If the World Health Organization is to spearhead international health policy and respond to disease outbreaks effectively, it must pursue deep reforms aimed at broadening its jurisdiction and authority.
detailsThe Iraqi government should rationalize its expenditures
detailsThe systemic failure of the capitalist order triggered by the coronavirus has reinforced the growing awareness that extreme wealth inequality...
detailsCOVID-19 has intensified our dependence on local communities, and we are riveted by stories of community resilience in the face of an unseen peril.
detailsItaly shows us that controlling the pandemic will require reshaping family life in much of the world.
detailsUnlike a hurricane or earthquake, the coronavirus pandemic has caused no damage to physical capital stock. But firm-specific skills have no value when the firm that uses them goes out of business, which is one reason why US productivity...
detailsNo one should expect the pandemic to alter – much less reverse – tendencies that were evident before the crisis. Neoliberalism will continue its slow death, populist autocrats will become even more authoritarian, and the left will continue to struggle to
detailsEven if Western leaders manage to limit the COVID-19 outbreaks immediate fallout, it will mean little without forward-looking efforts to strengthen liberal-democratic systems from within. Such a failure would could well amount to handing China victory in
detailsChina Is Maneuvering for International Leadership as the United States Falters
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsThe broad consensus of the COVID-19 era holds that measures to protect public health imply hard trade-offs with economic growth and political liberty.
detailsAfter the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is under
detailsMillions of people around the world have lost their jobs amid the current Covid-19 crisis. How should you handle your emotional reaction?
detailsIt is crucial that opposition parties are broadly on board with measures taken to address what seems like a once-in-a-century public-health crisis.
detailsThe West has long stigmatized mask-wearing, unlike in many Asian countries, where those who do not wear masks during public-health crises are the ones who are stigmatized.
detailsAs covid-19 began spreading across Iran in February, the regime held a rigged election. Weeks later, when nearly 10% of Iranian mps were infected and it was clear the country had a problem, the ruling clerics refused to close crowded holy spots.
detailsYou can criticize Trump without parroting Beijings propaganda.
detailsJust two months ago, most people believed that random mass death no longer stalked the Earth. Reconciling ourselves with the reality that it does clarifies much, including how to....
detailsUS currency is imported into the country but Beiruts international airport is to remain closed until at least 12 April
detailsAs the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, China has shifted its propaganda machine into high gear, in an effort to change the narrative about the virus origins and the Chinese response.
detailsFor years, the economics profession has suffered from a stubborn reluctance to adopt a more multidisciplinary approach. But now that the COVID-19
detailsThe more contained you want the novel coronavirus to be, the more you will need to lock down your country – and the more fiscal space you will require to mitigate the deeper recession that will result.
detailsWhile Chinese authorities have been destroying banknotes that have potentially come into contact with the coronavirus, Western countries remain woefully behind not just in their response to the pandemic
detailsBased on Chinas experience with COVID-19, the fiscal cost of comprehensive compensation for lost income could reach 10% of annual GDP, and as much as 25% of GDP in the US and Europe if the epidemic turns out to be worse there, which now looks likely. Thes
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