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FILE PHOTO: An employee wearing a protective mask, leaves a menu on a table at the beach bar of the Divani Apollon Palace hotel, on the first day of the opening of hotels in Greece, following a nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

Reopening the World: Responsibly reopening Greece

William J. Antholis and Filippos Letsas

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The first umbrellas were mounted that will cover the spaces in front of the premises, enlarged to facilitate the safe arrangement of the tables according to the safety rules on coronavirus, at San Marco square in Venice, Italy, on June 27, 2020. The first covers were set up in front of the Caffè Florian. Then the workers' teams moved on to Quadri, Lavena and will conclude at the Aurora and Chioggia cafes, in front of Palazzo Ducale. The artifacts are all the same, with a square plan and the same ivory white color as the "lunettes" that cover the arches of the Procuratie. The design, agreed with the Traders Association of Piazza San Marco, is inspired by the canvases depicted in the paintings by Canaletto dedicated to the Marcian area. The umbrellas will remain until October 31, a grant from the Superintendency, which in the past had refused similar proposals, to facilitate the cafes that are trying to recover from closure. Photo by MBtarget / IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Italy.

Reopening the World: Italy’s reopening

Giovanna De Maio

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron wears a protective face mask as he exits a voting booth prior to casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of French municipal elections, that was delayed due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France June 28, 2020. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS

Reopening the World: The day France reopened

Célia Belin and Agneska Bloch

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Tourist Ann-Kathrin from Germany wears a face mask as she walks past the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, following the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak in Berlin, Germany, June 27, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Reopening the World: Reopening Germany

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Samuel Denney

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- President Vladimir Putin held a video conference meeting with participants of the national campaign "We Are Together" in Moscow, Russia on June 26, 2020. "The coronavirus epidemic in Russia is on the decline", Putin declared this Friday (26). "Now, thanks to God, the epidemic is receding, and the volume of tasks that volunteers must complete begins to decrease little by little," said the Russian leader during a meeting with the participants of the "We Are Together" initiative that covered the entire territory of the country. The president stressed that the Russian volunteers "carried out their work successfully" and also announced that the NGOs that help people in precarious situations managed to raise some 1,800 million rubles (almost 25.9 million dollars) for people affected by the pandemic.

Reopening the World: Is Russia avoiding blame and getting by on the cheap?

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

A visitor stands next to part of an installation during preparations for an exhibition about Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann at Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem April 6, 2011. The exhibition "With Me Here Are Six Million Accusers: An Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Eichmann Trial" opens to the public on April 11. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)

The vital task of Holocaust memory

Monday, June 15, 2020

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) board meeting in Hamburg, Germany January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Why cutting American forces in Germany will harm this alliance

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, June 15, 2020

Wind mill

Building back better: Why Europe must lead a global green recovery

David G. Victor

June 11, 2020

EDIRNE, TURKEY- In the photos, immigrants are seen near the border of Turkey with Greece in the province of Edirne, Turkey, on March 3, 2020. Thousands of Syrian refugees are anxiously waiting to cross into Europe from Turkey, on the border Northwest with Greece.

As COVID-19 worsens precarity for refugees, Turkey and the EU must work together

Kemal Kirişci and Başak Yavçan

Thursday, June 11, 2020

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in Jerusalem, Israel on May 13, 2020. Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday (13) for a lightning visit during the which will talk about the Iran issue and the proposed annexation by the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s annexation puzzle in the age of great power competition

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Wednesday, June 10, 2020