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The politics of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia

international affairs

Updated on Dec 21, 2021 10:25 IST

Thailand, Singapore, and Cambodia have come up with laws to crack down on critics of their Covid-19 response by regarding them as imparting misinformation. Philippines has also used cybercrimes laws to target government critics. Similarly, Indonesia and Malaysia are scapegoating certain communities for the spread of Covid-19.

Need to create new institutions to meet new global challenges

US President addressed “Summit for Democracy” with a focus on renewing democracy in the US and around the world. (Bloomberg)

international affairs

Updated on Dec 13, 2021 16:22 IST

Southeast Asia reopening borders and living with Covid-19

The World Travel and Tourism Council’s estimated that travel and tourism contributed to Southeast Asia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for about $380 million in 2019 or 12% and over 42 million jobs or over 13%. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

international affairs

Updated on Dec 10, 2021 11:14 IST

Decoding the Myanmar crisis: domestic factors or external players?

Decoding the Myanmar crisis

international affairs

Published on Dec 7, 2021 17:26 IST

The Chinese Communist Party’s ambitious agenda

China’s online technology companies reported a huge business turnover in the domestic market for ‘singles day’ sales.

international affairs

Published on Nov 29, 2021 09:51 IST

The ASEAN agreements are not as straightforward as we imagine them to be

The initial declaration signed between the founding members was a simply worded document containing merely five articles, affirming the establishment of the organisation while stating its names and purposes.

international affairs

Updated on Nov 29, 2021 07:26 IST

South China Sea geopolitics and the shadow of Covid-19

An area covering approximately 3.5 million square km, the South China Sea’s strategic importance has increased enormously as the global geopolitical and geo-economic centre of gravity has shifted towards Asia in the last decades; enframed by the ASEAN states, China and Taiwan, it hosts shipping routes, fish stock, hydrocarbon reserves, and rich biodiversity.

international affairs

Published on Nov 21, 2021 09:01 IST

The future of India’s development cooperation in Afghanistan

India has been one of the biggest contributors towards global efforts at reconstructing Afghanistan.

international affairs

Published on Nov 12, 2021 13:01 IST

AUKUS and an acquiescing ASEAN

US President Joe Biden participates in a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. The three nations launched the AUKUS partnership. (AFP)

international affairs

Updated on Nov 5, 2021 10:10 IST

The future of war in South Asia: Innovation, technology and organisation

As the report recounts, the face of warfare is changing with the rapidly evolving development of advanced war fighting technologies.

international affairs

Published on Oct 22, 2021 17:03 IST

AUKUS and Kunming-172: An Alert for Indonesia

US President Joe Biden participated in a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

international affairs

Published on Oct 13, 2021 16:06 IST

Quad embraces Asean spirit of cooperation

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison pose before the Quad summit, in Washington DC. (ANI)

international affairs

Published on Oct 13, 2021 10:08 IST

Neighbourhood’s first responder: India’s approach to humanitarian assistance

India’s leading role thus paradoxically also exposed the absence of effective regional mechanisms for disaster relief in South Asia.

international affairs

Updated on Sep 30, 2021 13:36 IST

Devising an Indian policy on Sanctions for Pakistan

On-going violence in Afghanistan has raised demands to sanction Pakistan for its support of the Afghan Taliban. Countries, which want a stable Afghanistan and believe in human values, must consider the option of such sanctions targeted at the Pakistani military.

international affairs

Published on Sep 23, 2021 12:47 IST

ASEAN’s Lilliputian progress in Myanmar

In this April 22, 2021, file photo, flags of some of the ASEAN member countries fly at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

international affairs

Published on Sep 11, 2021 12:06 IST

China’s post-Covid-19 path to normalcy: Parallels for India

Public sector enterprises, whose finances are more resilient, comprise a greater portion of industry in China.

international affairs

Published on Sep 8, 2021 10:21 IST

Singapore’s diplomacy outreach on the US-China rivalry

Though much below that of the US, China’s defence budget is already more than three times that of India’s.

international affairs

Updated on Sep 8, 2021 06:10 IST

Interpreting the US’s China Military Power Report 2020

While the Report provides the most authoritative inputs on the China’s military and security developments, few caveats are in order.

international affairs

Published on Sep 7, 2021 13:31 IST

Clash of narratives: The US-China Propaganda war amid the global pandemic

Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP0)’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) has been tasked with using the political propaganda activities to further Chinese strategic, economic, and political interests.

international affairs

Published on Sep 2, 2021 09:56 IST

China’s global internet ambitions: Finding roots in ASEAN

By 2017, China was home to more than 731 million Internet users, already the largest internet population in the world, and with millions more having followed since. (AFP)

international affairs

Published on Aug 28, 2021 10:08 IST

15th Finance Commission: Design principles & fiscal transfers

Chairman of 15th Finance Commission NK Singh submits the report of the panel to President Ram Nath Kovind.

international affairs

Published on Aug 21, 2021 13:29 IST

Tracing the informal: Analysing labour legislation in China

Informality has become the defining feature of urban employment in China since the implementation of economic reforms.

international affairs

Published on Aug 18, 2021 08:23 IST

Indian Ocean: The maritime links of India-Malaysia

The Indian Ocean is characterised by uniformly warm and stable rainfall patterns.

international affairs

Published on Aug 18, 2021 07:59 IST

Linking land borders: India’s integrated check posts

The Integrated Check Posts are an ambitious model for improving border management infrastructure.

international affairs

Published on Aug 11, 2021 09:35 IST

Building Indian narratives and battling new militancy in Kashmir

The security forces on patrol in Kashmir.

international affairs

Published on Aug 8, 2021 07:06 IST

India calibrates its South China Sea approach

China has maintained its presence in the South China Sea throughout the virus outbreak. The South China Sea is particularly contentious because China's smaller neighbours also have competing claims.

international affairs

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 11:54 IST

India-SCO: New platform, common ground

External affairs minister S Jaishankar went to Tajikistan earlier this month for council of foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

international affairs

Published on Jul 31, 2021 09:02 IST

Recommendations for India-US development cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

The success of India-US defence cooperation offers lessons for bolstering bilateral development cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

international affairs

Published on Jul 31, 2021 08:22 IST

India’s cyber security: India needs defensive cyber capabilities

India has been taking steps, such as creating agencies, developing doctrines and pursuing diplomatic collaborations with like-minded strategic partners, to ensure that deficiencies in the cyber security domain could be addressed.

international affairs

Published on Jul 27, 2021 07:56 IST

The dynamics of vaccine diplomacy in India’s neighbourhood

India either sold or granted a total of 19,542,000 vaccine doses to neighbouring countries.

international affairs

Published on Jul 24, 2021 10:18 IST

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