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Commentary
How Covid-19 Will Change Us: Seven Lessons from the Most Consequential Pandemics in History
April 29, 2020 From ancient Athens to modern times, historical records from several civilizations provide valuable insight into how pandemics affect societies. Iain King explores seven lessons from the past, each of which has an important resonance for today.

Commentary
WHO and President Trump on the Ledge
April 28, 2020 | J. Stephen Morrison, Anna McCaffrey President Trump's suspension of funding to WHO could gravely compromise the global response to Covid-19. If common sense and diplomacy prevail, the administration and WHO can walk back from the ledge, with a bipartisan nudge from Congress and gentle pressure from the G-7.

Commentary
Gender and Immunizations within the Covid-19 Landscape
April 27, 2020 | Katherine E. Bliss Gender dynamics play a key role in how communities access immunization services. As efforts advance to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, global health organizations are working to better understand those dynamics to allow for successful deployment of any new product.

Critical Questions
Covid-19 in the D.C. Area: Should We Be Concerned or Optimistic?
April 23, 2020 | J. Stephen Morrison How bad is Covid-19 likely to be for the District of Columbia and the broader region? CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison analyzes the key factors affecting the outlook for the U.S. capital.

Commentary
Can I Stay or Can I Go Now? Longer-term Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Migration
April 20, 2020 | Erol Yayboke Covid-19-related disruptions to global migration are unprecedented. As remittances correspondingly decrease, these disruptions could have long-term impacts on migration flows and thus on economic growth, global inequality, and on the well-being of migrants themselves.

Commentary
Quarantine Is Not One Size Fits All: The Case of Mexico
April 17, 2020 | Gladys McCormick

Gladys McCormick and Edwin Ackerman compare the Mexican government’s approach to combating Covid-19 with methods taken by other governments.

Commentary
Public Surveillance to Keep Us Healthy and Protect Our Privacy
April 16, 2020 | Glenn S. Gerstell

The Covid-19 pandemic has focused attention on the potential conflict between public health monitoring and technology-fueled surveillance. Glenn Gerstell examines the issues to be considered as the fight to stop the spread of the virus continues.

Commentary
Find My Friends in a Pandemic: The Future of Contact Tracing in America
April 16, 2020 | Anna McCaffrey Many countries that have slowed the spread of Covid-19 have used digital tools to monitor transmission and movement. This poses a challenge for the United States as it seeks to expand contact tracing and roll back social distancing measures while protecting privacy rights.

Critical Questions
Russia’s Response to Covid-19
April 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Mankoff

The Covid-19 pandemic has spared no country. How seriously has the virus impacted Russia? How has Moscow reacted at home and abroad? The CSIS Russia and Eurasia team answer these critical questions.

Commentary
A Covid-19 Response Corps Can Help Stop the Pandemic
April 6, 2020 Representatives Susan Brooks and Ami Bera, members of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening Health Security, call on the U.S. government to establish a U.S. Covid-19 Response Corps to address the urgent needs of the national Covid-19 response.

Commentary
Covid-19 Exposes Latin America’s Inequality
April 6, 2020 | Linnea Sandin CSIS’s Linnea Sandin argues that income inequality means that low-income citizens are very likely to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 crisis in Latin America.

Commentary
Which Covid-19 Future Will We Choose?
April 1, 2020 | J. Stephen Morrison, Anna McCaffrey

The Covid-19 pandemic will change history, but its path is not yet clear. This commentary summarizes the major drivers behind the pandemic—both natural and political—and sketches three possible scenarios for how the Covid-19 pandemic may play out.

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