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Putin and the COVID Crisis: Instability as Opportunity
March 31, 2020 As COVID-19 ravages the world, Vladimir Putin has been proactive in exploiting the crisis both at home and abroad.

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U.S. Navy Humanitarian Assistance
March 31, 2020 | J. Stephen Morrison The deployment of U.S. navy hospital ships to New York and Los Angeles this week offers both benefits and challenges. A 2013 CSIS study offers recommendations on strategic coordination and planning.

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Pandemic at the Polls
March 30, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa is grappling with surging cases of COVID-19 and a busy election season. Judd Devermont describes how countries will balance public safety and democratic imperatives and outlines decision points, warnings, and recommendations for the region.

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Changing the Future Part I
March 30, 2020 | William Alan Reinsch This week the Scholl Chair examines the Buy American Act and its impact on the U.S. response to COVID-19. How will it help or hinder our economic recovery?

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Competition or Coordination: Coronavirus in the Developing World
March 27, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Janina Staguhn

In light of the spreading coronavirus, the United States should lead a global coalition to address the crisis in the developing world.

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Southeast Asian Responses to COVID-19: Diversity in the Face of Adversity
March 27, 2020 As is so often the case in Southeast Asia, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is being defined by the diversity of the region, with stark variation in the speed, tactics, and efficacy in each nation’s response.

Critical Questions
Assessing the G20 Virtual Summit
March 27, 2020 | Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal, Mark Sobel

G20 leaders met virtually on March 26 to address the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. CSIS experts Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal, and Mark Sobel assess the leader’s statement and the outlook for further international coordination.

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New and Old Struggles for Argentina
March 25, 2020

Argentina’s primary challenge has become the COVID-19 virus that is expected to worsen further the country’s already serious ongoing recession.

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How COVID-19 Will Reshape Global Gas
March 25, 2020 COVID-19 hits global gas markets just as they had been experiencing severe pressure and undergoing multiple deep transformations.

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Five Ways COVID-19 Is Changing Global Migration
March 25, 2020 | Erol Yayboke COVID-19 has caused unprecedented mobility restrictions. Whether by creating longer-term economic stress, greater inequality, more vulnerability to forced migrants, and increases in irregular migration, it could also be fundamentally changing the face of global migration.

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Looking Ahead
March 23, 2020 | William Alan Reinsch

With the coronavirus continuing its stranglehold on the global economy, the Scholl Chair predicts what stakeholders may do next—and argues against trade restrictive actions as detrimental to any recovery.

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Europe’s Coronavirus Test
March 23, 2020 | Donatienne Ruy

The COVID-19 crisis is first and foremost a public health emergency in Europe, but it also bears a distinctive political and economic challenge to the European Union.

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