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Commentary
The Inner Workings of USAID: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It. But If It Is Broke, Fix It!
December 18, 2020 | Bonnie Glick CSIS senior adviser Bonnie Glick has written a second memo to the incoming Biden administration on some of the managerial and human resources issues that should be addressed at USAID.

Commentary
Memo to Incoming USAID Leadership in the Biden Administration
November 30, 2020 | Bonnie Glick A new memo from CSIS Senior Adviser Bonnie Glick to the USAID leadership of the incoming Biden administration outlines several operational requirements for addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, great power competition, and other global challenges in its first 100 days.

Report
Post-pandemic Infrastructure and Digital Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific
November 2, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Conor M. Savoy, Owen Murphy The Indo-Pacific region is experiencing significant challenges as a result of the pandemic. This CSIS brief highlights how U.S. leadership can collaborate with the necessary institutions and organizations to competitively assist with economic recovery and development efforts.

Report
Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism
October 15, 2020 | Erol Yayboke, Samuel Brannen Digital authoritarianism transcends boundaries while subverting human rights and democratic principles. This brief presents a strategic approach grounded in fundamental principles and framed around promoting resilience while building affirmative alternatives.

Critical Questions
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to UN World Food Programme
October 9, 2020 | Caitlin Welsh, Jacob Kurtzer CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh and Jacob Kurtzer explain the connection between food security and peace as the World Food Programme wins the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Report
Post-pandemic Natural Resource Management in the Indo-Pacific
October 9, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Conor M. Savoy, Janina Staguhn Covid-19 has increased human interaction with the environment and disregard for environmental norms by both individuals and nations. This brings unprecedented challenges to natural resource management, a key component of USAID’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Commentary
Providers or Enforcers? The Duality of Security Forces’ Roles in Covid-19 Response Efforts
October 7, 2020 | Melissa Dalton The duality of security forces’ roles in Covid-19 response efforts can present a dilemma for their governments and for international donors. Security forces can both serve as able providers and facilitators of assistance but also as coercive enforcers.

Report
Creative Economies in the Indo-Pacific and Covid-19
September 28, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Richard M. Rossow CSIS is pleased to release a new report, "Creative Economies in the Indo-Pacific and Covid-19," that lays out how the Indo-Pacific region can be better integrated, free, and prosperous, by tapping into the region's potential for the creative sector.

Report
Post-pandemic Governance in the Indo-Pacific: Adapting USAID’s Strategy in the Face of Covid-19
September 25, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Conor M. Savoy, Shannon McKeown Covid-19 presents new challenges to the existing governance objectives of USAID’s Indo- Pacific Strategy, especially as great power competitors, like China, use the pandemic as a vehicle to further exacerbate existing democratic backsliding, corruption, and disinformation.

Report
Financing Small Business Is Critical for a Strong Post-Covid Recovery
September 24, 2020 | John Simon, Sundar R. Ramanujam CSIS releases a new analysis highlighting how the impact investment and development finance community can effectively mobilize capital and address the economic challenges faced by African and U.S. small-businesses can be addressed in an inclusive and resilient way.

Report
How Impact Investments Can Strengthen Rural Economies in the Age of Covid-19
September 23, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Shannon McKeown, Terry Wyer Impact investment can serve as an effective financial tool to tackle challenges in rural economies that existed before and have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Commentary
Could the Pandemic Response be a Starting Point for a More Engaged Security Strategy in the Northern Triangle?
August 18, 2020 | Linnea Sandin Amid the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Latin American governments are also confronting new threats—and perhaps opportunities—in the security sector, specifically tied to organized crime’s response to the pandemic.

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