The COVID-19 pandemic has added another new geopolitical feature to Sino-American strategic competition in the current context. Through their diplomacy of solidarity among internal members and other dialogue partners, ASEAN states have proved to the world that they are not taking sides in the strategic rivalry between Beijing and Washington. When the global pandemic is
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During the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Indonesia like many other countries, experienced an economic shock, making it a challenge to alleviate poverty. Indonesia’s Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) takes surveys on poverty twice a year-in March and September respectively. Before COVID-19, the surveys recorded the poverty rate at 9.22 percent on September 2019, 0.44 percent lower
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, conditions are particularly serious in conflict and humanitarian settings, as abuses to vulnerable communities continue. A case in point is the continuing violent conflict in Palestine where coronavirus testing centres in Palestinian security checkpoints in the West Bank were reportedly demolished by Israeli soldiers. A lesson learned from the Ebola
