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India Plans Wristband Patient Surveillance as Lockdown Eases
By Associated Press
With wristbands and an app, Indian authorities hope to contain COVID-19.
A Nine Carrier US Navy? In 2020?
By Robert Farley
Should the U.S. Navy downsize its carrier force?
South Korea Downplays Concerns Over Kim Jong Un’s Health
By Associated Press
Officials in Seoul sounded caution over unverified reports of Kim Jong Un suffering health complications.
17+1 and Beyond: Understanding China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe
By Ankit Panda
What draws China to Central and Eastern Europe?
Making Sense of China’s Latest Bid to Administer Sovereignty in the South China Sea
By Ankit Panda
New additions to ‘Sansha’ City and a naming exercise for submerged features are the latest in Beijing’s sovereignty-seeking toolkit.
US Air Force Selects Raytheon to Build Nuclear-Capable Long-Range Standoff Missile
By Ankit Panda
Raytheon will be the sole contractor on the long-range standoff weapon.
Amid COVID–19, Pakistan Launches an ‘Islam Friendly’ Action Plan to Keep Mosques Open
By Umair Jamal
The plan should be a cause of concern for the international community.
A Diamond in the COVID–19 Rough? Taiwan Export Orders Surge in March
By Ankit Panda
What explains the March 2020 surge in Taiwan’s export orders?
COVID–19 Is a Test for Climate Migration and the World Is Failing
By Pierfilippo M. Natta and Adam Weinstein
Countries need to come together to stem the effects of climate migration in the coming years and decades.
A Glimpse Inside India’s COVID-19 Lockdown in Assam
By StoriesAsia
India’s northeast has been relatively less affected by the pandemic, but the lockdown takes its toll.
Singapore COVID–19 Cases Reach Record, Surge Past 8,000
By Associated Press
Low-wage migrant workers account for more than half of Singapore’s confirmed cases.
COVID-19 Comes to Asia’s Most Densely Populated Slum
By V Yashoda
Poverty and population density intensify the race to contain the coronavirus‘ spread in India's largest slum