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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – What’s Next for the World Health Organization? (CFR)

Panelists discuss the state of the World Health Organization, including the influence exerted by the United States and China, the organization's ability to coordinate a...

WORLD 2021 – Blueprint for 2021: Six Paths to a More Resilient World (Global Memo by Chatham House, SWP, RSIS, SVOP, EAI, and ISS,...

In 2020, the world was confronted by a litany of challenges compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. The Council of Councils asked six experts to...

WORLD/PANDEMIC/VACCINES – What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines? (Claire Felter, CFR)

Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the...

NETHERLANDS/UK/PANDEMIC – Netherlands bans UK flights after finding new coronavirus strain (Al Jazeera)

The Netherlands has banned flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom after Dutch authorities found the first case of the new, more infectious coronavirus...

US CONGRESS/PANDEMIC/ECONOMY – US Congress to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise (Al Jazeera)

The US Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a $900bn coronavirus aid package after senators struck a late-night compromise to clear one...

EUROPE/FRANCE/UK/RIYADH AGREEMENT/YEMEN – EU, France, UK welcome Riyadh Agreement implementation in Yemen (Reem Krimly, Al Arabiya)

The European Union, France and the United Kingdom have welcomed the Riyadh Agreement that set up a power-sharing structure between the Southern Transitional Council...

AFRICA – Memo to the UN Economic Commission for Africa on the continent’s health and economic crisis (Adnan Mazarei, PIIE)

Africa faces a significant combination of health and economic crises. The health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been lower than in many other...

LATIN AMERICA – Memo to the Inter-American Development Bank on Latin America’s health, economic, and political challenges (Monica de Bolle, PIIE)

The COVID-19 pandemic struck Latin America in late February 2020. Governments in the region had time to adopt public health strategies, economic rescue plans,...

ITALY/LOCAL INEQUALITIES/PANDEMIC – Local inequalities of the COVID-19 crisis (Augusto Cerqua, Marco Letta, VOXEU)

There is widespread concern about the toll of the pandemic on local economies, but little causal evidence to assess its real costs. This column...
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