What World Post-Covid-19 Three Scenarios by MAT BURROWS AND PETER ENGELKE Introduction The coronavirus pandemic presents a substantial shock to the postwar order, established by the United States and its allies. For the past 75 years, the United States and its partners have led a ...
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Introduction The coronavirus crisis, as with several other crises, reveals the reality of increasing interdependency and the need for greater multilateral cooperation, at the EU level and beyond. It has also highlighted the growing rift between the US and China. The EU has a vital opportunity n ...
1. The prospect of the start of negotiations to reach a comprehensive peace agreement in Afghanistan represents an historic opportunity to end the decades long conflict. All sides should act to urgently fulfil the commitments they have made to lower violence and work toward peace. 2. We call urge ...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Testing of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine began in healthy volunteers in Britain Thursday, the latest in a cluster of early-stage studies in search of protection against the coronavirus. University of Oxford researchers gave injections to volunteers in a study tha ...
New Atlanticist by Gerard Araud and Benjamin Haddad Related Experts: Benjamin Haddad US President Donald J. Trump’s decision to defund the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ health branch, on April 14 to protest its proximity to China and alleged poor performance in ...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow Americans to sue China in federal court for “death, injury, and economic harm caused by the Wuhan Virus.” “By silencing doctors and journalists who tried to warn the world about the coronavirus, ...
NATO Defence Ministers met today (15 April 2020) by secure video conference to decide the Alliance’s next steps in the fight against Covid-19. Speaking after the meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “The crisis has shown that our nations are resilient and united. O ...
CARNEGIE EXPERT Dmitri Trenin DIRECTOR MOSCOW CENTER The coronavirus pandemic is another opportunity that Moscow is using to engage Washington in an attempt to break through the logjams in their relationship. The much-publicized “reset” was shorthand for the Barack Obama admin ...
BY SASHA TOPERICH, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey has proven itself as a key supporter of world efforts. State-run media say Turkey acted promptly and efficiently to curb spread of the coronavirus, and it’s true the government closed schools and universities only one ...
New Atlanticist by David A. Wemer Although European leaders were finally able to agree on a massive rescue package to help the European economy weather the storm of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the lack of unity on display over the protracted negotiations raises deep concerns about ...
William Burns Over the course of my diplomatic career, I learned to be humble about America’s ability to anticipate the consequences of crises like the coronavirus pandemic. I also learned that massive jolts to the international system, like the virus, tend to exacerbate preexisting condition ...
New Atlanticist by David A. Wemer A massive nationwide testing program could help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and could provide a roadmap for rolling back the extensive social distancing measures implemented across the United States and around the world, according to ...