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World Bank Group increases Covid-19 response to $14 billion to help sustain economies, protect jobs

World Bank The World Bank and IFC’s Boards of Directors approved an increased $14 billion package of fast-track financing to assist...

Henrick Z. Tsjeng, The Diplomat ASEAN could modify military humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mechanisms to support regional...

Angel Gurria, Bloomberg Markets: European Open The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has called for a more...

Jake Williams, Edscoop Students at Kennesaw State University in Georgia are building an AI-powered chatbot to help U.S. diplomats train...

Chan Heng Chee, The Straits Times The pandemic has brought home three hard truths about the impact of megatrends that have been...

Bernard Marr, Forbes Tech startups are integrally involved with clinicians, academics, and government entities around the world to...

Press Trust of India, Hindustan Times The countries under the initiative also agreed to make available timely data and publications for...

Philippe Legrain, Foreign Policy As late as the end of February, most wrongly assumed that it would have only a brief, limited,...

Justin Fendos, The Diplomat Where South Korea has succeeded – and where it has struggled – in containing the new epidemic. Read the full...

Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen, Brookings Institution Coronavirus has led many countries to only acting with self-interest, but has helped...

Abigail Leichnam, Israel 21st Century Israel is well prepared to stop a viral outbreak while continuing business and education practices...

Shawn Ho, The ASEAN Post Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plays a leading and central role in the region’s multilateralism...

Jovan Kurbalija, Diplo Foundation Going virtual, Virtual Diplomacy faces three main challenges: the failures in technology and online...

Sarajevo Times Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Saeed El Assar had talks on Tuesday with Ambassador of Bosnia and...

Ulrich Kühn, Carnegie Europe The next arms control agreement will have to include more actors and weapons platforms across multiple...

Mujib Mashal and Lara Jakes, NYT | It seemed a thankless and impossible assignment: negotiating a deal with the Taliban that offers the...

Yahia Hatim, Morocco World News While relations between Mexico and Morocco have historically been marked by Mexico’s position on Western...

Yaroslav Lissovolik, Valdai Club Foundation In view of the sorry conditions that the world’s international relations find themselves...

Yasemin Zeisl, Global Risk Intel An increase in regionalization and isolation policies in the global arena could exacerbate trade wars,...

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs The digital revolution arrived late at the heart of...