Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

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

Don’t count on suing China for coronavirus compensation

Robert D. Williams and David Dollar

Monday, May 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane reacts as he speaks to Reuters at the state house in the capital Maseru, Lesotho February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Africa in the news: Lesotho, Burundi, Malawi, and COVID-19 updates

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Webinar: The impact of COVID-19 on prisons

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

[On shifts in energy demand related to COVID-19] This is unprecedented, so we simply don't have good models that tell us what happens.

David G. Victor San Diego Union Tribune Friday, May 15, 2020

A member of the Libyan National Army is seen atop a military vehicle during clashes with Islamist militants in Khreibish district in Benghazi, Libya, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

The global fragility strategy: Posturing the United States for a reshaping world order

Patrick W. Quirk

Friday, May 15, 2020

A farmer threshes rice sheaves at his farm in Benue, Nigeria December 3, 2019. Picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Protecting food security in Africa during COVID-19

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Illustration picture shows a smartphone with Covid-19 app in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on April 19, 2020. The World Health Organisation says tracking infected people, and tracing and alerting their contacts, are vital if the disease is to be kept under control after lockdown. The government says it has received 750 applications from companies to co-operate on a 'corona app' and will draw up a shortlist over the weekend with the aim of producing a draft proposal on April 21. The app is expected to use Bluetooth technology on mobile phones to see who has been in contact with an infected person. Privacy campaigners are concerned that if the app is rolled out too quickly it will not be secure or sufficiently anonymous and have questioned its effectiveness. The governments target is for 60% of people to use the app, but in Singapore, where a voluntary app was introduced, take-up is around 20%. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Netherlands. No Use Germany.

Contact-tracing apps are political

Thursday, May 14, 2020

A view shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol building behind a bronze eagle in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Why restoring US leadership at the multilaterals is an important step for addressing COVID-19

Thursday, May 14, 2020

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

How Mark Esper is navigating the coronavirus crisis

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses a special video conference with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hanoi April 14, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana/Pool via REUTERS

US-China rivalry after COVID-19: Clues and early indications from Southeast Asia

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, May 14, 2020