Langya Virus- the Next Zoonosis
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Neighbours/South Asia
Designation of Terrorists & the Chinese Impediment
What are the recent developments? Recently, India and the USA proposed the designation of Rauf Azhar as a global terrorist on the UNSC 1267 Committee…
Taiwan Standoff and Lessons for India
What happened in Taiwan? On August 3rd, the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. This trip is the highest-level visit from the USA to…
Illegal, unregulated and unprotected (IUU) fishing
The unregulated plunder of global fishing stock by China poses a grave threat to the livelihood and food security of millions of people.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Why is India concerned?
In news: The USD 60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is running behind schedule with only three out of its 15 projects completed, accor…
Middle powers – The need to act together
If middle powers like Brazil, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and others can work together they may well be able to impose some…
China’s Global Security Initiative – Need, Objectives, Imperatives, and How it targets the QUAD.
A new Global Security Initiative put forward recently by Chinese President Xi Jinping will look to counter the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and the Quad…
India-Sri Lanka fisheries issues – Background and the way forward
After a gap of 15 months, the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries held its much-awaited deliberations (in virtual format) recently.…
Energy security of South Asia – Electrification, growth, SDGs and the way forward
South Asia has almost a fourth of the global population living on 5% of the world’s landmass. Electricity generation in South Asia has risen exponen…
