COMMENTARIES
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BeiDou and BRI: Dependence Masked as Independence?
Saman Ayesha Kidwai · 15 May, 2020 · #5689 · Commentary
One core component of the Belt and road Initiative (BRI) is the BeiDou Navigation
Satellite System (BDS). BDS, while largely a benign satellite navigation system, has a key
component of entrapment for economically weaker countries. What exactly ...
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COVID-19 and the Insurgency in Kashmir
Mohammed Sinan Siyech · 13 May, 2020 · #5688 · Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a
multi-dimensional impact across the world, including in conflict theatres. This
commentary explores strategies that terror outfits might employ vis-à-vis the insurgency
in Kashmir.Infiltration AttemptsThe most i...
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Special Commentary
COVID-19 and the Rationale for Stronger Indian Links with Southeast Asia
Angshuman Choudhury and Ashutosh Nagda · 13 May, 2020 · #5687 · Commentary
On 15 March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated
discussions on a potential regional
response to the COVID-19 pandemic through a video meeting with leaders
from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). New Delhi
has no...
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Does COVID-19 Enable the Acceleration of Negative Global Trends?
Yash Vardhan Singh · 11 May, 2020 · #5686 · Commentary
The uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic mimics the fog that
engulfs any military conflict. As countries, leaders, and citizens work to deal
with the crisis, what pre-existing trends are likely to gain traction? What
characteristics of the ...
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Bangladesh’s Response to COVID-19
Alok Kumar Gupta · 08 May, 2020 · #5685 · Commentary
Bangladesh’s healthcare infrastructure
has in large part developed as a result of the country’s continued exposure to
disasters as well as in pursuit of MDG4 goals. As with countries across the
world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe ...
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Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy and a Troubled Peace Process
Dr Shalini Chawla · 05 May, 2020 · #5684 · Commentary
While the world is engrossed in intensifying the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan’s peace
process is finding it difficult to draw the necessary time and attention from
the international community. The Taliban rejected the Afgha...
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East Asia Compass
Strange Bedfellows: COVID-19 and the New Japan-China Camaraderie
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 30 Apr, 2020 · #5683 · Commentary · Column
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to fractures
in bilateral relationships with China amid growing international condemnation
of Beijing’s handling of the crisis, with one notable exception: Japan. Quite
strangely, the crisis has bought about a ra...
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Could COVID-19 Further Endanger Multilateralism?
Seema Joshi · 30 Apr, 2020 · #5682 · Commentary
The COVID-19 crisis brings
to light three indicators that could pose more risks to multilateralism: a lack
of accountability from global powers as well as international institutions,
rising nationalism, and an absence of coordinated responses. ...
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COVID-19: Calling an Olympic Truce on Global Conflict
Tanvi Kulkarni. · 29 Apr, 2020 · #5681 · Commentary
Calling
for a global ceasefire on conflicts around the world, in March 2020, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said that the world
is fighting a “common enemy” in COVID-19. However, this pandemic does
not appea...
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Strategic Space
International Solidarity for Nuclear Security: Lessons from a Pandemic
Manpreet Sethi · 27 Apr, 2020 · #5680 · Commentary · Column
In
his September 2019 UN General Assembly speech, President Trump said, “The
future does not belong to globalists… the future belongs to sovereign and
individual nations who protect their citizens…” Less than six months later, the
pres...
