“Federalism should be a meeting point of all groups.” – Khil Raj Regmi

DIFFERENT political structures in Asia respond differently to disasters and pandemics. How are the central government and local layers responding to these threats? Summing up the very timely Asia Federalism Dialogues including in today’s write up on India, we learn how governing structures of the six Asian countries represented in the dialogues respond to the threats of the coronavirus. Initiated and organized by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) India and the HSF Philippines, the dialogues spurred readers to learn more the coping mechanisms to the corona virus of the countries’ governing federal structures.