Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

German police officers stand at the French-German border between Kehl and Strasbourg, on March 16, 2020 in Kehl, as part of border control operations. Germany has reintroduced border controls with France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Denmark from March 16, 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, interior minister Horst Seehofer said the day before.

Do Germany’s border closures signal a new stage in Europe’s COVID-19 response?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 17, 2020. John Macdougall/ Pool via REUTERS

Germany pulls out the ‘bazooka’ against the coronavirus — But is it doing enough?

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Research scientist Dan Galperin works in the research labaratory at Protein Sciences Inc. where they are working on developing a vaccine for the Zika virus

Lessons from past pandemics: Disinformation, scapegoating, and social distancing

Lawrence R. Poos

Monday, March 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is accompanied by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, coronavirus task force members and industry executives as he takes questions at a news conference where he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump’s failed presidency

Monday, March 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- In the photos, it shows the exterior of Olympia London, where the London Book Fair 2020 is scheduled, in London, United Kingdom on March 4, 2020. The London Book Fair, one of the most important events in the literary calendar, it was suspended on Wednesday (4) because of the concern of the new outbreak of coronavirus.

Is Trump right that Britain is handling the coronavirus well?

Friday, March 13, 2020

A CNN headline reading "Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to U.S." is pictured on the television in the bar at A Pizza Mart, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

What does the coronavirus crisis mean for European unity?

Thomas Wright and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 13, 2020

A person rides a bicycle in Piazza Gae Aulenti, on the third day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Milan, Italy, March 12, 2020. The illuminated sign reads: "Coronavirus. Let's stop it together." REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

How is Italy handling the coronavirus crisis?

Giovanna De Maio and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 12, 2020

[La gestion par Trump de la crise des coronavirus est] America first appliqué à la santé.

Célia Belin La Croix Thursday, March 12, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1849B52340

Coronavirus, campaigns, and connectivity

Thursday, March 12, 2020