The Non-traditional Security Threat of Covid-19 in South Asia
An Analysis of the Indian and Chinese Leverage in Health Diplomacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19451571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Swagata Saha (0009-0004-4942-3650, Symbiosis School of International Studies, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India), Sukalpa Chakrabarti (0000-0003-2841-2771, Symbiosis School of International Studies, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-132 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0973-0788 • E-ISSN: 0971-5231 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971523121998027 |
| OpenAlex | W3138834234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
South Asia has emerged as a major challenge in dealing with COVID-19 virus in terms of its demographics, economy, social values, political ambition and geographical location. The pandemic viewed through the prism of non-traditional security (NTS) threat presents new challenges and demands reworking of conventional governance mechanisms. India is the South Asian hegemon, and China is the single largest immediate neighbour with expansionist ambition in the region. Two most populous countries—one has been the epicentre of the virus, while the other is one of the most widely affected. Their public health and governance trajectory during the pandemic and their health diplomacy in the region have overtures for security architecture of South Asia in post-COVID-19 world. A lone statist approach and legal–institutional officialdom fail to appreciate the instrumentalities of an unconventional security threat like COVID-19. This calls for a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to deal with NTS threat, in general, and epidemiological disease, in particular. This by no means indicating a retreat of the state rather a proactive role in articulating interests of more inclusive categories and, in doing so, the state consolidates its role of governance and becomes a significant point of integration
China · Corporate governance · Development economics · Diplomacy · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Expansionism · Geography · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Medicine · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |