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Vietnam as ASEAN Chair - Preparing for the Next Decade
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

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

April 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, Vietnam, COVID-19, ASEAN Vision 2025, CLMV, ADDM +, ASEAN Community, SDGs
COVID-19 in West Asia: Implications for India
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das

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

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

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

April 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, 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
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

April 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, 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
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

April 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, 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
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

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

April 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, 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
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

April 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, 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
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

April 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Chinese PLA, Oil, WHO, Covid, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, Coronavirus Narrative, epidemic control
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 10, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

April 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, COVID-19, COVID-19 Daily Scan, IMF, Daily scan, Global peace, Coronavirus crisis, Lockdowns, Parliamentary election, Economic downturn
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 9, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Medical
Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machine

April 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Wuhan, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, lockdown, Infections, Wildlife trade, Local healthcare
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