Nepal
- Why the Nepal Army wants to become an investment promoter (Record Nepal)
- Nepal ruling party pulls back from split (again) (Nepali Times)
- Where are the Nepal-India relations heading (The Kathmandu Post)
- As Nepal and China celebrate 65 years of friendship, a great deal of work lie ahead of us (My Republica)
- Nepali overseas workers who remain behind (Nepali Times)
- Growing arrears show bad governance (The Kathmandu Post)
- India’s continuing role in Nepal’s economic development (Observer Research Foundation)
Economy
- The pandemic’s economic impact will be deep, but proactive policies will help (Asian Development Blog)
- How can digital financial services help a world coping with COVID-19? (World Bank Blogs)
- Tracking COVID-19’s devastating toll on Asia’s remittances (Asian Development Blogs)
- How to prevent the looming sovereign-debt crisis (Project Syndicate)
- Exploring the feasibility of Medium-Term Revenue Strategies in developing countries (Centre for Global Development)
Society
- The power of choice — ensuring access to family planning in the COVID-19 era (Devex)
- The international humanitarian response to COVID-19 (Dev Policy)
Law
- Reading the draft Environment Impact Assessment norms, and finding the red flags (The Indian Express)
Democracy
- Sri Lanka headed for elections: Democracy in Distress (MP-IDSA)
- In Russia’s new protest cycle, a demand for a democratic state emerges (Open Democracy)
Security
- A year on, Article 370 and Kashmir mythmaking (The Hindu)
- Economic costs of national security (My Republica)
- What do Indian parliamentary reports tell us about infrastructure buildup on the China border? (The Diplomat)
- Myanmar’s menacing frontier (Himal South-Asia)
Other
- India and the geopolitics of TikTok (The Indian Express)
