COVID-19 and Religious Fanaticism in Pakistan Pakistan’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak may get severely constrained due to the refusal of the ulema and religious leaders to ensure that their followers abide by the... Yaqoob-ul-Hassan | April 21, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Maldivian Response To COVID-19 As the Maldives is overly dependent on tourism as well as the global supply chain for import of essential food items, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to severely impact the... Gulbin Sultana , Anand Kumar | April 20, 2020 | Issue Brief
Coronavirus in Pakistan’s Urdu Media: God’s Punishment to Conspiracy to Biological Warfare! While scientists all over the world are working tirelessly to find an antidote to COVID-19, the narratives doing the rounds in Pakistan – pushed and peddled by the Urdu media,... Nazir Ahmad Mir | April 20, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Public Private Partnership: A Model for Army’s Base Workshops The PPP model helps in improving the productivity and exploiting the full potential of asset-based services that base workshops provide. This is particularly relevant when there exists a competitive market... Vinay Kaushal | April 18, 2020 | Issue Brief
A Case for Deferring Promulgation of DPP 2020 Considering the impending financial crunch due to the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty about allocations in the coming years, it is unlikely that the MoD will be able to launch many... Amit Cowshish | April 17, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Draft DPP 2020 – Keep it Simple Draft DPP 2020 needs to cut out obfuscation, repetitions, and bring out core issues for the consideration of the decision-makers in a concise and clear manner. Kishore Kumar Khera | April 17, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Geo-political Implications The lack of international cooperation and trust deficit to tackle the COVID-19 crisis is stark. The pandemic of fear may deepen an ongoing shift towards increased anarchy reflected in ‘everyone... Prakash Menon | April 17, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Iran Battling COVID-19 While it is unlikely that the Iranian regime will be able to weather the COVID-19 crisis without the support of the international community, its efforts at seeking international support largely... Meena Singh Roy , Prabhat Jawla | April 16, 2020 | Issue Brief
COVID-19 and GCC Countries As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the key priorities for the GCC countries are to contain the spread of the pandemic, maintain the flow of trade across their borders... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | April 16, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 Crisis and Pakistan-China Equation China is too important for Pakistan’s power elite, given that their stakes are tied firmly to the success of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects. Similarly, China would also need dependable and loyal... Priyanka Singh | April 15, 2020 | IDSA Comments
