Konstantin Skorkin, Carnegie Moscow
In Ukraine, the chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic combined with the country’s existing political problems could sharpen the appetite for authoritarianism in Ukrainian society.
Philip Stephens, FT
The superficial conclusion is that it will be a gift to populists and authoritarians
Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor
Gregory Claeys & Guntram Wolff, Bruegel
It is time for the EU Council to make quick progress on the fiscal front and announce something as soon as possible to show that it taken full measure of the severity of the situation.
Arun Kumar, Worldcrunch
NEW DELHI — It has now been over two months since China admitted that an epidemic had broken out in Wuhan city in Hubei province. As countries begin announcing lockdowns to limit the spread of the virus, economic activity is grinding to a halt in large parts of the world economy. Not only are there supply shocks leading to reduced production, but there is also a decline in income as people are not able to work and have reduced purchases to a bare minimum. China, the largest car market in the world... Читать дальше...
Kao & Shuang Li, PP
ProPublica analyzed thousands of fake and hijacked Twitter accounts to understand how covert Chinese propaganda spreads around the globe.
Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute
Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared while in Iran just over 13 years ago, has, for some time, been America’s longest-held hostage. On Wednesday, his family issued a statement acknowledging new information showing that Levinson is dead. A man who spent his career serving the United States will never come home and never meet the grandchildren born...
Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
he ancient Greeks believed that true leadership in a crisis came down to what they called pronoia — the Greek word for “strategic foresight.”
Robert Zaretsky, Slate
Want to know how disease can permanently alter a society? Read Thucydides.
Michael Matera, CSIS
From the earliest days after the appearance of the COVID-19 virus in Argentina, President Fernández has demonstrated remarkable focus and strong leadership in assessing the threat of the virus and in taking decisive action in response. More than almost any other leader in the region, Fernández decided almost immediately to take drastic methods to limit the entry and the spread of the virus in the country. On March 16, he ordered the immediate suspension of all...
Muqtedar Khan, Center for Global Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic could transform the world. Many geopolitical experts are concerned that this crisis, more than any other this century, has the potential to permanently reconstitute the global order. Some are even arguing that while the United States is abdicating global leadership during the current pandemic,
Christian Odendahl & John Springford, CER
European policy-makers must offset the huge costs of containing the virus, while keeping debt sustainable in all eurozone member-states. But they also need a plan to stimulate a V-shaped recovery.
Economist
But for many in the subcontinent, the restrictions mean instant ruin
James Forsyth, Spectator
Coronavirus, and the response to it, is going to change a lot of things about UK politics. Perhaps, the biggest shift will come in this country’s attitude to China. I write in the magazine this week that the...
Steffen Lüdke, Der Spiegel
In Spain, the number of coronavirus deaths is climbing faster than in Italy. Dr. Inés Lipperheide is fighting to save her patients in an overcrowded intensive care unit. She reports conditions straight out of a "horror film."
Cristina Gallardo, Politico EU
As Spain’s death toll spikes, the prime minister finds it hard to get regional leaders behind him.
Ainslie Cruickshank, The Bulletin
In the face of an economic crisis triggered by the global spread of COVID-19 and worsened by the Saudi Arabia-Russia price war, the outlook for new projects in Alberta’s oil patch – even those already approved – is bleak.