
Climate change is already imposing an impossible toll on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. It is no surprise that the key to averting catastr
Mumbai’s quintessential ‘dabbawalas’, who fed lakhs daily, are seeking help to feed their own
The UK has suffered enormously over the past year. Most visibly, it has one of the highest rates of COVID deaths per million people, and has suffered
As a simple, fast, reliable, and practical drug delivery vehicle, the nasal platform offers unmatched efficacy.
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major slowdown in India, but its inherent resilience and capabilities will help it transform into a new India with
The pandemic exposed and exacerbated the precarious conditions in which migrant workers survive in cities
Nepal's balancing act between the two development and infrastructural projects—the MCC aided by the USA and the BRI promoted by China—can hinder i
As the Maldives, Bhutan, and Bangladesh head toward elections, they continue to commit to democracy
While the Nipah virus is less contagious than COVID, it is deadly and thus further studies need to be undertaken
If Beijing really wants to make a bid for global leadership, it needs to do more to help developing nations weather this crisis.
People’s Republic of China (PRC) leaders have denied the reports, which should hardly come as a surprise.
The management of the Omicron wave has been marked by mixed signals and rising skepticism against the government
How severe would the third wave of COVID-19 that is fuelled by the Omicron variant be?
The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the increasing frequency of spillover of infectious disease from wild animals into humans. The SARS coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) almost certainly “jumped” into humans from bats, evolved towards efficient human-to-human transmission, and caused a global pandemic. Ecological changes such as deforestation, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change are important drivers of disease
The rise of other contenders in the CCP raises questions about Xi’s long-term political prospects.
The COVID-19 response is forcing us to reimagine global institutions and their commitments.
Selective social networks and active social media engagement can minimise the mental health effects of COVID-19-induced isolation
“A simple take on the 4 Ps of the #Covid19 crisis”, and its impact on the retail investors.
Despite reports of unarmed clashes between the Indian and Chinese soldiers and the fact that the stand-offs are taking place at more than one place �
With panchayats emerging as front warriors in the collective fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister’s address to key members of rural self-
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted two features of the Nepal-India economic relationship: Nepal’s ballooning trade deficit, and unrestricted cross-border movement of people of both countries. Attributing the trade deficit entirely to supply-side constraints is neither accurate nor conducive to the overall health of the relationship. This brief suggests ways towards more sustainable trade relations between India and Nepal, among them, India r
Multinational and multisectoral cooperation is needed to tackle the risk of misappropriation of COVID-19 funds, preventing the opportunities for org
Paradiplomacy and leveraging links with other cities is useful in attracting investment and technology, and fostering cultural understanding.
