Nepal

• A new normal in post-pandemic paradigm (Rising Nepal)
• Unlock the country in phase (Nepali Times)
• Nepal Tarai reels under COVID-19 lockdown (Nepali Times)

Economy

• It’s about food, nutrition and livelihood security (The Hindu)
• The coming great depression of the 2020s (Project Syndicate)

Society

• Coronavirus pandemic is becoming a human rights crisis, UN warns (The Guardian)
• How South Korea stopped COVID-19 early (Project Syndicate)

Law

• A tale of two: The COVID-19 pandemic and rule of law in Cyprus (Verfassungs Blog)

Democracy

• Across the world, the coronavirus pandemic has become an invitation to autocracy (The Wire)
• Democracy’s place in a new post-covid world order (National Endowment for Democracy)

Security

• Policing and public health: State capacity on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic (Centre for Advanced Study of India)
• It should inspire countries to recommit to principle of universal bio-deterrence (The Indian Express)

Other

• Pandemics without borders, South Asia’s evolution (The Hindu)
• The paradox of privilege: Guilt during COVID-19 (Observer Research Foundation)