Why the United States’ Re-Engagement with the Paris Agreement is Crucial in a Post-COVID World
The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced global greenhouse gas emissions substantially. While some claim that the pandemic has benefited… Read More
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What the Pandemic Reveals: Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh and Garment Supply Chains
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh has brought into focus both the striking power differential between Euro-American retailers and national suppliers and the… Read More
Professor Vittorio Emanuele Parsi on the International Order in a Post-Pandemic World
The ongoing disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions about the fragility of global interdependence and, more broadly, the future of the… Read More
Dr. Gbenga Ajilore on Structural Racism and COVID-19 in the Labor Market
As the United States grapples with conversations around race and COVID-19, Gbenga Ajilore, a senior economist at the Center for American Progress, joins… Read More
COVID-19 Management and Soft Power: Ideas for a Geopolitics of Science and Expertise
The term soft power was coined by Joseph Nye in the late 1980s as the ability of a… Read More
The Reemergence of Vaccine Nationalism
The race to develop pharmaceutical products targeting COVID-19 has quickly expanded to encompass hundreds of research projects. As of June 2020, there were over 140… Read More
Japan and South Korea Can Lead Post-Pandemic East Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic has advanced two trends: the US-China confrontation and the increasing importance of soft power in the networked world. These developments… Read More
Investing in the Front Line of the COVID-19 Crisis: Young People as Partners and Leaders
A young woman, social entrepreneur, and new mother in Mexico named Mariana recently told me, “solidarity and action are what will help us overcome this… Read More
