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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic USS Theodore Roosevelt Outbreak Is Linked to Flight Crews, Not Vietnam Visit US military officials are increasingly certain that the coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in March was sp....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , WHO , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Covid 19 , Daily scan , Coronavirus lockdown , Coronavirus Podcast , US economic breakdown , Foreign Investment , COVID-19 vaccine
Vietnam as ASEAN Chair - Preparing for the Next Decade
April 16, 2020 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF | Dr. Pankaj Jha Commentary

The ASEAN under the Chairmanship of Vietnam has been preparing a draft for the mid-term review of the Overall Plan for the Implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. It is assessing the outcomes and accordingly working out a feasible timeline....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Vietnam , COVID-19 , ASEAN Vision 2025 , CLMV , ADDM + , ASEAN Community , SDGs
COVID-19 in West Asia: Implications for India
April 15, 2020 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das Article

The COVID-19 crisis has reflected the significance of nation-state and national boundaries continue to remain the principle barrier to contain the transmission of the pandemic. The initial response in most states included the sealing off of land bord....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Article , US , COVID-19 , Remittances , Indian migrants , China; Russia
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic Putin seizes crude supply deal to oil relations with Trump The Russian president and his US counterpart have held five conversations since March 30, more than in the whole of 2019, as they negotiated the largest ever....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : World Economy , Coronavirus Outbreak , epidemic , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Daily scan , GDP
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic IMF cancels debt payments for 6 months for 25 poor nations The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on April 13 to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world's most impoverished countries so t....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Government , Coronavirus , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Covid 19 , Daily scan , lockdown , G20 finance ministers , Face masks
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical Is the TB Vaccine responsible for the large deaths in West? The novel coronavirus is rampaging across the world, but its impact is not equal; it is hammering some populations, while leaving others relatively unscathe....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : G20 , COVID-19 , World Bank , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , TB Vaccine , Gilead drug – NEJM , Coronavirus research , Anti-China bills , Global pandemic , ASEAN+3 Summit , US economy
Global Impact of Covid-19 Crisis
April 12, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Covid-19 is the first full-blown crisis of a hyper-connected world. It arose as the local outbreak in China at Wuhan city, and within a few weeks, it had spread all across the world. More than a million Corona positive cases have been noticed and mor....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , economy , Globalisation , COVID-19 , IMF , Multilateralism , Helpless West , US-China rivalry , capitalism , Global supply chains , Non--traditional security
COVID-19 in Central Asia: Responses and Resolutions
April 11, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has become a serious challenge for countries across the globe. The virus has stressed public health systems worldwide and disrupted the global economy. The novel Coronavirus that emerged ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , COVID-19 , Economic Slowdown , Migrants , Coronavirus Pandemic , Remittances , relief packages , precautionary measures , Kyrgyz Republic
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 11, 2020
April 11, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical Dispute among German Virologists on Heinsberg Study On April 9, the virology professor, Hendrik Streeck, presented "interim results” on the "Covid-19 Case Cluster Study" to the press. Streeck and an interdisciplinar....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chinese PLA , Oil , WHO , Covid , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Coronavirus Narrative , epidemic control
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic Despite COVID-19, U.S. Military Remains Ready to Fight "To those who wish us harm, make no mistake: even with the challenges that this disease has brought to our shores, the Department of Defense stands ready to meet....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Daily scan , Global peace , Coronavirus crisis , Lockdowns , Parliamentary election , Economic downturn
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