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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...

Pandemic Control: A New Area for ASEAN Defense Cooperation?

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

OECD says: 'We've never been in a problem this big'

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

Kennesaw State U. builds language-learning chatbot for diplomats

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

Urgent need for multilateral action and global leadership

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

Coronavirus: How Artificial Intelligence, Data Science And Technology Is Used To Fight The Pandemic

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

India in global initiative to share info on integrating science in coronavirus response

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

The Coronavirus Is Killing Globalization as We Know It

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

Lessons From South Korea’s COVID-19 Outbreak: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

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

The New Phenomenon: “Mask Diplomacy”, how China and Japan have found a diplomatic opportunity

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

Startup Israel tackles coronavirus with ingenuity and chutzpah

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

Areas for improvement in ASEAN multilateralism

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

Diplomacy forced to go virtual (and adapt to modern times) during the spread of Coronavirus

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

Assar and Spahic held talks to improve bilateral cooperation between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Egypt

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

Why arms control is (almost) dead

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

At Center of Taliban Deal, a U.S. Envoy Who Made It Personal

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

Morocco, Mexico pledge to develop bilateral cooperation

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

AI in International Relations: the era of ‘Digital Diplomacy’

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

Top Global Risks of 2020: Regionalization & Isolation

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

From Digital Diplomacy to Data Diplomacy

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