Recent Articles
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Unfolding the Indian Strategy
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted the decision-making and political processes around the world. However, international pressure has been left wanting on many emergent political and human rights crises, such as that brewing in […]
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Standoff in the Himalayas
The latest military standoff between China and India at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Eastern Ladakh and Sikkim region is one of the most serious military developments between the two Asian […]
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After the Coronavirus Vaccine’s Discovery: Concerns Regarding a COVID-19 Vaccination’s Distribution
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3608750 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3608750 Abstract The fervent global quest for the development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) begs the frightening questions: who will go first in receiving it? and will everyone get to receive […]
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Coronavirus: Demography and destiny
The adage among demographers has long been that “demography is destiny,” in that what can be observed today about human populations provides rich insight into how they will grow, thrive, or wither in times […]
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Role of Space Technologies in COVID 19 Management
Millions of human beings have been exterminated by different kinds of pandemics since 3000 B.C. For instance, in 1918, the outbreak of viral influenza (a respiratory disease similar to COVID 19) resulted in 50 […]
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How the Indian hardliners benefit Pakistan
The Indian leadership has always been hostile to Pakistan; however, historical events suggest that the hardliners in India, in their fanatical hatred for Muslims in general and Pakistan in particular, have unwittingly aided Pakistan's […]
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The Potentiality of an India-Pakistan Cyber Conflict
The changing financial, social, and political fabric of the world in the wake of COVID-19 has paved way for another intangible entity to unleash in its full fury. While the world grapples with the […]
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India Falters Amidst the Pandemic
The world is battling to find the cure for CoVID-19 and looking to bolster weakening global supply chains which have been severely disrupted by the effects of the pandemic. The global powers are looking […]
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Coronavirus and Cyber Security Challenges
The outbreak of Covid-19 has not only challenged and disrupted the modes of global functioning, but has also provided some state and non-state actors an opportunity to manoeuvre through cyber loopholes to achieve specific […]
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The Plague and its Inquisitors
A common literary motif in Americana, notably in science-fiction narrative, portrays the people of the world putting aside their petty squabbles during a period of world crisis, so that they might unite under the […]
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Covid-19 and the Space Industry
Although virtually all economic sectors have come under duress in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, the impact on the space industry has received comparatively little attention, despite the headwinds that it too has […]
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Armed Forces and Pandemics
COVID-19 has presented the world with a dire situation in which every individual is to some degree vulnerable to a threat that is unprecedented. The pandemic has disrupted all sort of international activities; be […]
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US-China COVID(RY) and the Samson Option!
The US-China ‘COVID(RY)’ is fuelling a new Cold War as the two global powers are embroiled in an ongoing battle of narratives blaming each other for the current pandemic, while simultaneously reaching out to […]
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The Plague and the Market
The clock is ticking on the discovery of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), with nearly four million infections and nearly three lakh deaths as of early May. Realizing this, both private and […]
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The Lives or Livelihoods? The Coronavirus Dilemma for Administrations
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3584726 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3584726 Abstract The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has fomented a moral crisis for administrations struggling to choose between “lives” and “livelihoods”, i.e. between mitigating the public health fallout and averting an economic depression. The challenge […]
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