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Coronavirus Drives the U.S. and China Deeper Into Global Power Struggle

The New York Times Experts warn that an international health and economic crisis calls for more cooperation, not confrontation, between...

What the world can learn from regional responses to COVID-19

Anastasia Kalinina, Atlantic Council Regional integration projects around the world could be the first step to help countries jointly...

Diplomacy after the Coronavirus pandemic

Michael Brodsky, Jerusalem Post There will be changes in most of our professions, including that of the diplomat. The struggle between...

A ‘my country first’ contagion is threatening Europe

Sigmar Gabriel, CNA We are currently witnessing the consequences of fair-weather multilateralism: European and international cooperation...

South Africa's ruthlessly efficient fight against Coronavirus

Andrew Harding, BBC In one week of South African lockdown, more than 47,000 people have been tested, and 67 mobile testing units have...

A Most Lonely Union

Henry Farrel, Foreign Policy In September 2019, two months before officially taking office, the new European Commission president was...

Coronavirus outbreak eats into EU unity

Katya Adler, BBC Every European government is struggling to protect their populations - their jobs, their health and their economy. But...

A two-month quarantine can mean a recession of -3.6% in the Eurozone’s annual GDP

The Corner The global economy is on track to contract significantly this quarter, enough to end the ten-plus years of expansion following...

Turkish, EU Council leaders discuss bilateral relations

Anadolu Agency, Hurriyet Daily News Turkey's president and the head of the European Council discussed bilateral relations as well as...

China flexes its soft power with ‘Covid Diplomacy’

Will Knight, Wired Much-needed medical supplies from China have been sent to Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. China's government was...

All’s Quiet on the Digital Front

Ilan Manor, The Times of Israel One important domain of digital activity is the management of national images. Studies suggest that...

Lebanon seeks European assistance to confront COVID-19

Naharnet Newsdesk A Lebanese diplomat who spoke to the daily on condition of anonymity said that France is the only European country that...

10 Technologies to fight Coronavirus

Mihalis Kritikos, Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA), EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service This analysis examines in detail how...

Canada and US must allow bilateral trade flow of COVID-19 supplies

Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood, Policy Options Politics Canadian companies need access to the exploding US market for medical supplies, and...

Global and regional governance: Initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Elena Lazarou, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of...

How Coronavirus affected the supply chain networks/businesses

Zainab Arshad, Modern Diplomacy The public health emergency COVID-19 has disrupted global product flow. Economic integration has suffered...

Zoom climate diplomacy: ‘Technology doesn’t help build trust’

Chloé Farand, Climate Change News The coronavirus pandemic has pushed climate diplomacy online, greening much of UN Climate Change’s...

The Western Balkans in Times of the Global Pandemic

Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group, Policy Brief In its emergency response, the EU needs to include all Western Balkans countries in...

Lesson No 1 from pandemic – we’re all interdependent

Vesko Garcevic, BalkanInsight The coronavirus outbreak is a wake-up reminder to all of us that states can’t deal with global challenges...

US and Israel Conduct F-35 Exercise Without Face-to-Face Bilateral Meetings

Jewish News Syndicate The United States and Israel conducted a joint F-35 exercise on Sunday in Israel. There was no person-to-person...