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Tale of Panchatantra and The Wuhan Virus | A Poem
May 15, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal

Getting the right perspective when Such pandemic starts to unfold, Of Elephant and the blind men Is tale that needs to be retold. How leaders felt the pachyderm In parts but could not see the whole, And let this deadly Chinese germ I....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India , Pakistan , British , Italy , Spain , Brazil , France , Elephant and blind men , Chinese germ , Sweden , Korea , U.S.
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic China refuses to give up developing country status in WTO Despite the Trump administration's strong protests against China's unfair trading advantages in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese representative ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : shipping , COVID-19 Daily Scan , WTO , Huawei , Jay Powell , PPP Loans , Coal , Food Security WHO , GDP growth target , France , Antibodies , Borders
COVID-19 Opens up Pressures and Opportunities for Quad
May 14, 2020 Aayush Mohanty Commentary

Before the Indian Government initiated a nationwide lockdown from March 25, 2020, the Foreign Secretary of India participated in a telephonic discussion with representatives of some countries of the Indo-Pacific. Issues related to countering the COVI....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , COVID-19
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic Japan, US affirm need for WTO reform Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer affirmed the need for reforms to the World Trade Organization in a phone call on May 12, the Fore....

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Tags : Taiwan , Unemployment , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , WTO Reform , Toyota , Consumer Prices , Energy Storage , Currency Crisis , Wuhan Probe , JL-3
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic Investment between U.S. and China Falls as Tensions, Coronavirus Take Toll Investment between the U.S. and China is off to a weak start in 2020 and could worsen, according to a report published on May 11 that tallies ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia , national security , Belt and Road Initiative , VAT , Wuhan , COVID-19 , Social distancing , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Supply chains , US-China investment , Phase One deal , Small Business aid , Carbon Economy
Central Asia's Labour Migration amid Coronavirus
May 12, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

1. Introduction The term 'migrant' is often stereotyped as a person who is an undesirable burden and their economic contribution to national economies is seldom measured. The correlation between migration and remittances can be understood....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Central Asia , Uzbekistan , poverty , Unemployment , Tajikistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Remittances , Migration , Labour , EEU
The Idea of Non -Alignment @ 65
May 11, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The idea of Non- Alignment (NAM) in the international discourse is often being scoffed as anachronistic and archaic especially in the 21st century political hyphenism where brute power plays out at will. Multilateralism and its notional institutions ....

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Tags : Commentary , India , International Solar Alliance , PM Modi , COVID-19 , Multilateralism , Bandug conference , NAM , NAM Contact group
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical Physicians report numbers of patients who are able to tolerate very low blood-oxygen levels Doctors have dubbed these patients “happy hypoxemics,” a reference to the paradox of abnormally low levels of oxygen foun....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : artificial intelligence , Africa , NATO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Ventilators , Semiconductor Chips , Cyber attacks , Mount Everest , Negative interest rates
COVID-19 Paves the Way for a Cashless Economy in China
May 11, 2020 Aayush Mohanty Article

Governments worldwide are at the time engaged in containing COVID-19 and have either initiated unprecedented lockdowns or following strict social distancing protocols for public safety and prevent community transmission. The World Health Organisation....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , China , Economic Studies

Tags : Article , China , Banking , Digital Currency , Libra , cryptocurrency , blockchain , U.S dollar
Developing Conflict between China and Malaysia in South China Sea
May 10, 2020 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

While the world is preoccupied in grappling with the deadly Covid-19 virus unleashed from Wuhan, China un-abashedly marches on with its ominous policy of creeping occupation of South China Sea (SCS). The recent target of China’s expansionist policy....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , China , ASEAN , South China Sea , US Navy , Malaysia EEZ , Haiyang Dizhi 8 , Nine Dash Line
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