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New York City Police officer with face mask on Fifth Avenue during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, NY, USA on April 1, 2020. New York City has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the U.S with over 47,000 cases. The pandemic has forced millions of New Yorkers into their homes as local and state government enforce another 30 day stay-at-home order to try and flatten the curve. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

The military, policing, and COVID-19

John R. Allen, John Donohue, Colonel Rick Fuentes, Paul Goldenberg, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

April 2020

POSTPONED- Webinar: A conversation with the director of the Missile Defense Agency

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shakes hands with girlds while visiting towns in the southwestern state of Guerrero, as Mexico's health ministry urged people to mantain a "healthy distance" to avoid infection and the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ayutla de los LIbres, Mexico March 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

AMLO’s feeble response to COVID-19 in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Why are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Riyadh now?

Monday, March 30, 2020

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (C) as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during a trilateral meeting at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara August 10, 2009. Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (MEXICO POLITICS)

Lessons learned from Felipe Calderón’s swift response to H1N1 in 2009

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 27, 2020

Police officers check identity cards of commuters before letting them cross a checkpoint during a partial lockdown after Pakistan shut all markets, public places and discouraged large gatherings amid an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistan teeters on the edge of potential disaster with the coronavirus

Friday, March 27, 2020

On March 31, 2020, Vanda Felbab-Brown discussed “The Illicit Economy in the COVID-19 Era” via Zoom with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Online

Russian servicemen drive Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile systems during the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

As US-Russian arms control faces expiration, sides face tough choices

Monday, March 23, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Right-wing extremism: The Russian connection

Daniel L. Byman and Shelby Butt

Survival Monday, March 23, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) and Iraqi President Barham Salih attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 50th World Economic Forum.

The relationship between Iraq and the US is in danger of collapse. That can’t happen.

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Friday, March 20, 2020