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Efforts to resume and make up for the setback in mass immunisation for preventable childhood diseases must be ramped up
The surge of Myanmarese refugees in Thailand has made the need to reform the latter’s national refugee policy more pronounced
The economic consequences of the ongoing pandemic have pushed millions of people into hunger and poverty. Yet, in some parts of the world, critical levels of widespread hunger, or famine, had already made a resurgence long before the outbreak of COVID-19. This brief studies the famine-like situation in four countries in two continents—Yemen, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and North Korea—to demonstrate the direct link between conflicts and modern fam
Great Power politics and a crumbling federal system implicate the Civil War in Ethiopia
Soft power in South Asia has ushered a fear of retaliation; negative impacts such as debt traps appear less threatening to these countries than turnin
The RevCon takes place at a time when the international security context is unpredictable and the need for meaningful dialogue and subsequent implemen
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the world of work. As new occupations are emerging in this digitised landscape, the skills and competencies required for jobs are evolving as well. This brief examines the skills gaps that persist across the G20 countries, and argues that they will need to adapt their education and training mechanisms to the changing skills requirements. Although nearly all presidencies of the G20 forum have prioritised youth
A survey shows wide youth support for the Modi government’s foreign policy.
India requires the strategic aid of its private medical sector to reach its vast and segregated population.
Given its difficult position under the Constitution, the subject of water has remained one of the most disputed areas in India’s federal relationshi
The primary role of the Indian defence forces is to safeguard the nation’s sovereignty from external threats, but when called upon, they are equally
India–West cohesion is vital for global democracy with the NATO–India Council filling a strategic gap
In the fight against the coronavirus, the equally challenging issue of misinformation needs to addressed as part of the COVID-19 response.
What has happened in the interregnum to see an uncharacteristic rapid change in attitude?
After the end of the Cold War, we did not realise that two different and contrasting ambitions were at stake: the transnational purpose of the Western
By implementing focused protection instead of lockdowns, learning epidemics as seen during the COVID-19 period could be avoided in the future
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended several long-held paradigms.
Is Pakistan simply incapable in securing terrorists or are they hand-in-glove with them?
A lookback at Angela Merkel’s 16-year leadership of Germany
The National Rural Livelihoods Mission was launched in June 2011 to create institutional platforms for the rural poor, enabling them to increase household incomes through livelihood support and access to financial services. This brief evaluates the achievements of the programme in its first 10 years. It finds that the Mission has met with some successes in improving the lives of rural women, who are the backbone of the programme, and consequently
Policymakers and practitioners are leading the emerging consensus on the need to fundamentally reassess assumptions
COVID pandemic has exposed the fragility of global society and governance — and pointed to the way forward.
While lockdown might not be necessary in this third wave, ensuring compliance with COVID-appropriate behaviours is a must to prevent any untoward cons
Have we learnt our lessons from experiences of countries across globe in handling the Omicron variant? Is India prepared enough?
The Seychelles has taken proactive legislative steps to ensure that the pandemic’s impact on children is reduced
Two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 14-24 million people have died worldwide due to the coronavirus or the chaos of lockdowns and other impacts. To a great extent, much of this current state of the world is due to human health being profoundly misunderstood and neglected in international relations and national politics. This brief discusses two principles that can help understand why this pandemic is not at an
If we are empowered enough, we can see order in chaos and focus our efforts on social innovation to ‘make things happen’ — but above all, we lea
A deliberate strategy of not tackling the novel coronavirus from the start has left the pandemic out of control in Brazil.
Despite leveraging the strengths of the four Quad countries, the Quad Vaccine Partnership will still need to overcome several challenges to achieve th
For better quality of life, city planners need to take into consideration the additional population that will flow in due to greater urbanisation whil
This brief analyses the correlation between gender-based inequities and malnutrition. It highlights the case of South Asia, and uses as a backdrop the compounded challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors review existing literature on the subject and cull patterns, with the aim of outlining recommendations for countries in the region for bridging interrelated gaps in gender parity and nutrition.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread global economic impacts, and countries are gearing up for recovery. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be crucial. Given that the SDGs incorporate the four pillars of capital — human, social, natural and physical — these targets will be useful in the post-pandemic economic recovery process. This brief utilises econometric analysis to illustrate how the implementation of the SDGs is a stat
The United Nations (UN) has recently been plagued by several crises—the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taliban’s return in Afghanistan, and the Ukraine war—that have tested its ability to deliver on humanity’s projects of peace and security, sustainable development, human rights, and humanitarian response. Indeed, its actions and inactions in the Ukraine war have triggered an existential dilemma. India must use this moment of creative destruction
South Asia has had dismal indicators for the development of children, the pandemic has only exacerbated these problems while negating most progress ma
Like in some other regions of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated external debt accumulation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This could have massive, adverse impacts on growth as governments prioritise debt servicing commitments over key development expenditures such as healthcare and education. For the countries in SSA with relatively lower GDP, this could mean getting caught in a vicious cycle of low output and mounting debt. A pa
