Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

Protesters leave their flags and signs at the entrance of the state capitol building after protesters occupied the building during a vote to approve the extension of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald

TechStream

How to put COVID-19 content moderation into context

Jillian C. York and David Greene

Thursday, May 21, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building as seen with masked pedestrians speaking in the foreground, in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Today as the American death toll neared 85,000, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve warned that the potential economic cost of the COVID-19 pandemic had no modern precedent, and without strong Congressional action it could cause a wave of bankruptcies leading to permanent economic damage.(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Up Front

Americans want global engagement on fighting COVID-19

George Ingram

Thursday, May 21, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference following a meeting with international economic and financial organisations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany May 20, 2020, on the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Odd Andersen/Pool via REUTERS

Germany

Merkel’s pandemic moment

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Vietnamese tourists visit Ha Long bay after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Order from Chaos

Reopening Vietnam: How the country’s improving governance helped it weather the COVID-19 pandemic

Trang (Mae) Nguyen and Edmund Malesky

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Reports

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the daily coronavirus response briefing as seen through a window from outside of the White House press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Keep calm and regulate on?

Rachel Augustine Potter

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

China

A modern tragedy? COVID-19 and US-China relations

Thomas J. Christensen

May 2020

Pedestrians walk through the nearly empty Downtown Crossing shopping area after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker extended his stay-at-home advisory and his order closing non-essential businesses until May 18 because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Cities & Regions

In the age of American ‘megaregions,’ we must rethink governance across jurisdictions

Tracy Hadden Loh and Annelies Goger

May 7, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU adviser Clement Beaune attend a videoconference at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France March 10, 2020. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2020

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Army officers patrol streets following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Casablanca, Morocco March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Report

COVID in the Maghreb: Responses and impacts

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Blog Posts

A migrant sells old shoes as he sits on the side of a road, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy month of Ramadan in Misrata, Libya May 3, 2020. Picture taken May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili

Future Development

Libya and its migrants confront new threats

Omer Karasapan

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

May 14, 2020 - Washington, DC, United States: U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaking at her weekly press conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechTank

Congress must stay connected even in a time of social distancing

Kevin Esterling, Michael Neblo, and David Lazer

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Order from Chaos

The Kremlin’s disinformation playbook goes to Beijing

Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Events

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May

Upcoming Event

Experts

Galip Dalay

Nonresident Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy

GalipDalay

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

ConStelz

George Ingram

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@GMIngramIV

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Multimedia

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Courts & Law

Don’t count on suing China for coronavirus compensation

Robert D. Williams and David Dollar

Monday, May 18, 2020

A couple wearing protective face masks walk along the Villa 31 slum, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Podcast Episode

Addressing COVID-19 in resource-poor and fragile countries

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Paul Wise

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Personnel assigned to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conduct small boat operations during a training exercise in the Arabian Sea April 17, 2020. Picture taken April 17, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brennen Easter/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iran

US-Iran tensions escalate amid COVID-19

Suzanne Maloney, Brian Hanson, and Ariane Tabatabai

Deep Dish

Thursday, April 30, 2020

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More on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

March 17, 2020; Detroit, MI, USA; Work goes on inside the pathology and laboratory medicine labs at the Henry Ford Hospital on W. Grand Blvd in Detroit , Michigan on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 where testing is happening for patients to see if they are positive or negative for the Coronavirus COVID-19. Mandatory Credit: Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK

COVID-19: A moment for unity

John R. Allen

Saturday, March 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Doctors look at a screen that shows the ward where patients who are infected with the coronavirus are treated at the First People's Hospital in Yueyang, Hunan Province, near the border to Hubei Province, which is under partial lockdown after an outbreak of a new coronavirus, in China January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

On coronavirus, America and China must demonstrate global leadership and join together

John R. Allen

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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Reports

Webinar: Democracy’s defenders — American diplomacy in the age of COVID-19

Webinar: Containing COVID-19 — Greece’s successes and challenges ahead

Webinar: How COVID-19 and the oil shock will reshape the Middle East

Nonresident Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development