Turkey Struggles to Tackle COVID-19 The political divisions and economic challenges facing the country have complicated the government’s response to the pandemic, putting the population at risk and threatening to undermine the popularity of President... Md. Muddassir Quamar | April 14, 2020 | IDSA Comments
COVID-19 and Social Unrest: Meeting the Challenges The large scale social and economic disruption caused by COVID-19 has brought to our attention the socio-economic plight of urban migrant workers and the need for a more effective information... Vivek Chadha | April 13, 2020 | Issue Brief
Coping with New Guidelines on Expenditure Management The present crisis is as much of a challenge as an opportunity to infuse financial realism in defence planning and bring about concomitant reforms in the quickest possible timeframe. Amit Cowshish | April 13, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Civil War Complicates Fight Against COVID-19 in Syria Syria’s fragile health care system on account of the continuing conflict hinders the country’s effort to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Lakshmi Priya | April 13, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Between Olympics and Pandemic: Abe’s Run-up to 2021 Whether Abe can turn the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to demonstrate decisive leadership will define Japan’s future course, as the resilience of the economy and good... Titli Basu | April 12, 2020 | Issue Brief
Video Conferencing Apps: A New Playground for Cyber Criminals With a new found celebrity status among the video conferencing applications, Zoom now faces a massive privacy and security threat as the platform’s default settings are not secure enough. Kritika Roy | April 11, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Pakistan’s Fight Against COVID-19: Analysing Delivery Deficiencies It is feared that Imran Khan’s move to sideline the already alienated opposition and continuous bickering between the federal and provincial governments would undermine the national effort against COVID-19. Zainab Akhter | April 10, 2020 | Issue Brief
Should the Legacy of Capital Budget Revenue Procedure (CBRP) Be Perpetuated in Draft DPP 2020? Draft DPP 2020 provisions that continue to enable Capital Budget Revenue Procedure (CBRP) must be revisited. Vinay Kaushal | April 10, 2020 | Issue Brief
Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Looming Crisis in the Horizon The Hasina Government is in overdrive to meet the Covid-19 challenge head on, and ensure that this unforeseen threat does not snowball into a major national crisis. Smruti S. Pattanaik | April 09, 2020 | IDSA Comments
Refining Draft DPP 2020: Some Suggestions Draft DPP-2020 marks a paradigm shift from the past in many respects. It contains several new features intended to hasten the procurement process and provide a further fillip to the... Laxman Kumar Behera , Amit Cowshish , Vinay Kaushal | April 08, 2020 | Policy Brief
