Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

A Jordanian doctor walks next a mobile clinic that is operated as part of initiative that was launched with the aim of providing Jordanians with field medical services, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan, March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Our finest hour

March 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The US, China and Asia after the pandemic: more, not less, tension

Ryan Hass and Kevin Dong

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron wearing face masks during the visit of the military field hospital outside the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, on March 25, 2020, on the tenth day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Mathieu Cugnot/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

France at war against the coronavirus: Politics under anesthesia?

Célia Belin, Agneska Bloch, and Jérôme Nicolaï

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Medical supplies are carried from a plane as a flight arrives from China to Cambodia with supplies and doctors to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Cindy Liu NO RESALES NO ARCHIVES

The COVID-19 solidarity test

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing on the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic with members of the Coronavirus Task Force at the White House in Washington on March 26, 2020. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

The federal government’s coronavirus response

Philip A. Wallach and Justus Myers

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A medical employee collects a smear at a special corona test center for public service employees such as police officers, nurses and firefighters during a media presentation as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cologne, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Responding to global systemic shocks: Applying lessons from previous crises to COVID-19

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Doug Hassebroek shops with a protective mask during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., March 25, 2020. Picture taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Polling shows Americans see COVID-19 as a crisis, don’t think US is overreacting

William A. Galston

Monday, March 30, 2020

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