COVID-19 Pandemic and India’s Regional Diplomacy

Pattanaik, Smruti S.

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“…With lockdowns in place in several countries, the transport costs increased, so it was not surprising that the cost of medicines was less than that of transporting them. 34 There is a sense of uncertainty about whether adequate supplies are reaching rural areas in India, which have poor infrastructure and low penetration of the internet.…”

Section: Challenges During the Covid-19 Crisis In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India

Jindal

Baines

Mehjabeen

2022

International Health

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Diasporas are organized groups motivated by common cultural, ideological, political and religious values and common concerns for their countries of origin. Diaspora diplomacy has gained prominence worldwide, particularly in India, spurred by harrowing images of deaths and devastation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new generation of diaspora professionals modeled as social entrepreneurs uses collaborative and non-profit models to establish relationships with their counterparts to facilitate medical services and research. Teleradiology and telepsychiatry facilitate communication between diaspora members and their counterparts. We propose a common telehealth platform to standardize advice given by the Indian diaspora in the Global North as protocols change rapidly in acute pandemics. Consideration should be given to the well-known digital divide in India and other low- and middle-income countries. We advocate for diaspora members to train themselves in the art of global health diplomacy, to promote transparency and accountability in the collection of funds and a mandatory provision of outcome measurement by independent monitors rather than through social media. In the long run, Indian-Americans should play an active role in strengthening the domain of public health, which has historically been neglected in India, by focusing on the country's long-term infrastructure needs. The lessons learned from various diaspora efforts should be independently evaluated and recorded as best practice for future pandemics and humanitarian crises.

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Section: Challenges During the Covid-19 Crisis In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India

Jindal

Baines

Mehjabeen

2022

International Health

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“…According to Pattanaik (2021), 67% of the medicine produced in India is exported to developing countries, and 50% of essential medications distributed worldwide by UNICEF come from India. At the outbreak of the current pandemic, India took the lead in responding to the challenges and announced a total of US$ 1 billion in assistance to around 90 countries to fight COVID-19 (Gupta 2020).…”

Section: India's Vaccine Diplomacymentioning

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“…Both ideas express the region's importance to New Delhi's prosperity and security, and they encompass access to capital, technology, and energy, regional integration via infrastructure projects, and a pacific and stable region open to trade, foreign investment, and workforce immigrants 14 . For example, India's regional diplomacy includes a direct line of credit defined as a "development partnership" instead of using the term "aid" 15 (Pattanaik 2021). Under Modi, foreign policy serves economic development and international prestige (Hall 2019).…”

Section: India's Vaccine Diplomacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese and Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy during the Health Emergency Crisis

Júnior

Rinaldi

Lima

2022

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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“…Studies on the perception of China after Covid-19 and its vaccine diplomacy show that even in difficult times, it is possible to build a positive image of the state and to influence other states with soft power (Lu and Atadil, 2021;Verma, 2020). Another popular area of research concerns international relations during the pandemic, including the role of China at the time (Alhammadi, 2021;Cooray, 2022;Kavalski, 2021;Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2020;Pattanaik, 2021;Smith, 2020;Wallis and McNeill, 2021).…”

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COVID-19 Implications for China's National Security

Gębska¹,

Krukowska²

2022

Security and Defence Quarterly

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The COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 and China has since been under public scrutiny for neglecting the first signs of this global health challenge and for its lockdown strategy. Although lockdowns have not lasted for long, China needs to confront the political, social, and economic implications for its national security. The paper aims to fill a gap in the knowledge and investigate aspects of China’s national security in light of the pandemic. The study is based on desk research using secondary data and statistical and comparative analysis. It also employs an inductive method to build general theorems. The Chinese government can be seen as successful in dealing with the pandemic because of a low death toll and minimal economic losses. By early February 2022, only 106,863 Chinese had been diagnosed, and 4,636 had died from the virus. China also achieved enviable economic success and, its output grew by 18.3% year on year in the first quarter of 2021, the fastest rate since the 1990s, and it was the first major economy to withdraw its pandemic stimulus. China consolidated its position in low-income countries and improved its image as a global leader in trade by supplying vaccines, masks and ventilators, and strengthened its geopolitical standing. It will face threats from other countries working on a joint approach to the challenges posed by Beijing and while the aftereffects of the crisis can be seen, it also fears that they might further affect China's national security.

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COVID-19 Pandemic and India’s Regional Diplomacy

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India

Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India

Chinese and Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy during the Health Emergency Crisis

COVID-19 Implications for China's National Security

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