Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

A voter drops ballots for the March 3 Super Tuesday primary into a mobile voting mail box in Laguna Woods, California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Voting in a time of national emergency

Monday, March 23, 2020

TURIN, ITALY - March 16, 2020: A nurse stands in front of a temporary pre triage tent. The Italian government imposed unprecedented restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, among other measures people movements are allowed only for work, for buying essential goods and for health reasons. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Brookings experts comment on the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe

Thomas Wright, Amanda Sloat, Giovanna De Maio, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 23, 2020

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to media outside a luncheon meeting to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

Members of Congress are facing a potential crisis of government. They were warned.

Thomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein

The Washington Post Monday, March 23, 2020

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

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Employees of Hamilton Medical AG test ventilators at a plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

To save America, it’s time to activate the great arsenal of democracy

William A. Galston

Friday, March 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump declares the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency as Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other officials listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

In a national emergency, presidential competence is crucial

Friday, March 20, 2020

Coronavirus - Covid 19 - School, street and square was empty after Government measure Confinement. No traffic and no pollution. Confinement is necessary for the protection of the public on March 19, 2020 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

European elections in a time of coronavirus

Friday, March 20, 2020

Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, departs after testifying at a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Fiona Hill on the role of expertise and public servants in a time of crisis

John R. Allen and Fiona Hill

Friday, March 20, 2020

Image showing US and Chinese flags, along with a vile marked with 'COVID-19'

The US and China need to relearn how to coordinate in crises

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Members of the New York Army National Guard assist Hope Community Services to pack food for distribution in an area with multiple cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Putting COVID emergency response on war footing

Robert E. Litan

Thursday, March 19, 2020