Opinion

Nancy Birdsall The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the world into a dangerous state of disequilibrium, in which the siren call of populist nationalism and the clear, compelling necessity of global cooperation and collective action are locked in (literally) mortal combat. Sadly, nationalism is winning so...

Guru Prasad Mohanta A cure for COVID-19 is most important. Japan, among others, is the latest to approve Remdesivir for use in severely ill COVID-19 patients. This is still an investigational drug and has not received approval for general use in any country. Earlier, the...

Brahma Chellaney The global backlash against China over its culpability vis-a-vis international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained momentum in recent weeks. China itself has added fuel to the fire, as exemplified by its recent legal crackdown on Hong Kong. From implicitly...

Prof SN Misra Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been unveiling a slew of major initiative to resuscitate MSMEs, power sector, migrant workers, farmers etc. These are essentially intended to provide increased sinews to the Make in India initiative, christened Atmanirbhar Bharat. Reforms are also announced for...

Saeed Naqvi What does one make of it, this singular absence of even a column-inch worth of interest in this land of Vasudaiv Kutumbakam, when Nazism in its raw, naked form comes riding on the back of the Croatian Catholic Church to organize celebratory mass...

Jens Spahn Germany is often referred to as a positive example of how to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. We were successful in preventing the overburdening of our health system. The curve of infections is clearly flattening. And the proportion of severe cases and fatalities is...

Enric Sala The Seychelles, a string of 115 verdant, rocky islands in the Indian Ocean, recently announced – in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic – that it would protect 30% of its glittering turquoise waters from commercial use. Safeguarding some 410,000 square kilometers (158,000...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala India has three advantages compared to China. One, our population is younger. One-half of our population is below age 28 -- against the 38 for China. This means there is likely to be less infection of COVID-19 in India. Two, India is a...

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented one. The world hasn't experienced anything like this since the Spanish Flu of 1918. Originating in China -- in its wet markets or in a lab or elsewhere - it has swept through the world and caused havoc, death...

Charudutta Panigrahi I would like to draw a parallel between the ‘window of discourse’ and the ‘window of social work’ in India. The Overton window, which is the first name of windows of discourse, is the band of ideas around which acceptable public narratives and...