All national leaders must put their country’s interests first, but the important question is how broadly or narrowly they define those interests. Both China and the US are responding to COVID-19 with an inclination toward short-term, zero-sum approaches, and too little attention to international institutions and cooperation.
Apr 2, 2020 & advocate the formation of national unity governments in Europe and elsewhere to combat COVID-19.
Apr 2, 2020 says it's not too late for leaders on both sides to stop the propaganda war and start cooperating.
Apr 2, 2020 hopes that the global fight against COVID-19 will institutionalize a much stronger sense of human solidarity.
Apr 2, 2020 says governments must consider the psychological impact of COVID-19 containment measures.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly overwhelmed health systems and shut down economies from China to Europe to the United States. But the virus could be even more lethal for the vulnerable developing countries of the Global South.
As the COVID-19 outbreak worsens, many fear that it will not only exact a terrible human and economic toll, but also that it will deepen today’s crisis of globalization and global governance. But the pandemic might yet shake up international politics for the better.
The rapid escalation of the COVID-19 crisis is confronting the global economy with its biggest test since 2008. But with mechanisms of international coordination having been weakened by populist politics in recent years, will policymakers be able to mount an aggressive and effective response?
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In the following commentary, Emmanuel Macron called on EU citizens to focus on three goals ahead of the critical European Parliament election in May 2019.
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