Interview with Zhiqun Zhu: A Discussion on Vaccine Diplomacy by China and India
India China Institute Co-Director Mark Frazier interviews Foreign Affairs expert Zhiqun Zhu on Vaccine Diplomacy by China and India.
Community Infrastructure and the Care Crises: An Evaluation of China’s COVID-19 Experience
COVID-19 has exacerbated the gendered impact of care work globally, but lessons can be learned from countries like China that have relied on community organizations for solutions, writes Dr. Ying Chen, economics professor at The New School.
Politics of Expert Advice: Constraining Debate in India’s Management of COVID-19
The Indian public health response to COVID-19 has been sidelining expert advice and scientific debate in favor of a political agenda, writes Dr. Rama Baru, professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
India’s Vaccine Diplomacy
Against the trend of vaccine nationalism, India is emerging as one of the major global suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines, writes Dr Biswajit Dhar, professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Nagayo Sensai, Father of Public Health in Japan: Some Lessons for Managing COVID-19
The historical legacy of Nagayo Sensai and the Japanese hygienic practice and mentality of “eisei” illustrates the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions and the necessity of establishing a strong local public health infrastructure for managing COVID-19, writes Eimi Watanabe, former Assistant Secretary General and Director of the UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy.
February 24, 2021, 9:00AM MT/11:00AM EST | The Political Crisis in Myanmar: Nuanced Perspectives on the Nation’s Past, Present, & Future | Panelists: Than Toe [...]
“Questioning the Present” with Zha Jianying
Thursday, February 25, 2021, 11:00 AM CST/12:00 PM EST. Writer, journalist, cultural critic, and long time friend of ICI Zha Jianying will present and discuss [...]
The Business of Black Death
COVID-19 is emblematic of how the global public health industry is complicit in the reproduction of “the African tragedy,” writes Takiyah Harper-Shipman, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and public health major Kim Bako.
Nothing to Learn from East Asia?
An unwillingness to learn from East Asian countries has been a hallmark of the Western response to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, a senior advisor at the Khazanah Research Institute and the first United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development.