The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the ineffectiveness of traditional multilateralism in addressing transnational challenges — where multilateral strategies fail, however, minilateralist policies may succeed.
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Analysis | In 2021, How Prepared is America to Face 21st-Century Challenges?
The success of 21st-century American statecraft will be defined by its ability to meet transnational challenges with a sustainable playbook that breaches the gap between domestic governance and foreign policy.
Analysis | Syria's Displaced COVID-19 Victims
The Assad regime’s ineffective, stunted, and selective response to the coronavirus is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Syria and threatens to upend what little stability the country has achieved since ISIS’ defeat.
Analysis | All the World's Stages: Discrimination and Oppression in the COVID-19 Era
In today’s world, governments are more readily able to manipulate the public’s perceived reality, just as they would an audience in a play. Separating out the front- and backstage enables actors to give their audience the impression that they are meeting standards expected of them while behaving in an entirely different manner to achieve their underlying interests.
Analysis | Pandemic or Peace in Yemen: A Ray of Hope
In a great irony, the COVID-19 pandemic might be a harbinger of peaceful times for Yemen. After more than 5 years of war and a severe humanitarian crisis, multiple ceasefire declarations by the Saudi-led coalition, plummeting oil prices, and a significant redirection of funds towards the domestic healthcare sector might finally convince the warring parties to agree to a durable peace accord.
Analysis | A Pandemic and an Opportunity: COVID-19 Could be a Boon for India’s Defense Industry
The COVID-19 global pandemic is forcing countries the world over to rethink government spending — reallocating funds from defense and security sectors to other priority areas along public health and economic fronts to contain the spread of the pandemic and manage its effects on the economy. Despite the fiscal strain imposed on New Delhi by COVID-19, the crisis also presents a unique opportunity for India to enhance the country’s defense exports at a point when the country is striving towards self-sufficiency in the sector.
Commentary | Viral Antisemitism: Conspiracy Theories in the COVID-19 Period
The health crisis and economic austerity induced by COVID-19 have become tools in the hands of far-right politicians throughout the United States and Europe to foment contempt and xenophobic sentiments towards Jewish people. Through social media, extremist politics and tropes born of antisemitic conspiracy are going viral.
Interview | Conflict in the Time of the Coronavirus: The U.N.'s Global Ceasefire Call
While UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ call for a global ceasefire on March 23rd was met with encouraging responses from many state and non-state actors, its effects on the ground are complex and difficult to predict. To gather insight on the potential effects of COVID-19 on the prospects for renewed peace efforts, Daniel Odin Shaw interviews Dr. Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, a Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
Analysis | The Coronavirus "Rally 'Round the Flag" Bump and Trump's 2020 Campaign
As political leaders around the world address the COVID-19 crisis, many have seen their approval ratings increase, in some cases dramatically so. What is at the root of this shift in popular support, how long will it last, and what might it mean for the upcoming U.S. presidential election?
Analysis | Gambling in Pandemic Proportions: COVID-19 in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging assumptions held by many for years about the capacity and capability of their governments. Unfortunately, not all countries in Central Asia have taken the threat of the virus seriously. Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have chosen to gamble that they can both weather the storm and minimize the damage to their power and economy.